In a boost to the Indian Navy, the first batch of two Sikorsky multi-role MH-60 Romeo helicopters from the United States at their Naval Air Station in San Diego’s North Island.
Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, and Indian Navy Deputy Chief Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh received the two MH-60 Romeo helicopters at the US Navy base in San Diego, reports ANI.
The United States Navy has handed over the first two Sikorsky MH-60R multi-role helicopters to the Indian Navy at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, USA pic.twitter.com/GEEUvyi5wY
— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2021
In 2020, India had signed a $2.6 billion deal with the US for procurement of 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters for the Indian Navy sealed under a government to government (G2G) deal under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme.
The 24 MH-60 Romeos would be equipped with multi-mode radars and night-vision devices as well as armed with Hellfire missiles, torpedoes, and precision-guided weaponry.
This helicopter can operate from any air-capable frigate, destroyer, cruiser, a fast combat support ship, amphibious assault ship, Littoral combat ship or aircraft carrier.
The Seahawk can be a particular menace for submarines as it has anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and also act as an anti-surface warfare (ASUW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC).
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