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State Department Approves $380 Million Deal With Lithuania For UH-60Ms, $100 Million Stryker Sale To Argentina

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 6th, 2020

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State Department Approves $380 Million Deal With Lithuania For UH-60Ms, $100 Million Stryker Sale To Argentina

UH-60M Photo: Sikorsky

The State Department has approved a $380 million deal with Lithuania for six UH-60M Lockheed Martin [LMT] Black Hawk helicopters and a $100 million sale with Argentina for 27 General Dynamics [GD] M1126 Stryker vehicles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of both foreign military sales on Monday. The Black Hawk FMS with Lithuania also includes 14 of General Electric’s [GE] T700 engines, AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems and M240H machine guns. “The proposed sale of these UH-60 helicopters…

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