{"id":9364,"date":"2025-10-11T16:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/?p=9364"},"modified":"2025-10-11T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T15:44:24","slug":"boeing-awarded-contract-for-eight-additional-mh-139a-helicopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/boeing-awarded-contract-for-eight-additional-mh-139a-helicopters\/world_news\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Awarded Contract for Eight Additional MH-139A Helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture10hires-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8211; Boeing now under contract for 34 MH-139A aircraft<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8211; Minot Air Force Base slated to receive first aircraft as part of Lot 3 Award<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRESS RELEASE &#8211; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I<\/strong>n a deal worth more than $173 million, the U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract to produce eight more MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and provide training and sustainment support services.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe MH-139A offers increased speed, range and payload capacity critical to supporting U.S. national security missions,\u201d said Azeem Khan, MH-139 program director. \u201cWe look forward to delivering these advanced aircraft to bases across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a $178 million award for seven aircraft last April, this new order raises the total number under contract to 34 and includes the first set of aircraft anticipated for deployment to Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force recently completed Initial Operational Test &amp; Evaluation flights as the MH-139A program continues to move toward Initial Operational Capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, Boeing has delivered 18 aircraft, including 12 low-rate initial production assets. Boeing completed deliveries for the first operational unit at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, this year and anticipates delivering four more aircraft to the Air Force this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the proven Leonardo Helicopters AW139 and fitted with custom military equipment by Boeing, the MH-139A is a multi-mission helicopter designed for patrol, search and rescue, and troop and cargo transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe MH-139A Grey Wolf represents the best of partnership and proven capability,\u201d said Robert Beyer, MH-139 senior program manager at Leonardo Helicopters. \u201cBy building on the trusted AW139 platform, we\u2019ve been able to deliver a versatile aircraft to the warfighter that is already demonstrating its value to the U.S. Air Force. With each new lot, we are proud to continue strengthening national security missions while supporting American manufacturing and jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Boeing now under contract for 34 MH-139A aircraft &#8211; Minot Air Force Base slated to receive first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[23,4,955,2871,698,2816,956],"class_list":["post-9364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aw_news","category-world_news","tag-agustawestland","tag-aw139","tag-boeing","tag-grey-wolf","tag-leonardo-helicopters","tag-mh-139a","tag-usaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9367,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9364\/revisions\/9367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}