The MH-60R Seahawk, which will soon become the Royal Australian Navy’s
(RAN) first, arrived July 24 at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and
Training in Owego, N.Y. This Seahawk will be mission ready and transferred
to the RAN in December this year. |
Officially
delivered by Sikorsky Aircraft and accepted by the U.S. Navy on June
29, the Seahawk was flown from Sikorsky’s Stratford, Conn., facility
by U.S. Navy pilots to the Lockheed facility to have the digital cockpit
and integrated mission systems and sensors installed.
"Delivery and first flight of an Australian MH-60R aircraft in
late June occurred only two years after contract signature, some six
months ahead of the original schedule approved by the Australian Government
in 2011," said Capt. Scott Lockey, project director at the Defence
Materiel Organisation, which is procuring 24 MH-60R anti-submarine and
anti-surface warfare helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy. "This
is a magnificent outcome for our program."
From NAVAIR PEO(A) Public Affairs |
