A UH-60 Black Hawk in the Bundesheer (Austrian Air Force) in flight in September 2019. Austria has expressed interest in buying another dozen helicopters from US manufacturer Sikorsky. (Shutterstock/Flight Video and Photo)

Austria Is Buying Up American Black Hawk Helicopters—Here’s Why

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Although Austria is required to maintain military neutrality under its postwar constitution, it has deployed troops alongside NATO around the world, and its military has adopted NATO standards.

The United States is moving forward with a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) that would see the non-aligned nation of Austria purchase 12 UH-60M Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters, according to the US Department of State. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which oversees FMS, notified Congress on June 17 of the proposed sale.

In addition to the dozen helicopters made by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, Austria would receive related equipment including engines, rescue hoists, self-defense systems and auxiliary........

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