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