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The Government of the Czech Republic has requested to buy equipment and services to refurbish six (6) AH-1Z and two (2) UH-1Y Excess Defense Article (EDA) helicopters. This equipment and services will include: twenty-two (22) T-700 GE 401C engines (16 installed, 6 spares); fourteen (14) Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning System Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs) w/Precise Positioning Service (PPS) (8 installed, 6 spares); four (4) M240 machine guns; and twenty-four (24) ARC-210 COMSEC radios. Also included is communication equipment; electronic warfare systems; support equipment; spare engine containers; flight training devices; Composite Maintenance trainer; spare and repair parts; tools and test equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total value is $650 million.

The principal contractors will be Bell Helicopter, Textron, Fort Worth, TX, and General Electric Company, Lynn, MA. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $22,500,000 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized order (N0001923F0028) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0012). This order provides up to 24 months of in-country aircraft maintenance for eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z aircraft, and up to 36 months of in-country contractor engineering services for the government of the Czech Republic. Work will be performed in Náměšt’, Czech Republic, and is expected to be completed in July 2026. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $11,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.