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UAE To Weaponize Black Hawks
On the first day of the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE announced that it is to upgrade 23 Black Hawk helicopters to an armed
Sikorsky and the UAE’s ADAT are teaming to upgrade 23 Black Hawks with the former’s AH-60 Battle Hawk weaponization kit.
Sikorsky and the UAE’s ADAT are teaming to upgrade 23 Black Hawks with the former’s AH-60 Battle Hawk weaponization kit.

On the first day of the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE announced that it is to upgrade 23 Black Hawk helicopters to an armed UH-60M standard. Worth over $270 million, the contract was placed with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies, with the work to be performed mainly by AMMROC, a joint venture between ADAT and Sikorsky. The U.S. company also received a $17.6 million contract for UH-60 training.

The upgrade deal represents Sikorsky’s first success at selling its “AH-60 Battle Hawk” weaponization kit, which adds four weapon stations on shoulder-mounted stub wings. A similar version of the UH-60L was developed as the Arpia III aircraft for Colombia.