The US Government has awarded Sikorsky a Foreign Military Sale contract to provide 35 UH-60M Black Hawks to Greece. The order also includes training, training equipment, and an initial provisioning package for the fleet. The value of the order has not been disclosed.
The “Mike” models will be the third UH-60 variant to be operated by the European nation’s defence forces; the Greek army already has a number of S-70B in its inventory, and the Hellenic Navy has its recently acquired MH-60Rs.
“Our partnership with Greece spans decades, and we are pleased to see the nation’s continued trust in Sikorsky helicopters as Greece will benefit from an integrated Hawk family of aircraft supporting national security and humanitarian missions,” said Hamid Salim, Sikorsky Vice President of Army and Air Force Systems. “The Black Hawk helicopter offers Greece a range of operational capabilities and a global ecosystem of more than 5,000 Hawk aircraft operated by 36 countries around the world.”
The announcement continues a busy year for Sikorsky and its overseas sales for the Black Hawk, with orders from Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Jordan, Romania, Sweden, and Thailand posted over the last six months.
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