Navy uses the h60 airframe under the model designations. The cc was designed for the mh60rmh60s aircraft as the interface for all. The lockheed martin common cockpit avionics suite is common to the u. Secondary mission areas include search and rescue, vertical replenishment, naval surface fire support, logistics support, personnel transport, medical evacuation, and very high frequencyultra high frequency link communication relay. Prime contractor for the common cockpit is the owego helo systems division of lockheed martin systems integration at owego new york. Another major design feature of the mh60r is a socalled common cockpit this allows pilots to shift from one aircraft to another with minimal retraining. The airframe and cockpit commonality between the two aircraft provide exceptional flexibility of support, maintenance and training, thereby yielding significant savings. The us navy received the 200th mh 60r in november 2014. The coast guard completed upgrades to its fleet of 45 mh60j jayhawk. Greatly enhanced over its predecessors, the mh60r features a glass cockpit and significant mission system improvements, which give it unmatched capability as an airborne multimission naval platform. The program also upgraded and standardized the helicopters existing. Lockheed martin to provide avionics cockpits for saudi. Fullcolor, night vision capable, sunlight readable glass cockpit, common with usn mh60s. Uh60v black hawk integrated mission equipment package.
First mh60 digital cockpit completed for australian romeo. Sikorsky submitted the s70 design for the united states armys utility tactical transport aircraft system uttas competition in 1972. The most significant modifications are the folding main rotor and a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships. Mh60s seahawk knighthawk multimission naval helicopter. The mh60s with its glass cockpit incorporates active matrix liquid crystal displays, used to facilitate pilot and copilot vertical and horizontal situation presentations. Navys new primary maritimedominance helicopter, replacing the sh60b and sh60f aircraft. Your glass cockpit, doubled to the max adding the evolution mfd multifunction display to your aspen primary flight display pfd doubles your display area providing flexible display of moving maps, datalink weather, traffic, charts, georeferenced airport airport diagrams and. Two multimission mh60r seahawk helicopters fly in tandem during section landings at naval air station jacksonville, florida. Mh60r shares the same mh60 multifunction digital glass cockpit as the mh60s helicopter. Navy photo by mass communication specialist 2nd class shannon renfroereleased. Navys mh 60r and mh 60s multimission seahawk helicopters the cockpit enables the aircrew to perform diverse missions, including antisubmarine warfare, antisurface warfare, combat search and rescue, vertical replenishment, and airborne mine countermeasures. The common cockpit avionics suite has proved to be a highly effective flight and mission systems hub during more than 600,000 flight hours aboard the u. Navys mh60r multimission helicopter, which first became operational in 2006. What we have here is a kit molded in light gray styrene and presented on seven parts trees plus one tree of clear parts.
Air force photo by ethan wagner an edwards b1b lancer takes off runway 22l on april 1 to begin testing its new sustainment block 16a sb 16a. With its glass cockpit, the mh60r incorporates active matrix liquid crystal displays used to facilitate pilot and copilot vertical and horizontal situation presentations. The navigation suite includes a northrop grumman litton ln100g dualembedded global positioning system and inertial navigation system. Mh60s and mh60r share the identical multifunction digital glass cockpit. Project magenta highend flight simulation software. While they are both strong performers individually, together they can provide the most complete and. The fullyintegrated glass cockpit and mission sensor suite of the mh60s delivers maximum functionality, while increasing safety and reducing pilot overload. System integration was not complete prior to the start of.
Lockheed martin completes 400th mh60 digital cockpit for. The sikorsky sh60mh60 seahawk or sea hawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multimission united states navy helicopter based on the united states army uh60 black hawk and a member of the sikorsky s70 family. Another major design feature of the mh60r is a socalled common cockpit shared with the mh60s seahawk fleet combat support helicopter. The mh60 common cockpit has been designed and supplied by the owego helo systems division of lockheed martin systems integration at owego new york. Navys fleet of 360 mh60r and mh60s helicopters built and delivered to date, said capt. The mh60r multimission helicopter mh60r primary mission areas include antisubmarine warfare and surface warfare. Information about the mh60r seahawk multimission helicopter, including. Mh60r seahawk multimission naval helicopter airforce. Navy predecessors, the sh60b and sh60f helicopters.
The mh60r features a spacious cabin, which provides a comfortable operational environment for three to four flight crew and five passengers. The mh60s shares with the navy mh60r helicopter a common cockpit, which consists of multifunctional displays, key sets, and a complex clientserver based tactical data processing system. This allows pilots to shift from one aircraft to another with minimal retraining. Airframe improvements include a new cabin, strengthened floor, highspeed machined parts, and future growth provisions. Mh60r seahawk is a multimission helicopter manufactured by sikorsky aircraft and. This will allow a pilot to shift from one aircraft to another with minimal retraining. Internal configuration changes included the installation of a new digital glass cockpit with five. Greatly enhanced over these earlier models, the mh60r features an upgraded glass cockpit and significant mission improvements for greater flexibility. Sikorsky mh60r seahawk specs, cockpit, radar, and price. Concept developing high end flight simulation software. Australia is the first international customer to purchase the u. Our products range spans from typespecific glass cockpits, flight management systems and interfacing software to data logging. The sikorsky uh60 black hawk is a fourblade, twinengine, mediumlift utility helicopter manufactured by sikorsky aircraft.
Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for glass cockpit 120 found 631 total alternate case. The mh60r helicopter was developed by combining the capabilities of. The omia system consists of proprietary software to reproduce the mission display portion and other aspects of the helicopters. An examination of the mh60s common cockpit from a design methodology and acquisitions standpoint. A major design feature of the mh60s is the socalled common cockpit shared with the mh60r seahawk multimission helicopter. Sikorsky mh60r seahawk info, avionics, budgetcosts. Military avionics get sleek with digital glass cockpit instruments and panoramic displays. The helicopter is equipped with the new glass mh60 common cockpit, which is. Mh60r funding does not include initial spares navy 1506 06 0204243n lineitem name 0605 spares and repair parts sunk mh60r december 2015 sar march 23, 2016 15.
Lockheed martin to upgrade terrain awareness warning. An examination of the mh60s common cockpit from a design. The knighthawk fits an allglass, twoseat cockpit featuring four large programmable liquid crystal displays known as the mh60 common cockpit of the mh60r series. With several thousand installations to date, from desktop systems to certified or approved flight training devices, project magenta has become a very recognizable name in flight simulation and pilot training. Starting in 2020, the us navy will start to replace the remaining. The us navys new multimission helicopter, the sikorsky mh60s knighthawk. Mh60r seahawk multimission helicopters are manufactured by sikorsky aircraft. Sikorsky mh60s seahawk info, avionics, budgetcosts. The new seahawk variant has many improvements, such as the glass cockpit, improved mission systems, new sensors and advanced avionics. The mh60s provided a simple step to take existing tooling and add some new parts for the navy rotor system, glass cockpit, flir, and a few other details to render the new variant. Northrop grumman provides the integrated avionics suite for the uh60v, which modernizes the u.
Multi role helicopters mrh to be inducted into indian. Flight management computer and operations software fullcolor, night vision capable, sunlight readable glass cockpit, common with usn mh 60s helicopters lockheed martin integrates the many mission systems and sensors that make an mh 60 into the romeo, the most advanced aswasuw helicopter in the world. Greatly enhanced over its predecessors, the mh60r helicopter features a glass cockpit and significant mission system improvements, which give it unmatched. Mh60s fleet combat support helicopter fy01 activity. With its glass cockpit, the mh60r incorporates active matrix liquid crystal. The army designated the prototype as the yuh60a and selected the black hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a flyoff. Sikorsky mh60r seahawk specs, cockpit, radar, and price sikorsky mh60r seahawk is a maritime military multimission helicopter developed by sikorsky aircraft corporation, united states. Armys uh60l black hawk helicopters with a digital, open architecture integrated glass cockpit, including an integrated computational system, visual display system and control display units. Mh60r mh60r airframe seahawk mh60r lockheed martin. Instrument meteorological conditions imc certification of the mh. Another major design of the mh60s is a common cockpit, which is shared with the new mh60r.
The common cockpit design used by the navys mh60s and mh60r helicopters includes all the flight and mission instrumentation. Military avionics get sleek with digital glass cockpit instruments and. It enables the pilot and copilot to share workload through dual flight and mission instrumentation. Navy sh60b that has been retrofitted at sikorsky with a new lockheedmartin glass cockpit. The mh60r has a glass cockpit common to the mh60s and other seahawk versions, which substitute digital avionics displays for a complex collection of dials.
The sb 16a software will work in conjunction with the longrange bombers new glass cockpit configuration in order to ensure its capabilities in a fastpaced integrated battlefield of the future. Mh60r seahawk multimission naval helicopter naval technology. The us navy received the 200th mh60r in november 2014. Mh60s knighthawk seahawk multimission naval helicopter. The mh60r seahawk is no exception as it combines all of the traditional missions of its u. Sikorsky mh60 knighthawk multimission naval helicopter. The helicopter is equipped with the new glass mh60 common cockpit, which is also fitted on the us navy mh60r, developed by sikorsky to replace the seahawk. The digital, all glass cockpit is common to both platforms and enables interoperability between mh60 aircraft operated by both the australian and u. The pilots and aircrew have common programmable keysets, a mass memory unit, mission and flight management computers, and mh 60r dedicated operational software. Navys combat helicopter mh60r is the most capable and mature anti submarine warfare asw antisurface warfare asuw multi. Mh60r shares the same mh60 multifunction digital glass cockpit as the.