Name: Meet the U.S. Navy’s New Training Helicopter, the Leonardo TH-119 - AIN
Uploaded: 2020-02-25T13:00:00.000Z
Description: Meet the U.S. Navy’s New Training Helicopter, the Leonardo TH-119 - AIN

In January, Leonardo won the hotly contested U.S. Navy Advanced Helicopter Training System program, a year after the service formally announced a request for proposals. The OEM entered the TH-119, a variant of its AW119 single-engine light helicopter, which is built at the company’s Philadelphia facility.

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Meet the U.S. Navy’s New Training Helicopter, the Leonardo TH-119 - AIN

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