The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy have ordered 102 helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of Hartford’s United Technologies, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
DoD awarded $772 million for 41 UH-60M helicopters and 23 HH-60M helicopters for the Army, and $535.3 million for eight MH-60S helicopters and 29 MH-60R helicopters for the Navy.
Work will be done in Stratford, where Sikorsky is headquartered.
The contract awards are a continuation of an overall $8.4 billion contract, according to a statement from U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s office.
The Navy had initially planned to cancel the purchase of the 29 MH-60R helicopters next fiscal year, which brought protest from Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He argued it would hurt military readiness and would have resulted in a $250 million contract termination charge to the government, according to the statement.
