Mexico requests MH-60R helicopters
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of MH-60R helicopters to Mexico, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 19 April.
In a package worth $1.20 billion, the government of Mexico has requested eight MH-60R multi-mission helicopters, equipped with: 20 T-700 GE 401 C engines, 16 APS-153(V) multi-mode radars, ten airborne low frequency systems; 14 AN/APX-123 identification friend or foe transponders; and 12 AN/AAS-44C multi-spectral targeting systems forward looking infrared systems.
The order also includes 20 embedded GPS/INS systems with selective availability/anti-spoofing module; 30 AN/AVS-9 night vision devices; 1,000 AN/SSQ-36/53/62 sonobuoys; ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles; five AGM-114 M36-E9 captive air training missiles; four AGM-114Q Hellfire training missiles; 38 Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System II rockets; 30 Mk -54 lightweight hybrid torpedoes; 12 M-240D machine guns and 12 GAU-21 machine guns.
Twelve AN/ARC-220 high frequency radios along with support and engineering services have also been requested.
Mexico hopes to use the helicopters to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions and secondary missions including vertical replenishment, search and rescue and communications relay.
If the sale goes ahead the principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems.
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