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The Pegasus rescue hoist joins Leonardos AW139 offering with ETSO certification and aims to improve hoist mission performance reliability.
An additional contract for four helicopters and sustainment followed closely behind an earlier eight-aircraft deal worth $173 million.
Leonardo produces the baseline helicopter at its plant in northeast Philadelphia, while Boeing is responsible for military equipment procurement and installation and post-delivery support of the aircraft.
Delivering all of the RDT&E aircraft to the Air Force enables them to continue critical operational testing and allows Boeing to focus on building the first production aircraft.
The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force's current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024.
