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US gives green light for delivery of eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Tunisia.
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| US gives green light for delivery of eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Tunisia | |||
The United States
Department gave yesterday, March 17, its green light for the delivery
of eight "Green" configured (basic version) of the UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopter to the Tunisian governement, for a total amount
of $93,312,100. The manufacturing of the rotorcrafts will be performed
by Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. The eight Black Hawk
are to be delivered to Tunisia by December 2016.
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 Sikorsky's UH-60M Black Hawk in basic configuration |
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These
Black Hawks are the first one delivered to the Tunisian Air Force, which
is currently equipped with several different military transport helicopters,
such as the ageing Bell UH-1H Iroquois and the Sikorsky S-76 Spirit. UH-60M Black Hawk is a medium-lift, rotary-wing helicopter designed and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet evolving warfighting needs. It is a modernised version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The UH-60M has multi-mission capabilities and features a improved design wide chord rotor blades, T700-GE-701D engines (max 2,000 shp or 1,500 kW each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Management Systems (IVHMS) computer, and new glass cockpit. It can be used to perform tactical transport, utility, combat search-and-rescue, airborne assault, command-and-control, medical evacuation, aerial sustainment, search-and-rescue, disaster relief and fire-fighting. It offers improved situational awareness and greater survivability. |
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