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The Navy’s TH-57B/C Sea Ranger helicopters have served for decades as the undergraduate trainer for student pilots, but the platform dates back to the 1960s and has been showing its age for some time now. The Sea Rangers are increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain due to obsolescence and material failure, which also cuts down on training time for helicopter and tiltrotor student pilots.
As the Navy expands its surface fleet, helicopters will have an ever increasing role. The reality is that it will be difficult for the Sea Rangers to meet expected pilot training demands. The Navy forecasts an annual requirement for more than 600 rotary wing and tiltrotor pilots—a quantity expected to increase through at least 2040. To address this critical gap, the Navy launched the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) program earlier this year to replace the legacy TH-57 fleet with a new undergraduate training helicopter, designated the TH-73A.
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