US State Department Approves Sale of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to Sweden

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Sweden of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $900 million. The Government of Sweden has requested to buy twelve (12) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters; thirty (30) T700-GE-701D engines (24 installed, 6 spares); and seventeen (17) AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems (CMWS). The proposed sale will improve Sweden’s capability to deter current and future threats and support coalition operations and the United States’ and Sweden’s goal of greater military interoperability. Sweden will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces. The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, located in Stratford, CT.