U.S. Navy has accepted the first Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter slated for Denmark from Loc...
U.S. Navy has accepted the first Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter slated for Denmark from Lockheed Martin in a ceremony at the Lockheed Martin facility in Owego, New York.
Lockheed Martin equips the Sikorsky manufactured helicopter with advanced mission systems and sensors.
The MH-60R is operational and deployed as the primary U.S. Navy anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare system for both open-ocean and littoral zones. In 2012, Denmark announced it will acquire a total of nine MH-60R aircraft by 2018 to conduct missions such as surveillance, search and rescue, anti-piracy and anti-surface warfare.
Prior to being delivered to the Royal Danish Air Force, these aircraft will enter a series of testing to validate Danish configuration modifications. The first aircraft will be delivered to Denmark in the second quarter of 2016, and the full fleet will be delivered by 2018.
Denmark is the second international partner in the MH-60R program, following the Royal Australian Navy. To date, Lockheed Martin has delivered a total of 14 of 24 Australian aircraft ahead of schedule. The remaining 10 aircraft will be delivered in 2016.
The cockpit features four large, flat-panel, multi-function, night-vision-compatible, color displays, digital communications suite, fully integrated Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation System and rugged integrated mission computer
