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https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/12/16/u ... to-greece/Transmittal No
23-85
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2023 -
The State Department has made a determination
approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece
of UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.95 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
The Government of Greece has requested to buy thirty-five (35) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters;
eighty (80) T700-GE 701D engines (70 installed, 10 spares);
forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (35 installed, 9 spares);
eighty-five (85) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems with Inertial Navigation (EGI) and country unique selective availability anti-spoofing module (SAASM) (or future replacement) (70 installed, 15 spares); and eighty-five (85) AN/ARC-231A VHF/UHF/LOS SATCOM radio systems.
Also included are AN/ARC-231 Receivers/Transmitters 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; ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) radios with KY-100M; VRC-100 Ground Stations; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKLs); KIV-77 Common IFF Applique Crypto Computers; COMSEC Encryption devices; AN/ARN-147(V) Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR)/Instrument Landing System (ILS) Receiver Radios; AN/ARN-149(V) Low Frequency (LF)/Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) Radio Receivers; AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) Receiver Transmitters; AN/APN-209 Radar Altimeters; AN/ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs); Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications Systems (EAWIS);
Improved Heads Up Displays (IHUD);
Signal Data Converters for IHUD;
Color Weather Radars;
MX-0D EO/IR with Laser Designators;
EO/IR Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/IR Digital Video Recorders; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D radios;
Engine Inlet Barrier Filters (EIBF); Ballistic Armor Protection Systems (BAPS);
Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS);
Fast Rope Insertion Extraction Systems (FRIES);
External Rescue Hoists (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; 60kVA Generator Kits; Instrument Panels; DF-500 Personal Location Systems; Trakkabeam Searchlights;
External Gun Mount Systems;
M-134 Mini Gun Systems;
M-240 machine guns;
7.62mm Cartridges;
2.75” Rockets;
Flare IR Countermeasure M206; Decoy Flare CM M211; CTG Impulse BBU-35/B; CTG, 25.4mm, Decoy, Chaff, M839/RR170/ Series; M255A2 MK-66 Night Reliability Indicator (NRI); Cartridge, Aircraft Fire Extinguisher; Cartridge, Impulse; Thruster Control Unit (TCU) -3/A; Cartridge, Aircraft; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk Maintenance Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer; Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT); CAPT-E-Visual & Control System (CAPT-E VCS); 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 $1.95 billion.
The proposed sale will replace Greece’s current multi-role helicopter fleet
with a more reliable and proven system
that will allow Greece to maintain the appropriate level of readiness to conduct combined operations.
The UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter will improve the Hellenic Army’s ability
to deploy combat power to secure Greece’s borders, deter actions against its interests, and,
when required, respond with credible force.
Greece will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.
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Greece has submitted a formal request to purchase 49 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as replacements for its Bell UH-1s.
Athens launched the procurement process, which had not previously been revealed, in April 2023,
Sikorsky disclosed on 9 October 2023,
the first day of the Association of the US Army conference in Washington DC.
“An official request was received from Greece for the supply of up to 49 Black Hawk helicopters,” says Sikorsky president Paul Lemmo. “That is in process now by the Defence Cooperation office here in the US.”
The Hellenic Army currently operates 64 Bell UH-1 for utility lift missions.
The timing of any deal between Athens and Sikorsky remains uncertain. The US Department of State, which evaluates and approves proposed arms sales to overseas customers, did not respond to a request for comment.
Sikorsky confirms to FlightGlobal that Greece has submitted a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request for the UH-60 type, rather than pursuing a direct commercial sales (DCS) deal.
It will likely be years before Greece sees any of the new Black Hawks. Lemmo says there is approximately a three-year wait between finalised order contracts and first delivery.
“It depends on the specialisation that they want in the aircraft,” the Sikorsky chief says. “Depending on the aircraft, sometimes we can accelerate that a little bit more.”