The State Department approved a possible $21 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Jordan for a UH-60M VIP Black Hawk helicopter and associated equipment, parts, and logistical support.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sale on April 24.
The primary contractors would be Sikorsky [UTX] and General Electric [GE].
Photo: Sikorsky
The requested FMS would include one UH-60M, with two T700-GE-701D Engines, spare and repair parts, publications and technical data, support equipment, communication equipment, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, logistics, and technical support services, aircraft survivability equipment, aviation mission planning system, tools and test equipment, and other related elements of logistical and program support.
Jordan intends to use the equipment to provide intra-country transportation for the Royal family, Jordanian officials, visiting Heads of State, and other dignitaries.
Implementation of the FMS would not require additional U.S. government or contractor representatives to be assigned to Jordan.