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MH60R Helicopter
- 01 Dec 2025
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India has signed Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs) worth Rs 7,995 crore with the US for five-year sustainment support of the Indian Navy’s MH-60R multi-role helicopters.
- The Sustainment package includes spares, product support, training, technical assistance, repair and replenishment, and setting up intermediate-level repair and maintenance facilities in India.
- India signed a deal in 2020 to procure 24 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from the US.
- The Indian Navy commissioned its first MH-60R squadron in 2024, at INS Garuda in Kochi.
- MH 60R Seahawk (a maritime variant of the Blackhawk helicopter) is an advanced, all-weather, multi-role platform with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability, crucial for India’s maritime security.
- The helicopter comes equipped with a range of sensors, including a multi-mode radar, electronic support measures system, electro-optical/infrared camera, datalinks, aircraft survivability systems, dipping sonar, and sonobuoys.
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