US Approves FMS of Six UH-72 Lakota for Royal Thai Army

EADS North America, has been awarded a contract for six Lakota helicopters with the environmental control unit, mission equipment package and airborne radio communication for the Royal Thai Army.
defense-studies

DSCA notifies US Congress of potential Thai Lakota sale

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified the US Congress of a possible sale of six EADS North America UH-72A Lakota helicopters via the Pentagon's Foreign Military Sales mechanism.
flightglobal

EADS aborts on bid to develop speedy rotorcraft for US Army

EADS North America is withdrawing from the US Army's Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) programme.
"We will withdraw from further consideration for the JMR/FVL concept development effort," writes chief executive officer of EADS North America in a letter addressed to assistant secretary of the army for procurement.
EADS faces financial constraints in light of the Congressional sequestration law that automatically cuts projected US defence outlays by 10% every year for 10 years and the implementation thereof.
Sequestration forced the army to reduce funding for the EADS UH-72A Lakota. The army had planned to buy 31 UH-72As in Fiscal 2014 and 10 the following year, but instead now plans to buy only 10 during the next fiscal year that begins on 1 October.

EADS North America to transform CN235 aircraft into HC-144A maintenance training unit for U.S. Coast Guard personnel

Officials at the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center plans to transform a prototype CN235 aircraft into an HC-144A maintenance training unit, based on the Airbus Military CN235 tactical airlifter.
Engineers will transform the CN235, configuring it with systems from the HC-144. The systems will have built-in faults to provide maintenance personnel with the opportunity to learn troubleshooting on actual HC-144 aircraft.
avionics-intelligence

EADS says Pentagon ending buying Lakota helicopters

The US Defense Department has decided to stop buying EADS Lakota helicopters for the Army next year, according to the head of the European aerospace's US-based unit.
google.com

EADS Bids for US Army's JMR

EADS North America confirms it has submitted a bid to build one of two advanced-rotorcraft technology demonstrators planned under the the US Army's Joint Multi Role (JMR) program - putting its foot on the first rung of a ladder that could lead to replacing all of the Army's UH-60 Black Hawks and AH-64 Apaches beginning in the mid-2030s.

EADS is not saying what configuration it has proposed for JMR, but the Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate has called for a cruise speed of 230kt - 50% faster that a conventional helicopter - so it is likely to be based on Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter technology demonstrator, which has reached 232kt in flight tests.
Graham Warwick-aviationweek

U.S. Army orders 34 additional UH-72As

The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $181.8 million contract option to deliver 34 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters, bringing the total aircraft ordered to date to 312.

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eads

EADS está preparando planta de fabricación del KC-X/ EADS North America prepares to build KC-45 tanker production facility in Mobile, Alabama

EADS North America está solicitando ofertas para construir una planta de ensamblaje para la construcción del futuro avión cisterna de la USAF, el KC-45, en Mobile, Alabama.
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EADS North America today announced that it is soliciting bids through its recently selected program management firm for design and construction of the Mobile Conversion Center where KC-45 aerial refueling tanker aircraft will be militarized for the United States Air Force. Preparation for construction of the facility began in November with the selection of Hoar Program Management to oversee the project.
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La decisión sobre el concurso por los aviones cisterna de EEUU podría retrasarse

La solución a la disputa entre EADS y Boeing para hacerse con el contrato de aviones cisterna de la Fuerza Aérea estadounidense podría retrasarse y no resolverse antes de final de año, como se preveía, según el presidente de Airbus Military.
El presidente de Airbus Military considera que no se dará una respuesta antes del 12 de noviembre, fecha inicialmente marcada. Por el momento, Airbus Military ,continúa aportando la información adicional requerida por el Pentágono, que no se refiere a cuestiones técnicas de la aeronave, lo que se considera "buen síntoma".
Otras razones para el optimismo de Airbus son la certificación militar del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Aeroespacial español (INTA) y la próxima entrega a finales de año de dos A330 MRTT a Australia.
El contrato en juego incluye un pedido de 179 aviones, que supondrían unos 39.000 millones de dólares (más de 28.000 millones de euros). El impacto de la producción en España, en el caso de hacerse con el concurso, se debe a que el "grueso de la conversión" de los A330 a sus capacidades militares tendría lugar en nuestro país.

revistaejercitos

MAS LAKOTAS PARA EL US ARMY/MORE LAKOTAS FOR US ARMY

Four UH-72A Lakota LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) have been delivered to the Alabama Army National Guard’s Army by EADS North America.. Pertenecen al 1 Det, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment. Será utilizado para control aéreo y reconocimiento del territorio nacional. Han sustituido al OH-58 Kiowa en la unidad. Hasta la fecha han sido entregados 93 Lakota al US Army y 5 a la US Navy, de un total de 345 hasta 2015.
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Four UH-72A Lakota LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) have been delivered to the Alabama Army National Guard’s Army by EADS North America.. They belong to Detachment 1, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment. UH-72As will be used for aerial command, control and reconnaissance in homeland security operations and have replaced the unit’s OH-58 Kiowas.
To date, EADS North America has delivered 93 Lakotas to the US Army and five to the US Navy. A total of 345 Lakotas is expected to be acquired through to 2015.