Wednesday, November 19, 2014

SH-60B Sea Hawk

SH-60B Sea Hawk (Anti-submarine warfare helicopter) – 181


Manufacturer: Sikorsky Aircraft
First flight: 12 December 1979
Introduction: 1984
Produced: 1979-present
Developed from: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Variants:
Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk;
Mitsubishi SH-60


General characteristics
Crew: 3-4
Capacity: 5 passengers in cabin, slung load of 2,700 kg or internal load of 1,900 kg
Length: 19.75 m
Rotor diameter: 16.35 m
Height: 5.2 m
Disc area: 210 m²
Empty weight: 6,895 kg
Loaded weight: 8,055 kg; for ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) mission
Useful load: 3,031 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 9,927 kg
Powerplant:
2× General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft, 1,890 shp (1,410 kW) take-off power each


Performance
Never exceed speed: 333 km/h
Maximum speed: 270 km/h
Range: 834 km at cruise speed
Service ceiling: 3,580 m
Rate of climb: 8.38 m/s


Equipped with an APS-124 search radar and an ALQ-142 ESM system under the nose, also fitted with a 25-tube sonobuoy launcher on the left side and modified landing gear


Armament
Up to three Mark-46 torpedos or Mark-54s,
4× AGM-114 Hellfire missile
AGM-119 Penguin missile (being phased out)
M60 machine gun or, M240 machine gun or GAU-16/A machine gun or GAU-17/A Minigun
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) using Mark-44 Mod 0 30 mm Cannon


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