Sikorsky to sell two S-70B ASW and maritime patrol helicopters to Brazil under foreign military sales

June 21, 2011
PARIS, 21 June 2011. The Brazilian navy plans to buy two more U.S.-built S-70B military helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, Conn., through the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) foreign military sales program. Brazilian naval leaders bought four S-70B maritime patrol and anti-submarine-warfare (ASW) helicopters from Sikorsky in 2010. Sikorsky made the announcement this week at the 2011 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France.
PARIS, 21 June 2011. The Brazilian navy plans to buy two more U.S.-built S-70B military helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, Conn., through the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) foreign military sales program. Brazilian naval leaders bought four S-70B maritime patrol and anti-submarine-warfare (ASW) helicopters from Sikorsky in 2010. Sikorsky made the announcement this week at the 2011 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France.Sikorsky will begin delivering the SH-70B maritime helicopters this December, and will begin delivering the two new SH-70Bs under the latest contract in 2012, Sikorsky officials say. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).The multi-role S-70B Seahawk helicopter is designed to perform ASW, attack hostile surface warships and terrorist watercraft, perform general maritime patrol missions near shore and from surface warships, as well as a wide variety of other naval missions.

For more information contact Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. online at www.sikorsky.com, the Brazilian navy at www.mar.mil.br, or the Paris Air Show at www.paris-air-show.com.

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