A Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky joint venture will expand its support of more than 500 H-60-series helicopters for the US Navy, under a $2 billion, five-year contract renewal awarded on 27 February. The award will extend the Maritime Helicopter Support Company's (MHSCo) performance-based logistics contract with the navy to 2019, as the service transitions to a fleet of only MH-60R and MH-60S anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol variants. As the fleet consolidates to a larger overall number of the two Seahawk models, MHSCo's contract will also expand to cover more than 1,700 parts - compared to 1,266 included under the new arrangement.
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