Navy upgrading sea-mine sweeper helicopters: budget cuts could slow development of airborne mine countermeasures.
National Defense › Vol. 88 Nbr. 602, January 2004
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Navy upgrading sea-mine sweeper helicopters: budget cuts could slow development of airborne mine countermeasures.
The U.S. Navy intends to deploy the first MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters equipped with organic airborne mine countermeasures with carrier battle groups in 2005.
Although the service has not yet designated which carriers will receive the countermine equipment, planners expect forward-deployed helicopter sea combat squadrons with Sikorsky Knighthawks to replace dedicated helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon. It takes 72 hours to airlift the big Sea Dragons and their minesweeping equipment to a combat theater. Multi-mission Knighthawks routinely operate from ships of many types. "The beauty of the organic construct is that t...See the full content of this document
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