Mission(s): As the Navy's only forward-deployed Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron, provide
armed helicopter capability for 7th and 5th Fleets, as well as logistics, search-and-rescue, humanitarian assistance and defense of the Amphibious Task Force for 7th Fleet
This award represents the Navy's first production order for the line-of-sight helmet tracking system, and the integration of targeting symbology in the
Armed Helicopter Weapon System (AHWS) for the MH-60S fleet.
The program is part of the US Navy's MH-60 Sierra's Improved Targeting System for the Seahawks'
Armed Helicopter Weapon Kits.
According to a press release handed out by the ship, it is "conducting maritime security patrols to deter terrorist activities and illegal trafficking as part of the 30-nation Combined Maritime Forces." The vessel is armed with highly advanced weapons, including a potent anti-aircraft missile system, a highly sophisticated radar and a Merlin or Lynx
armed helicopter. It has been in the Gulf for a week now - after taking over the role assumed by HMS Defender - and will soon switch to a next phase of deployment following the US carrier to the east of the Suez canal as it continues to launch jets over Islamic State militants across Iraq and Syria.
Other Asian countries will compete in the
armed helicopter market.
The signalman should never stand in front of an
armed helicopter.
announced Thursday that it's developing an
armed helicopter that it hopes to sell to the U.S.
I believe that there are two alternatives to the current method of control: the marking of cows and the
armed helicopter gunship.
"It is an
armed helicopter for law enforcement, paramilitary and other EoACAyspecial' missions.
Army competition for a new
armed helicopter, and is also pitching its A400M transport plane to meet future U.S.