Aircraft
AgustaWestland, Northrop Grumman Team for U.S. Programs
AgustaWestland has teamed with Northrop Grumman to offer the AW101 for U.S. military helicopter requirements. (Photo: AgustaWestland)
AgustaWestland has teamed with Northrop Grumman to offer the AW101 for U.S. military helicopter requirements. (Photo: AgustaWestland)

AgustaWestland and Northrop Grumman have teamed to offer the three-engine AW101 for the U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) requirement, the successor program of the cancelled CSAR-X. The companies will offer the same type for the Navy’s VXX program to replace the U.S. presidential helicopter. That acquisition was originally awarded to AgustaWestland teamed with Lockheed Martin for the VH-71 Kestrel version of the AW101 but later cancelled.