PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 21 Dec. 2010.Military helicopter avionics engineers at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors segment in Owego, N.Y., are readying to upgrade the U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk maritime helicopter with advanced situational awareness technology under terms of a $35 million contract announced Monday by Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.
Lockheed Martin avionics experts are performing pre-engineering, manufacturing, and development in support of the Situational Awareness Technology Insertion (SATI) for the MH-60R helicopter. The MH-60 is deployed on Navy aircraft carriers, cruisers, frigates, and other surface warships for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare, search and rescue, vertical replenishment, and other helicopter missions.
The MH-60 Situational Awareness Technology Insertion program involves installing the digital aeronautical flight information file (DAFIF), CDL Hawklink Link 16 data fusion upgrades, identified friend or foe mode 5 DoD AIMS improvements, digital moving map integration, software modernization, radar improvements, and testing.
For more information contact Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors online at www.lockheedmartin.com/ms2, or Naval Air Systems Command at www.navair.navy.mil.
