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Contract for five S-70 Black Hawk helicopters
For aerial firefighting in support of public agencies battling destructive wildland fires
![An S-70 Firehawk helicopter operated by CAL FIRE can transport firefighters, drop water on wildfires and perform hoist rescues](https://www.avionews.it/resources/big/ed35dd294ffe67d8a5b49760c2473d4c.jpg.webp)
United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods Corporation, has awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a contract for five S-70 Black Hawk helicopters. The bulk order will enable United Rotorcraft, as the only company authorized by Sikorsky to modify Black Hawk aircraft to the Firehawk configuration, to quickly deliver these new production aircraft for aerial firefighting in support of public agencies...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency