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Australian Navy Takes Delivery of First MH-60R Helicopters

: Dec 18, 2013 - : 12:31 am

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The U.S. Navy handed over the first two MH-60R naval combat helicopters to the Royal Australian Navy last week.

The two helicopters are the first of 24 Australia ordered to replace S-70B-2 Seahawks, which have been in service for about 25 years, and will also add an anti-surface warfare capability to its Fleet Air Arm.

The occasion also marked the delivery of the first MH-60R for the export market.

They are being acquired via a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement under Project AIR 9000 phase 8, which is on schedule and under budget, according to Rear Adm. Tony Dalton, head of the Helicopter Division of Australia’s Defense Materiel Organisation.

The first deliveries occurred one month ahead of program schedule and the final aircraft will be handed over in 2016, six months earlier than contracted, he said.

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