The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible $1.50 billion Foreign Military Sale to Austria for 12 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, reopening a package that now carries a larger value than the earlier 2024 notice.
The case covers 26 T700-GE-701D engines and a dense support stack: missile warning, infrared countermeasure, radar warning, SATCOM radios, EO/IR sensors, hoists, ski gear, Bambi bucket provisions, training assets, spares and logistics support. Sikorsky will be the principal contractor. The sale still faces the normal congressional review window, but it would deepen Austria’s rotary-wing lift, rescue and disaster-response capacity while tightening interoperability with U.S. and European partners.