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State Department Approves $2.9 Billion In FMS To Greece, Italy, Japan, Taiwan

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 15th, 2023

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State Department Approves $2.9 Billion In FMS To Greece, Italy, Japan, Taiwan

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The State Department last Friday approved five potential foreign military sales (FMS) worth a combined $2.9 billion to four countries, including a $1.95 billion deal with Greece for 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment. Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky units builds the Black Hawk. In addition to the helicopters, the deal also includes 80 General Electric [GE] T700-GE 701D engines,44 AN/AAR-57 common missile warning systems, 85 H-764U embedded GPS with inertial navigation and country unique selective availabilty7 anti-spoofing module,…

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