U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Orders Leonardo AW139 Helos
U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has placed an order with two AW139 aircraft manufactured by Leonardo.
The NNSA through the Department of Energy has two locations: on the East Coast at Andrew’s Air Force Base in Maryland and on the West Coast at Henderson Airport in Nevada. NNSA helicopters are equipped with sensors that relay date back to NNSA headquarters while covering high profile events that include the Super Bowl, in addition to aiding the Federal Emergency Management Agency during disaster relief. The NNSA AW139s will serve two main purposes, search and rescue (SAR) and disaster topography scans.
Both aircraft are expected to be delivered in 2024.
The US Air Force (U.S.A.F.) will soon introduce the AW139-based Boeing MH-139 to replace the UH-1N fleet.
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