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Oct 16, 2023

Spain confirms order for 8 MH-60R for Armada Española


Armada Española (Spanish Navy) has officially ordered the eight MH-60R Seahawk helicopters it requested from the US government last year.

According to Lockheed Martin, the ordered helicopters will have advanced mission systems and sensors for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.

The Seahawks will reportedly significantly upgrade Spain’s maritime patrol capabilities.

Armada Española has been employing SH-60 helicopters  has been withdrawn in 2022, and sold to Perú.

Currently Armada Española (Spanish Navy) operates eighteen Sikorsky SH-60B and SH-60F Seahawks with Escuadrilla 10 (Eslla 010) at Rota. They are embarqued on its F-80 and F-110 frigates, and 'Juan Carlos I' aircraft carrier. The new MH-60Rs new helicopters will replace the SH-60B.


(Armada Española/Spanish Navy SH-60B)

In 2022 Armada Española withdrawn its SH-3 Sea King helicopters from service. The remaining 6 units on service were transferred to Perú.

In March 2022, the US government announed that Spain had requested 20 T-700-GE-401C engines, 32 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, and 100 WGU-59/B Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems in addition to the eight MH-60R.

Airborne low-frequency sonars, missile warning systems, embedded global positioning systems, and identification friend-or-foe transponders were also requested .

It's also expected that MH-60Rs to performe also vertical replenishment, search and rescue, and communications relay missions.

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