United States Department of State approved the sale of 6 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to Lithuania via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) channel, at an estimated cost of $380 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) submitted the necessary certificate notifying Congress of this sale.
The contract with an estimated cost of $380 million (estimated costs reported by DSCA indicate maximum, contract costs generally lower) includes:
- T700-GE-701D engines (14)
- AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) (8)
- M240H machine guns (12)
- EAGLE +429 Embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Navigation (EGI) System (15)
- AN/APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder (8)
- AN/ARC-201D (15)
- AN/ARC-231 radios (15)
- AN/ARC-220 radios (15)
- VRC-100 HF Radio Ground Stations (2)
- AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Receiver (8)
- Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) User Data Module (UDM) (12)
- TALON Forward Looking Infrared Radar (TALON FLIR) (8)
- EBC-406 Emergency Locator Transmitter (8)
- AN/AVS-6 Military Grade Night Vision Goggles (30)
- AN/AVS-7 Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD) (Day) (15)
- AN/AVS-7 Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD (Night) (15)
- 1305-A965, CTG, 25.4mm, decoy M839 (500)
- flare, aircraft, countermeasure, M206 (800)
- 7.62mm, 4 Ball, M80, 1 Tracer, Linked A (38,400)
- cartridge, impulse, MH44-0 (8)
- cartridge, aircraft fire extinguisher (24)
- cartridge, impulse, CCU-92/A (8)
- cartridge, impulse, BBU-35/B (1,440)
AIso included are aircraft warranty, air worthiness support, spare and repair parts, support equipment, communication equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, ground support equipment, site surveys, tool and test equipment, Security Assistance Training Field Activity (SATFA) Aviation Courses, Technical Assistance Fielding Team (TAFT), U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of program, technical and logistics support.
After the request is approved, Lithuania will enter into agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft Company, Stratford, CT; and General Electric Aircraft Company (GEAC) in Lynn, MA.
