Aircraft
Armed Black Hawk Debuts at IDEX
Eight years after they were ordered, the UH-60M Armed Black Hawk has now entered UAE Joint Aviation Command service
Two of Joint Aviation Command's new UH-60M Armed Black Hawks participated in the IDEX tactical demonstration. (photo: David Donald)
Two of Joint Aviation Command's new UH-60M Armed Black Hawks participated in the IDEX tactical demonstration. (photo: David Donald)

The United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command showed off its new Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky UH-60M Armed Black Hawks (ABH) for the first time in public during the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) held in Abu Dhabi, February 17-21. The UAE was the launch customer for this integrated weaponization kit, announcing an order for 24 UH-60Ms plus the weapons kit at the 2011 edition of IDEX.

Installation of the kits is performed by AMMROC (Advanced Military Maintenance Repair Overhaul Center), an Abu Dhabi-based joint venture between the Emirates Defense Industries Company (EDIC), Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin that supports many of the UAE Armed Force’s aviation fleet. AMMROC has completed six ABH installations to date, and the type was officially unveiled in January during a visit by members of the Abu Dhabi royal family to the AMMROC facility.

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