US State Department Approves $1 Bln Sale Of MH-60R Helicopters To Norway: Pentagon
Date
4/26/2023 8:02:50 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Pentagon said Wednesday that the US State Department had
approved the sale of six MH-60R multi-mission helicopters and other
equipment to Norway for an estimated cost of $1 billion, trend reports citing al arabiya .
The government of Norway had requested to buy six of the
helicopters, 15 T700-GE-401C engines, nine Link 16 Multifunctional
Information Distribution Systems Joint Tactical radio Systems (MIDS
JTRS), 18 Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise Positioning
Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with Selective
Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM); and six Airborne Low
Frequency Sonars (ALFS).
“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security objectives of the United States by improving the
security of a NATO Ally that is an important force for political
stability and economic progress in Europe,” the Pentagon said in a
statement.
The proposed sale will improve Norway's capability to perform
Coast Guard missions along with the ability to perform secondary
missions, including vertical replenishment and communications
relay, the statement.“Norway will use the enhanced capability as a
deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland
defense. Norway will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters
and support into its armed forces.”
The Pentagon also announced that the Biden administration
approved the sale of sustainment and services for C-130J aircraft
to Norway for an estimated cost of $166 million.
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