Australia Confirms Purchase Of Black Hawks To Replace NH90s

Blackhawk

Australia is buying 40 UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters for its army.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
SINGAPORE—The Australian government has confirmed that it will buy 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, the final nail in the coffin for the Army’s problematic NHIndustries NH90, known locally as the MRH-90 Taipan. The announcement does not come as a surprise, as the U.S State Department...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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