$16.8 million for UH-60 Blackhawk WMS

UH-60 Black Hawk

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford, CT received a $16.8 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Elbit A & B Kits for the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters. The Israeli firm Elbit Systems is the Weapon Management System (WMS) supplier and weapons integrator for Sikorsky, providing armament control systems, observation and targeting systems, stores management, and helmet mounted sights with Line of Sight (LOS) cueing.

Work will be performed in Stratford, CT, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2007. This was a sole source contract initiated on Dec. 10, 2004. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in Redstone Arsenal, AL issued the contract (DAAH23-02-C-0006).