Australia is to hold an open competition to select the winner of an AUD1.5 billion (USD1.3 billion) contract to provide at least 24 naval combat helicopters to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).rnThe announcement on 25 February by Australian Defence Minister John Faulkner pits the Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R against the NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH) manufactured by NHlndustries and represented in Australia by Australian Aerospace: a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter, itself part of the NHI consortium.
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