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OWEGO, N.Y. — The U.S. Navy has accepted the first MH-60R helicopter from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) that is headed for Denmark. It was part of a ceremony held Thursday at the defense contractor’s plant in Owego. “The Romeo is the U.S. Navy’s primary rotary anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare platform in operation and
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OWEGO, N.Y. — The U.S. Navy has accepted the first MH-60R helicopter from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) that is headed for Denmark.
It was part of a ceremony held Thursday at the defense contractor’s plant in Owego.
“The Romeo is the U.S. Navy’s primary rotary anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare platform in operation and we’re proud to know these will be flying soon with the Royal Danish Air Force … our first Seahawks in Europe,” Rear Adm. CJ Jaynes said in a Lockheed Martin news release.
Jaynes serves as program executive officer for air anti-submarine warfare, assault and special-mission programs, which oversees the U.S. Navy’s H-60 program office.
Stratford, Connecticut–based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. manufactured the MH-60R, while Lockheed Martin provided its mission systems and sensors.
Bethesda, Maryland–based Lockheed on July 20 announced it had agreed to acquire Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion. Sikorsky, which specializes in the design, manufacture, and service of military and commercial helicopters, is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), the parent company of Carrier Corp., which has operations in DeWitt.
The MH-60R is operational and deployed as the primary U.S. Navy anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare system for both open-ocean and littoral zones.
Denmark in 2012 announced it will acquire a total of nine MH-60R aircraft by 2018 to conduct missions such as surveillance, search and rescue, anti-piracy and anti-surface warfare, Lockheed Martin said.
“MH-60R helicopters host the complete package of sensors and systems that address today’s increasing threats,” Dan Spoor, VP of aviation and unmanned systems at Lockheed Martin, said in the company’s news release.
Prior to delivery to the Royal Danish Air Force, the aircraft will undergo a series of tests to validate Danish configuration modifications.
The first aircraft will arrive in Denmark in the second quarter of 2016, while the full fleet will get there by 2018, Lockheed Martin said.
Denmark follows the Royal Australian Navy as the second international military customer in the MH-60R program. To date, Lockheed Martin has delivered a total of 14 of 24 Australian aircraft “ahead of schedule.”
The remaining 10 aircraft will arrive in Australia in 2016, according to the news release.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
PHOTO CAPTION: An MH-60R helicopter in flight
PHOTO CREDIT: Lockheed Martin website
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