Through document 22-09, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed that the U.S. State Department authorized the possible sale of 8 Sikorsky MH-60R naval helicopters to Spain.
According to the statement issued by DSCA the package offered to Spain includes:
Twenty (20) T-700-GE-401C engines (16 installed, 4 spare).
Thirty-two (32) AGM-114R(N) Hellfire missiles
Two (2) Hellfire II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
One Hundred (100) WGU-59/B Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II Guidance Sections
Eight (8) Link 16 Multi-functional Information Distribution Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) (8 installed)
Four (4) Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) (4 installed on 4 helicopters)
M514 cartridge driven impulse devices,
MJ20 cartridge-operated impulse devices
WB53 extinguisher cartridges
CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges
M299 Missile launchers
Hellfire Missile Launchers
GAU-21 service cannons (including pivot and laser pointer)
LAU-61 digital rocket launchers
M152 high explosive warheads for 2.75″ aerial rockets
MK66 MOD 4 rocket engines, 2.75 in.
Rocket engines, 2.75-inch MK-66-4 inert
WTU-1B (HA23) inert warheads
AN/ARC-210 RT-2036 radios with communications security (COMSEC)
Missile warning systems AN/AAR-47
Sonobuoys AN/SSQ-62F
AN/SSQ-53G Sonobuoys
AN/SSQ-36B Sonobuoys
SRQ-4 Hawklink SRQ-4 Hawklink radio terminals with cryptographic control modules
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders AN/APX-123
Electronic countermeasure dispenser AN/ALE47
Advanced Data Transfer Systems (ADTS)
Multispectral Targeting Systems AN/AAS-44C(V)
KIV-78 Mode 4/5 Friend-or-Foe Identification Cryptographic Appliance
Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS)
Global Positioning System/Integrated Precise Positioning Service (GPS/PPS)
(GPS/PPS)
Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM)
Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) (provisions for 4 aircraft)
Hawklink AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals
Training Simulators/Operating Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/OMIA);
Tactical Flight Trainer
Operational Flight Trainer
Electronic Support Measurement Systems (ESM) AN/ALQ-210
APS-153(V) Multimode Radars
Spare engine containers
Spare and repair parts
Support and test equipment
Communications equipment
Publications and technical documentation
Personnel training
United States (U.S.) Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services
U.S. Government technical and logistical support services
Engineering, integration, and obsolescence testing activities required to ensure the production readiness of the Spanish MH-60R helicopters
Other related logistical and program support elements.
The total estimated cost of the program would be up to $950 million. The prime contractor will be Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems. No industrial offset arrangements were determined in connection with this potential sale.
According to DSCA, «The MH-60R multi-mission helicopter will provide the capability to perform anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare missions, along with the ability to perform secondary missions such as vertical refueling, search and rescue, and communications relay and will strengthen the Spanish Navy’s ability to support NATO and remain interoperable with the United States and the NATO alliance.»
