Qatar requests Black Hawk FMS deal
Qatar may be the next customer for the UH-60M Black Hawk, it has emerged.
According to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) release on 13 June, the government of Qatar is negotiating a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of 12 UH-60Ms as well as engines and critical mission equipment, including missile warning systems and machine guns.
The deal is potentially worth up to $1.1 billion and follows on from a similar request for MH-60R Seahawks made by the Qatari government in September 2011.
The DSCA says the proposed sale will help 'to improve the security of a friendly country that
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