https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... icopters-0
WASHINGTON, January 26, 2024 -
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Croatia of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment and services for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
The Government of Croatia has requested to buy
eight (8) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters;
nineteen (19) T700-GE 701D engines (16 installed, 3 spares);
twenty (20) AN/ARC-231A RT-1987 very high frequency (VHF) / ultra high frequency (UHF) / Line of Sight (LOS) satellite communications (SATCOM) radios;
ten (10) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS);
twenty (20) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems with Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (or future replacement);
and eighteen (18) M240H machine guns.
Also included are: AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement) VHF/UHF/ LOS SATCOM radios; APR-39C(V)1/4 radar warning receivers; AVR-2B laser detecting sets; APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders (or future replacement); ARC-220 high frequency (HF) radio with KY-100M; VRC-100 ground stations; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL); KIV-77 Common Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) crypto applique computers; KY-100M; communications security (COMSEC) encryption devices AN/ARN-147(V) VHF Omni-Directional Range (VOR)/instrument landing system (ILS) receiver radio; AN/ARN-149(V) low frequency (LF)/automatic direction finder (ADF) radio receiver; AN/ARN-153 tactical air navigation system (TACAN) receiver-transmitter; AN/APN-209 radar altimeter; AN/ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM emergency locator transmitter (ELT); Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications Systems (EAWIS);
Improved Heads-Up Display (IHUD);
signal data converters for IHUD; signal data converters for heads-up display (HUD);
forward-looking infrared (FLIR) with electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) capabilities; EO/IR cabin monitoring systems; EO/IR digital video recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D (or future replacement); Enhanced Ballistic Armor Protection Systems (EBAPS); Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS);
Fast Rope Insertion & Extraction System (FRIES);
External Rescue Hoist (ERH);
rescue hoist equipment sets;
Dual Patient Litter System (DPLS) Sets;
Martin Baker palletized Crew Chief/Gunner seats with crashworthy floor structural modifications;
External Stores Support System (ESSS);
Integrated Tow Plates Production Assets; universal software loading kits; 60k volt-ampere (VA) generator kits; instrument panel sets;
external gun mount systems;
Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk Maintenance Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer;
Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT); training devices;
helmets; transportation; organizational equipment; spare and repair parts; support equipment; 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 total cost is $500 million.
Croatia will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 71.article
It will likely be some time before Croatia receives its UH-60s.
In October 2023,
Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo told FlightGlobal there is an approximately three-year wait between finalised order contracts and first delivery for Black Hawks, owing to the company’s backlog.
Sikorsky is also producing 12 S-70 Black Hawks for Romania,
four of which were delivered in November 2023.
The S-70 direct commercial sales variant of the venerable rotorcraft is produced in Poland by Sikorsky subsidiary PZL Mielec.
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