According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) on September 4, 2020, American company Bell Textron Inc. based in Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $272,161,641 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters for the government of the Czech Republic. Read full Defense News at this link ...
A UH-1Y Huey helicopter with U.S. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on USS New Orleans (LPD 18). (Picture source U.S. DoD) |