This contract is the first step in the eventual production and fielding of up to 112 aircraft with a potential value of approximately $7.9 billion.
Going to be interesting to see exactly how these aircraft are configured. The retention of the UH-60M's T700-701D donks will limit the extent of the missionization possible (as opposed to had the aircraft been based around SOCOM's more powerful MH-60M). Yet the money being spent is
significantly above the unit price for vanilla 60Mikes (~$19M, according to the last SAR).
Talking of MH-60Ms...
(c/o Hawkwrench @ARCForums)
I/C