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Greece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment

Greece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment
A U.S. Navy MH-60R Helicopter using an AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system as an integrated dipping sonar system. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

  The U.S. State Department has given the go-ahead for Greece to purchase seven Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R Seahawk helicopters under a $600 million foreign military sale. “The proposed sale will improve Greece's capability to meet current and future threats,” according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announcement of the approved sale issued July 12. “The MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter will provide the capability to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions along with the ability to perform secondary missions including vertical replenishment,…

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