AgustaWestland sues U.S. Army over plan to buy UH-72A

AgustaWestland has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to block the U.S. Army’s plan to buy 155 UH-72A helicopters.

The Army said in a notice to industry on Sept. 4 that it will only buy helicopters from Airbus to replace its training helicopters.

The company argued that its AW119Kx would be cheaper and easier to operate as a training helicopter.

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