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India Approved to Buy Two Dozen MH-60R Seahawks for $2.6B

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

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India Approved to Buy Two Dozen MH-60R Seahawks for $2.6B

A U.S. Navy MH-60R Helicopter using an AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system as an integrated dipping sonar system. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

A potential $2.6 billion foreign military sale of two dozen UH-60R Seahawks to India was approved April 2 by the U.S. State Department. Seahawk naval multi-mission helicopters, made by Sikorsky, will allow India to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare and secondary missions including vertical replenishment, search and rescue and communications relay. India will use the enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland defense, according to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency. “This proposed sale…

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