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World Aviation Defense & Security News - United States & Tunisia
 
 
US gives green light for delivery of eight UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Tunisia
 
The United States Department gave yesterday, March 17, its green light for the delivery of eight "Green" configured (basic version) of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the Tunisian governement, for a total amount of $93,312,100. The manufacturing of the rotorcrafts will be performed by Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. The eight Black Hawk are to be delivered to Tunisia by December 2016.
     
The United States Department gave yesterday, March 17, its green light for the delivery of eight "Green" configured (basic version) of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the Tunisian governement, for a total amount of $93,312,100. The manufacturing of the rotorcrafts will be performed by Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. The eight Black Hawk are to be delivered to Tunisia by December 2016.
Sikorsky's UH-60M Black Hawk in basic configuration
     
These Black Hawks are the first one delivered to the Tunisian Air Force, which is currently equipped with several different military transport helicopters, such as the ageing Bell UH-1H Iroquois and the Sikorsky S-76 Spirit.

UH-60M Black Hawk is a medium-lift, rotary-wing helicopter designed and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft to meet evolving warfighting needs. It is a modernised version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

The UH-60M has multi-mission capabilities and features a improved design wide chord rotor blades, T700-GE-701D engines (max 2,000 shp or 1,500 kW each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Management Systems (IVHMS) computer, and new glass cockpit. It can be used to perform tactical transport, utility, combat search-and-rescue, airborne assault, command-and-control, medical evacuation, aerial sustainment, search-and-rescue, disaster relief and fire-fighting. It offers improved situational awareness and greater survivability.