The State Department on Wednesday approved a potential $1.5 billion sales of 12 UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, including engines and other equipment, to Austria. Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky unit makes the Black Hawk and is the principal contractor on the Foreign Military Sale. GE Aerospace [GE] will supply the 12 T700-GE-701D engines used to power the Black Hawks. Other key systems included in the deal are five AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems, Common Infrared Countermeasures systems and AN/APR-39E(V)2 Radar Warning…
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