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Saudi Arabia Requests $1.9 Billion In MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters And Equipment

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

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The State Department approved a possible $1.9 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Saudi Arabia for 10 MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, and logistical support.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on May 20.The primary contractors would be Sikorsky [UTX] and Lockheed Martin [LMT].The requested FMS would include 10 MH-60R multi-mission helicopters; 14 APS-153(V) Multi-Mode radars (10 installed, two spares and two for testing); 24 T-700 GE 401 C engines (20 installed…

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