Rotorcraft
Airbus Awash In New Lakota, EC-145e Orders
Deliveries of the Lakotas and civil EC-145es extend to 2023,
The $125 million fleet order for 25 EC145e from Metro Aviation announced last month was only the start of orders for the helicopter that will keep the production line flowing through 2023.
The $125 million fleet order for 25 EC145e from Metro Aviation announced last month was only the start of orders for the helicopter that will keep the production line flowing through 2023.

A flood of new orders in recent weeks for military UH-72A Lakotas and civil EC-145es assures that Airbus Helicopters’s production line for those medium twins in Columbus, Mississippi, will remain open through at least 2023. Aggregate orders announced over the last 30 days amount to 76 aircraft - 51 UH-72As and 25 EC-145es. Both aircraft use the same airframe, with the former being used by the U.S. Army for primary training, National Guard, and homeland security missions and the latter by mainly civil EMS and utility operators.