Wed, May 25, 2011
Swedish Armed Forces Will Acquire 15 Black Hawks Over Two
Years
The US Government has agreed to sell 15 Sikorsky UH-60M Black
Hawk helicopters to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (or
FMV, which is the Swedish acronym) for operation by the Swedish
Armed forces. The transaction, announced Monday, will take place
under the US Government's Foreign Military Sales program, and
represents the introduction of the latest and most technologically
advanced Black Hawk model into Europe.
UH-60M Black Hawk
The Swedish Armed Forces will use the aircraft for medical
evacuation, utility, and search and rescue missions. Sikorsky is
slated to deliver six of the helicopters in 2011 and the remaining
nine in 2012 under an accelerated production schedule. Sweden is a
member of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in
Afghanistan.
"We're honored to support the Swedish Armed Forces, and we
congratulate them for being the first European Union nation to
choose this highly evolved UH-60M aircraft, which is part of a
lineage of aircraft that have proven themselves countless times
under the most extreme conditions all over the world," said Mick
Maurer, President of Sikorsky Military Systems.
File Photo
The UH-60M helicopter is the latest version in the long and
highly successful Black Hawk family. It is flown by the US Army and
provides additional payload and range, advanced digital avionics,
improved handling qualities and situational awareness, active
vibration control, and improved survivability compared with the
predecessor UH-60L model.
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