Airbus UH-72

The announcement makes Airbus the first of four companies to identify themselves as participants in Phase 1 of the Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program.

Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.

Airbus is to establish a final assembly line for the company’s H145 twin-engine light helicopter in the U.S.

A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.

The HASC was poised to consider more than 800 amendments during debate on the legislation June 21

The biggest change is in procurement of the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, which is reduced as planned to 36 aircraft from 74 in 2020.