DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: UAE Looks To Purchase Five UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2141

DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: UAE Looks To Purchase Five UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2141

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 27, 2011: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress last week of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of five UH-60M Blackhawk VIP helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $217 million.

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy To Procure New Multi Role Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2113

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy To Procure New Multi Role Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2113

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2011: Indian Navy has narrowed down to two contenders, Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk and NHI NH90 for purchase of 16 new Naval Multi Role Helicopters (NMRH) for anti-submarine, anti-surface and Special Commando operations roles.

-The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries. The first prototype had its maiden flight in December 1995. It has been ordered by 16 nations, and deliveries began in 2006.

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy To Procure New Multi Role Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2112

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy To Procure New Multi Role Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2112

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2011: Indian Navy has narrowed down to two contenders, Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk and NHI NH90 for purchase of 16 new Naval Multi Role Helicopters (NMRH) for anti-submarine, anti-surface and Special Commando operations roles.

-The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The most significant airframe modification is a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.

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DTN News - AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Australia Selects U.S. Navy’s MH-60R SEAHAWK® Helicopter For AIR 9000 Phase 8 Program....NSI # 2097

DTN News - AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Australia Selects U.S. Navy’s MH-60R SEAHAWK® Helicopter For AIR 9000 Phase 8 Program....NSI News Source Info # 2097

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 18, 2011: The U.S. Navy today announced the Commonwealth of Australia has selected the MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopter to fulfill the Australian Defence Force’s AIR 9000 Phase 8 requirement for a fleet of 24 new-generation, multi-role naval combat aircraft.

The Commonwealth will acquire the helicopters with associated training and logistical support via the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales program.

“The companies that comprise Team Romeo are honored by the Commonwealth’s choice of the MH-60R Romeo helicopter to protect Australia’s maritime interests,” said Mick Maurer, president of Sikorsky Military Systems. “We look forward to collaborating with the Royal Australian Navy and local industry across Australia as we build and integrate these proven SEAHAWK aircraft.”

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DTN News - SWEDEN DEFENSE NEWS: Sweden’s Armed Forces Would Be Coptering With 15 BLACK HAWK By End 2012....NSI News Source Info # 2004

DTN News - SWEDEN DEFENSE NEWS:

Sweden’s Armed Forces Would Be Coptering With 15 BLACK HAWK By End 2012....

NSI News Source Info # 2004

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 27, 2011:

The U.S. Department of Defense issued/notification # 439 dated May 25, 2011 to

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 23, 2011., a $207,133,531 firm-fixed-price contract.

The award will provide for the procurement of 15 UH-60M aircraft for the Sweden’s armed forces and government furnished equipment to contractor furnished equipment. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).

Sikorsky has press releases on May 18, 2011 in conjunction with the aforemention aspect and the captioned is "Sweden Becomes 1st European Nation To Procure UH-60M Helicopters" and the article is as follows;

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DTN News - STEALTH HELICOPTER NEWS: SEALs Used Secret Stealth Helicopter In Osama bin Laden Abbottabad Raid....NSI News Source Info # 1915

DTN News - STEALTH HELICOPTER NEWS: SEALs Used Secret Stealth Helicopter In Osama bin Laden Abbottabad Raid....NSI News Source Info # 1915

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 7, 2011:

Making a whisper-quiet helicopter is still beyond the means of modern technology, but military defense analysts say the Sikorsky choppers that Navy SEALs used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan were clearly an advance toward that long-sought goal.

One of the helicopters was damaged during a hard landing and the commandos destroyed it before leaving with the infamous terrorist's body. Military aviation experts have been poring over photographs of the debris, particularly the tail section.

Precisely how the Black Hawk helicopters were modified is not known, but the photographs of the wreckage, analysts say, offer new clues to the military's cutting-edge methods.

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