DefenceTalkThe United States said Tuesday (April 2) it had approved the sale of 24 MH-60R helicopters to India, significantly boosting its emerging ally’s firepower to target submarines as China expands in the Indian Ocean. In a quick reply to an Indian request submitted late last year, the State Department said it was informing the US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-anti-submarine-helicopter-sale-to-india-72239/

DefenceTalkDanish Defense celebrated the delivery of its first three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters by the U.S. Navy during a ceremony on June 6 in Copenhagen Harbor, Denmark. To mark the new additions to Danish Defense, the ceremony commenced with a Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk helicopter landing aboard a Danish frigate of the Iver Huitfeldt class. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-navy-delivers-first-mh-60r-seahawk-helicopters-to-denmark-67682/

DefenceTalkThe United States said Wednesday it plans to sell thousands of bombs and missiles to Israel as well as 10 Seahawk helicopters to Saudi Arabia, in deals worth about $1.9 billion each, officials said Wednesday. The US State Department informed Congress of the proposed arms sales to two allies in the Middle East that are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-bombs-to-israel-helicopters-to-saudis-64266/

DefenceTalkCAE today announced that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has accepted into service the first of two MH-60R Seahawk Tactical Operational Flight Trainers (TOFT) along with an MH-60R Avionics Maintenance/Weapons Load Trainer (AM/WLT). The MH-60R simulators are located at HMAS Albatross, which is near Nowra in New South Wales and home of the Royal Australian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-australian-navy-mh-60r-seahawk-training-63715/

DefenceTalkIn only seven months of operating the MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Maritime Combat Helicopter, NUSQN 725 has achieved successful Mk 54 torpedo firings during the current deployment to the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre (AUTEC). In a Royal Australian Navy first, a total of three Mk 54 torpedoes were employed against dynamic targets provided by United […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nusqn-725-successfully-launches-first-mk-54-torpedo-60209/

DefenceTalkDefence Minister David Johnston today hailed as an “outstanding success” the delivery of the first two of 24 US-built MH-60R Seahawk Romeo maritime combat helicopters to be acquired by the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. “The handover of the first pair of Romeos means Navy’s Fleet Air Arm is now equipped with one of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-two-mh-60rs-delivered-to-australian-navy-49911/

DefenceTalkHelicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 became the first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron to include both the world’s most technologically advanced helicopter; the MH-60R Seahawk and the MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV); during an establishment ceremony today on Naval Air Station North Island. As the Navy’s first operational […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navys-first-squadron-to-operate-manned-and-unmanned-aircraft-47696/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has completed the 400th Common Cockpit avionics suite for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 Seahawk helicopter program. The digital cockpit will be installed aboard the first of 24 MH-60R (Romeo) anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopters to be acquired by the Royal Australian Navy via the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales program. “The Common Cockpit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-completes-400th-digital-cockpit-for-1st-australian-mh-60r-46957/