The Defense Department is asking Congress for permission to sell a decade's worth of maintenance services to Australia to sustain 24 MH-60R helicopters, a deal that could be worth up to $1.6 billion. According to a Feb. 2 Defense Security Cooperation Agency statement, the 10-year, "Through-Life-Support" (TLS) sustainment contract would "include spare and repair parts provisioning, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical...
