Australia’s attempt to replace the troubled MRH90 Taipan helicopter with the UH-60M has taken another step forward after the U.S. government approved the potential Foreign Military Sale on Aug. 25.
By Capt. Brian Harris [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in Transmittal No 22-51 that the proposed sale “will replace Australia’s current multi-role helicopter fleet with a more reliable and proven system.”
In its justification to buy the UH-60M to replace the MRH90, former Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton said last year that the “performance of the MRH90 Taipan has been an ongoing and well-documented concern for Defence and there has been a significant effort at great expense to try to remediate those issues.”
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