Lockheed Delivers First MH-60R Helicopter

 Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego held a ceremony on Friday, March 31, to mark delivery of the first new-production submarine hunter and surface attack MH-60R helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The helicopter is the next generation of the successful LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) MK III SH-60B helicopter. 

 "More than 30 years after we first teamed with the Navy and Sikorsky to develop the LAMPS anti-submarine helicopter, Lockheed Martin today is honored to deliver the next-generation MH-60R weapons system," said Jeff Bantle, vice president and general manager of Multi-Mission Solutions for Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego. "The sophisticated airborne sensors and electronics we have integrated and installed on board this first new-production MH-60R will provide the Navy with unparalleled surveillance capability of the waters around the fleet, and the ability to hunt enemy submarines and surface vessels."

 Lockheed Martin is the prime systems integration contractor for the MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter program with total responsibility to oversee all systems integration efforts.