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US DoD approves purchase of nine UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter by Slovakia.
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Aviation Defense & Security News - Slovakia |
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| US DoD approves purchase of nine UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters by Slovakia | |||
The US State Department has made a determination approving a Foreign Military
Sale to Slovakia for UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and associated equipment,
parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $450 million. The
principal contractors will be the Sikorsky Aircraft Company in Stratford,
Connecticut; and General Electric Aircraft Company in Lynn, Massachusetts. |
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Slovakia has requested a sale of nine Sikorsky UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopters |
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The
Government of Slovakia has requested a possible sale of nine UH-60M
Black Hawk Helicopters in standard U.S. Government configuration
with designated unique equipment and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE);
twenty T700-GE-701D Engines (18 installed and 2 spares); twenty Embedded
Global Positioning Systems/Inertial Navigation Systems; two Aviation Mission
Planning Systems; one Aviation Ground Power Unit; eleven AN/APX-123 Identification
Friend or Foe Transponders; twenty Very High Frequency (VHF)/Digitally
Selective Calling AN/ARC-231 radios; eleven ARN-147 VHF Omni Ranging/Instrument
Landing System (VOR/ILS); eleven AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation Systems;
and eleven AN/ARC-201D Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems
radios. Also included are aircraft warranty, ammunition, air worthiness
support, facility construction, spare and repair parts, support equipment,
communication equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel
training and training equipment, site surveys, tool and test equipment,
U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics support services,
and other related element of program and logistics support. The estimated
cost is $450 million.
Implementation of
this proposed sale may require the assignment of an additional three
U.S. Government and five contractor representatives in Slovakia to support
the delivery and training for approximately two-five years. |
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