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State Department Approves $115 Million Deal With Croatia For Black Hawk Helicopters

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 30th, 2019

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State Department Approves $115 Million Deal With Croatia For Black Hawk Helicopters

UH-60M Blackhawk Photo: Sikorsky

The State Department has approved a potential $115 million deal with Croatia for the sale of two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the foreign military sale on Wednesday. Croatia has requested the Black Hawk deal includes up to nine T700-GE-70 ID engines and nine H-764GU/Embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Navigation systems. The FMS also includes the sale of communication security equipment, including an AN/APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe transponder and AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A radios. “The…

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