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6th Feb 2024, 20:56
Defence to hire five helicopters from UK to fill gap left by Taipan retirementDaniel Hurst in The Guardian
The Australian Defence Force will hire five helicopters from the UK over the next five years as part of moves to fill a capability gap left by the early withdrawal of the Taipan fleet.
The federal government will announce today that it will procure five H135 “Juno” training helicopters from the United Kingdom through a lease arrangement, saying this will “support essential training requirements for army aircrew”.
The government will also confirm that the United States is delivering nine new Black Hawk helicopters this year. That will mean a total of 12 Black Hawk helicopters will be in Australia by the end of 2024. This number is believed to include the accelerated delivery of three Black Hawk helicopters that the US and Australia announced four months ago.
It’s part of a plan to acquire a fleet of 40 UH-60M Black Hawks from the US. While 12 of them will be here by the end of 2024, the remaining 28 will arrive in staged deliveries between 2025 and 2029.
The Australian Defence Force will hire five helicopters from the UK over the next five years as part of moves to fill a capability gap left by the early withdrawal of the Taipan fleet.
The federal government will announce today that it will procure five H135 “Juno” training helicopters from the United Kingdom through a lease arrangement, saying this will “support essential training requirements for army aircrew”.
The government will also confirm that the United States is delivering nine new Black Hawk helicopters this year. That will mean a total of 12 Black Hawk helicopters will be in Australia by the end of 2024. This number is believed to include the accelerated delivery of three Black Hawk helicopters that the US and Australia announced four months ago.
It’s part of a plan to acquire a fleet of 40 UH-60M Black Hawks from the US. While 12 of them will be here by the end of 2024, the remaining 28 will arrive in staged deliveries between 2025 and 2029.