The UH-72 Lakota is a twin-engine helicopter with a single, four-bladed main rotor. Built by Airbus Helicopters Inc., a division of Airbus Group Inc., the UH-72 performs logistics and support missions within the U.S. for homeland security, disaster response missions and medical evacuations.
It’s a big machine. In addition to one or two pilots, it can carry nine people or two stretchers and a medical crew. It’s more than 11 feet tall and 42 feet long. The main rotors stretch 36 feet in diameter.