Acting CEO Protests US Army Award Of Major Military Contract To
French-German Conglomerate
MD Helicopters, Inc. Acting CEO Lynn Tilton has called the US
Army's selection of a European conglomerate to receive a
multi-billion dollar military aircraft award an "outrageous
decision completely at odds with supporting American industry."
Smiths Aerospace has scored a $21M contract for the development
and supply of its comprehensive HUMS technology for the new Future
Lynx Helicopter by AgustaWestland. The award involves the
implementation of the Smiths combined Health & Usage Monitoring
System and Cockpit Voice & Flight Data Recorder (HUMS/CVFDR)
capability on seventy (70) Future Lynx aircraft for the UK Ministry
of Defence.
North Korea Wednesday test-launched yet another missile -- the
seventh in 24 hours -- continuing to ignore international protests
and warnings from the US that the missiles are a serious
provocation.
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