Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft said its aftermarket sales unit has opened a site at the military’s Fort Rucker, Ala., training base to support pilots and mechanics and other services for the Army’s new fleet of light utility helicopters.
Sikorsky’s Helicopter Support Inc. unit will oversee the contractor logistics support site as the first batch of UH-72A Lakota helicopters arrives at Fort Rucker to be integrated into the Army’s fleet of air ambulances.
The Army bought 345 of the aircraft from American Eurocopter, a unit of EADS North America.
Army staff will be trained at Fort Rucker to fly and repair the Lakota fleet.
