The US Navy has added its 350th MH‑60R Seahawk helicopter to the fleet, receiving it from Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility and assigning it to HSM-41.
HSM-41 trains the US Pacific Fleet’s aviators and crew on the Seahawk, which has been the Navy’s primary anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopter since 2010.
The multi-mission MH-60R includes an open-architecture avionics suite, cutting-edge sensors, electronic support measures, data links, and armaments like AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and MK 54 torpedoes.
Having entered service in 2006, the helicopter has recently seen operational deployment in the Gulf of Aden against drones and in the Red Sea against Houthi-armed skiffs. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, manufactures the Seahawk, which is expected to remain in service until the 2050s. Allied users include Australia, India, Greece, and Spain.
