A short while ago another two UH-60M Black Hawk military utility helicopters touched down at the Helicopter Wing Prešov. This brings to the total number of the helicopters in service with the Slovak Air Force to 4. The additional 5 UH-60M Black Hawks will be delivered in line with the terms and conditions of the contract next year.
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš said: “These two helicopters are already equipped with a fast rope insertion extraction system, an internal auxiliary fuel tank, and a rescue hoist system.” He further added that the first two helicopters will be additionally fitted with the same equipment. As a result, the helicopter fleet will be capable of performing domestic crisis management tasks, in other words, SAR and disaster response operations.
http://www.mosr.sk/42295-sk/do-vyzbroje ... lack-hawk/The SVK Air Force intends to deploy new Slovak UH-60M Black Hawks on Exercise Atlas Common Challenger 2.0, which is due in October 2018.
http://www.mosr.sk/42295-en/do-vyzbroje ... lack-hawk/
- Minister Gajdoš hands over the first Spartan airlifter to airmen in a formal ceremony (31. 10. 2017)
https://www.mosr.sk/40799-en/minister-g ... o-spartan/
- The first of the two Spartan C-27J is already in Slovakia (24. 10. 2017)
https://www.mosr.sk/40735-en/prve-z-dvo ... slovensku/
Minister Gajdoš odovzdal vzdušným silám prvé dva vrtuľníky Black Hawk (3. 8. 2017)
https://www.mosr.sk/40252-sk/minister-g ... lack-hawk/
https://www.mosr.sk/40252-en/minister-g ... lack-hawk/
- Delivery of C-27J Spartan delayed (27. 6. 2017)
https://www.mosr.sk/40055-en/lietadlo-s ... e-sankcie/
Prvé dva vrtuľníky Black Hawk sú už na Slovensku (26. 6. 2017)
https://www.mosr.sk/40052-sk/prve-dva-v ... slovensku/
https://www.mosr.sk/40052-en/prve-dva-v ... slovensku/
Američania už začali s výrobou vrtuľníkov Black Hawk pre Ozbrojené sily SR (1. 5. 2016)
https://www.mosr.sk/36961-sk/americania ... e-sily-sr/
https://www.mosr.sk/36961-en/americania ... e-sily-sr/In the United States of America, the production of the first batch of the 9 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters, which the SVK MOD purchased under the US Government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme for the SVK Armed Forces, has already been launched.
New strategic air capability (29. 4. 2015)
SVK Minister of Defense Glváč has been mandated by the Security Council of the Slovak Republic and the SVK Government to effect the purchase of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. This initiative is viewed as the most extensive modernization project in the history of the SVK Armed Forces. A total of 9 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters will be procured by the SVK MOD under the U.S. Government's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, while achieving maximum transparency and lower prices.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters meet all the requirements of the SVK Armed Forces. The necessity to replace the helicopter fleet was also confirmed by Brig Gen Miroslav Korba, SVK Air Force Commander, saying that “We are replacing the Mil Mi-17 Hip helicopters for the Black Hawk utility helicopters. These are precisely the helicopters that suit us.” According to him, they will also be used for crisis management operations at home, including firefighting, flood incident response, and search and rescue missions.
The finalization of the contract has been overseen by the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Vice Admiral Joseph W. Rixey, who participated in the negotiations on Monday in Bratislava.
https://www.mosr.sk/34708-en/minister-g ... lack-hawk/The Vice Admiral noted that the negotiations between the SVK MOD and the DSCA had lasted over 3 months.
Slovakia – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... elicoptersThe Government of Slovakia has requested a possible sale of nine UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters in standard U.S. Government configuration with designated unique equipment and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE); twenty T700-GE-701D Engines (18 installed and 2 spares); twenty Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial Navigation Systems; two Aviation Mission Planning Systems; one Aviation Ground Power Unit; eleven AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe Transponders; twenty Very High Frequency (VHF)/Digitally Selective Calling AN/ARC-231 radios; eleven ARN-147 VHF Omni Ranging/Instrument Landing System (VOR/ILS); eleven AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation Systems; and eleven AN/ARC-201D Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems radios. Also included are aircraft warranty, ammunition, air worthiness support, facility construction, spare and repair parts, support equipment, communication equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, site surveys, tool and test equipment, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics support services, and other related element of program and logistics support. The estimated cost is $450 million.
- Largest modernization project (29. 10. 2014)
https://www.mosr.sk/33373-en/m-glvac-na ... enych-sil/
- Government’s endorsement for purchase of tactical transport aircraft (22. 10. 2014)
https://www.mosr.sk/33307-en/bezpecnost ... an-c-27-j/
UH-60 "Black Hawk" für die Slowakei?
http://www.doppeladler.com/forum/viewto ... f=7&t=4218