Rotorcraft Services Group Milestones
June 11, 2009 – AeroDesign Selected as Team Member to Outfit the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota for Security and Support Missions
AeroDesign is one of five companies to provide components and subsystems for the Security and Support mission equipment package that will equip Army National Guard UH-72A Lakotas was announced today.
This industry team was selected by American Eurocopter – which has production responsibility for the UH-72A – and EADS North America, which is the Lakota prime contractor to the U.S. Army.
In its Security and Support configuration, the UH-72A will provide Army National Guard units the flexibility to respond to a wide variety of homeland security, homeland defense and civil law enforcement support missions. The mission equipment package consists of an electro-optical infrared sensor, data communications suite, moving map display, cabin and cockpit screens, a digital video recorder and a searchlight.
Companies selected to provide key components and sub-systems for the Security and Support mission equipment package are:
- LCX Systems; Sarasota, Florida
- Sierra Nevada Corporation; Sparks, Nevada
- Rotorcraft Services Group; Fort Worth, Texas
- MARK IV Luminator; Plano, Texas
- L-3 Communications; New York, New York