Sea Hawks for Brazil

Gary Parsons

S-70B as operated by the Royal Thai Navy. Sikorsky image

29 December 2009

Brazil is to get four S-70B helicopters.

December 29: The US Department of Defense has announced that Sikorsky is being awarded a $163 million contract under the Foreign Military Sales programme to produce four S-70B anti-submarine warfare/anti-surface warfare helicopters for the government of Brazil.

The S-70Bs will replace the Brazilian Navy’s Westland Lynx shipboard helicopters from 2012.

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