US EditionWhy Not Make Rocket Labs Pay for the $2.7b Helicopters?
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New Zealand selects new maritime helicopter and transport aircraft
US Navy and Royal Australian Navy MH-60Rs at HMAS Albatross at Nowra. Will they soon be joined by RNZAF Seahawks? Photo: ADF. The refresh of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) aircraft has seen further progress, with the government’s decision to invest $NZ2.7 billion ($A2.45bn) in five new maritime response helicopters and two new jet transport aircraft. Five Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo Seahawk helicopters – the same as those operated by the Ro…
Why not make Rocket Labs pay for the $2.7b Helicopters?
Blades of glory: Ministers take model helicopter for a spin after $2 billion spend up Defence Minister Judith Collins carried a model Seahawk helicopter and a huge grin with her on Thursday, as she headed to the debating chamber. Collins had just confirmed the Government would buy $2 billion worth of new naval helicopters. That would mean five new MH-60R Seahawk helicopters would arrive, to replace the navy’s fleet of Seasprite maritime helicopt…
By means of an official communication published on August 21, the New Zealand government confirmed that the country's Navy has selected MH-60R Seahawk to carry out the replacement of its former SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopters, with this decision being framed within the most recent Defense Capacity Plan (DCP). It would, in principle, be an acquisition that will require the investment of more than 2 billion New Zealand dollars by Wellington, …
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