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Home» News»U.S. Approves Sale of up to 7 MH-60R Maritime Helicopters for Hellenic Navy
U.S. Approves Sale of 24 MH-60R Maritime Helicopters for Indian Navy
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 29, 2018) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Blue Hawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 flies over the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer/Released)

U.S. Approves Sale of up to 7 MH-60R Maritime Helicopters for Hellenic Navy

The United States' State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Greece of up to 7 MH-60R Multi-Mission helicopters for an estimated cost of $600 million.

Xavier Vavasseur 15 Jul 2019

The Government of Greece has requested to buy up to seven (7) MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters equipped with ten (10) APS-l 53(V) Multi-Mode Radars (7 installed, 3 spares); eighteen (18) T700 GE-401 C Engines (14 installed, 4 spares); seven (7) Airborne Low Frequency System (ALFS) (7 installed); ten (10) AN/ AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems (7 installed, 3 spares); eighteen (18) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (14 installed, 4 spares); one-thousand (1,000) AN/SSQ-36/53/62 Sonobuoys; two (2) AGM-114 M36-E9 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); four (4) AGM-114Q Hellfire Training Missiles; one Hundred (100) Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) Rockets; thirty (30) MK 54 Torpedoes; twelve (12) M-2400 Crew Served Guns; and twelve (12) GAU-21 Crew Served Guns.  Also included are eighteen (18) AN/ARC-210 APX-1990A(C) Radios with COMSEC (14 installed and 4 spares); twenty-four (24) AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Devices; ten (10) AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders (8 installed, 2 spares); spare engine containers; facilities study, design, and construction; spare and repair parts; support and test equipment; communication equipment; ferry support; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support. The estimated total case value is $600 million.

The proposed sale will improve Greece’s capability to meet current and future threats.  The MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter will provide the capability to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions along with the ability to perform secondary missions including vertical replenishment, search and rescue, and communications relay.  Greece will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces.

The Hellenic Navy is likely to procure a first batch of 4 helicopters via the foreign military sales (FMS) scheme, with follow on aircraft as option.

Once procured, the Romeos will replace an aeging fleet of 7 AB212 helicopters used by the Hellenic Navy for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and electronic warfare (EW) missions.

Earlier this year, the U.S. State Department approved a similar deal for the Indian Navy. So far, the Romeo has been selected by the navies of the United States, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Australia, India and Greece.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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