ForMilSales oct2017: Czech request for UH-1Y Hueys approved

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/cz ... elicopters

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Transmittal No:

17-47

WASHINGTON, Oct 23, 2017 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Czech Republic for UH-1Y utility helicopters.

The estimated cost is $575 million.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 11, 2017.

The Government of the Czech Republic has requested the possible sale of

twelve (12) UH-1Y utility helicopters,
twenty-five (25) T-700 GE 401C engines (twenty-four (24) installed, one (1) spare),
thirteen (13) Honeywell Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) (twelve (12) installed, one (1) spare),
and twelve (12) 7.62mm M240 Machine Guns.

This request also includes Brite Star II FLIR system,
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) (includes the AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning and Laser Detection System,
AN/ALE-47 Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS) and the AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)),
Joint Mission Planning Systems, Helmet Mounted Displays,
communication equipment,
small caliber gun systems including GAU-17A and GAU-21,
electronic warfare systems,
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Mode 4/5 transponder, support equipment,
spare engine containers,
spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment,
technical data and publications,
personnel training and training equipment,
U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The estimated cost is $575 million.


The Czech Republic intends to use these helicopters to modernize its armed forces and strengthen its homeland defense and deter regional threats.
This will contribute to the Czech Republic’s military goal of updating its capabilities while further enhancing interoperability with the United States and other NATO allies.
The Czech Republic will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces.

This proposed sale of equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The principal contractors will be Bell Helicopter, Textron, Fort Worth, Texas; and General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachusetts.
There are no known offset agreements proposed in conjunction with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips by U.S. Government and contractor representatives to participate in program and technical reviews plus training and maintenance support in country, on a temporary basis, for a period of twenty-four (24) months.

It will also require three (3) Contractor Engineering Technical Service (CETS) representatives to reside in country for a period of two (2) years to support this program.

[AmericanSoldier15U]

Interesting. Their Mi-171s arent horribly old by any means, neither are their Mi-35s. But good to see a NATO ally moving away from the Russian airframes. Had some good times with these guys in the past with their Mi- airframes.

[Levente]

Interesting. Their Mi-171s arent horribly old by any means, neither are their Mi-35s. But good to see a NATO ally moving away from the Russian airframes. Had some good times with these guys in the past with their Mi- airframes.

Every time I visited the base in the past 3 years, they always told me about the change. I am also a bit confused about it, but consider how the goverments want to cut the ties with Russia. Also, there are only a handfull of operational Mi-35.

[SquAdmin]

Question is: which helicopter types will be replaced by the Venom? Mi-171's (these are slightly bigger than the UH-1Y or not?), or Mi-35's (unlikely without any missiles on order), or Mi-2 (these could even be replaced by a DJI drone), or W-3, or perhaps all of them (just 12 wouldn't be sufficient)...

[AmericanSoldier15U]

Question is: which helicopter types will be replaced by the Venom? Mi-171's (these are slightly bigger than the UH-1Y or not?), or Mi-35's (unlikely without any missiles on order), or Mi-2 (these could even be replaced by a DJI drone), or W-3, or perhaps all of them (just 12 wouldn't be sufficient)...

Well I would imagine they probably would be looking at the Mi-35s as what is getting replaced, the main reason being troop transport capabilities. Those Mi-35s carry lots of weaponry, and can also carry up to 8 passengers in the back. Im sure the more passengers, the less weapons and fuel they can carry (always a sacrifice somewhere) but since the Venom can do both, it seems to make sense. A Venom without weaponry cant get anywhere close to carrying as many passengers as a slick Mi-171 can. I imagine that the Mi-171s remain for now, for the assault role, and the Venoms pick up the Mi-35 role. I'm not too sure if the Venoms are used in a CAS role by the US Marines since they have the AH-1Z Viper for that role. If the CAS and attack role was all they wanted to replace, I feel like the Czechs would have just gone with the Viper, but the very big advantage of their attack/CAS aircraft having a limited troop carrying capacity helps immensely. It shall be interesting to see over the next few years what they end up doing.

[Fishbed_9307]

Question is: which helicopter types will be replaced by the Venom? Mi-171's (these are slightly bigger than the UH-1Y or not?), or Mi-35's (unlikely without any missiles on order), or Mi-2 (these could even be replaced by a DJI drone), or W-3, or perhaps all of them (just 12 wouldn't be sufficient)...

Unfortunately the tender is to replace both the Mi-35 as well as the Mi-171...

Regards, Paul