Lakota Gets FAA Certificate, Army Full-Rate Production Approval
American Eurocopter has received an FAA aircraft production certificate to manufacture its U.S.

American Eurocopter has received an FAA aircraft production certificate to manufacture its U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter and EC 145 commercial variant at the company’s plant in Columbus, Miss. The first helicopter produced under the certificate was delivered to the Army on August 27. The Army is assigning initial-production Lakotas to the National Training Center Air Ambulance Detachment in Fort Irwin, Calif., and the Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Va.

On August 23, the U.S. Army approved full-rate production of the UH-72A after a review of program management, production, manpower, logistics and other aspects. This review included assessing American Eurocopter’s capability to meet the Army’s delivery, quality and support requirements.

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