The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Czech Republic for the refurbishment and modernization of six AH-1Z and two UH-1Y Excess Defense Article (EDA) helicopters. The sale, which is valued at up to $650 million, also includes related equipment and services.
Photo: Czech Ministry of Defense
The Czech Republic has requested to buy equipment and services to refurbish its fleet of helicopters, which includes the installation of twenty-two T-700 GE 401C engines, fourteen Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs) with Precise Positioning Service (PPS), four M240 machine guns, and twenty-four ARC-210 COMSEC radios. In addition, the sale includes communication equipment, electronic warfare systems, support equipment, spare engine containers, flight training devices, Composite Maintenance trainer, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support.
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