Navy eyes upgrades, service life extension for MH-60 fleet

By Justin Doubleday / September 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM
The Navy is preparing to analyze what work its fleet of MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters will require to keep the rotorcraft flying and operationally relevant into the 2030s, according to the head of the program. The service has nearly completed its Sea Hawk purchase, with the last of 275 planned MH-60S aircraft being delivered last December, while deliveries of the MH-60R variant -- 280 in total -- are expected to wrap up in the summer of 2018. With production nearly...

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