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The Royal Danish Navy aircraft will be configured for search-and-rescue and anti-surface warfare operations in the North Atlantic, replacing the service’s AgustaWestland Super Lynx helicopters. Raytheon supplies the aircraft’s AN/AAS-44C(V) multi-spectral targeting system, combining forward-looking infrared and electro-optical imagery and laser designation and illumination.


The Australian government selected the MH-60R in June 2011 to fulfill its AIR 9000 Phase 8 requirement for 24 multi-role naval helicopters to replace 16 existing S-70B-2 Seahawks. The first two aircraft will be delivered in December next year. Last May, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible sale of eight MH-60Rs to South Korea.


The Pentagon notified Congress of the FMS to Denmark in November 2010, originally for 12 helicopters. The letter-of-intent signing announcement by Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin on December 6 states that all nine MH-60Rs will be delivered by 2018. In May, Sikorsky and Danish manufacturer Terma said they would expand upon a 2010 memorandum of understanding to collaborate on aircraft programs, contingent on Denmark’s decision to procure the MH-60Rs.


The U.S. Navy has 144 MH-60Rs, with a planned requirement for 291, according to the Naval Air Systems Command. The MH-60R is replacing the fleet’s legacy Sikorsky SH-60B/Fs.

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