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State Department Clears Latvia For UH-60M Purchase

Friday, August 10th, 2018

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Latvia is cleared to buy four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Sikorsky [LMT] under a potential $200 million deal approved by the U.S. State Department.The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced the deal Aug. 3. It includes the four aircraft in standard U.S. government configuration along with 10 General Electric [GE] T-700 engines and 10 embedded GPS systems.Also included in the deal is an Aviation Mission Planning System, five (5) Talon Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR), 10Harris [HRS] ARC-201D/E airborne radios, 10 Raytheon [RTN] AN/ARC-231 radios, five…

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Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

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Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

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