US hands over 2 Multi Role Helicopters to Indian Navy

Indian navy has got two Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) from US Navy. Indian Navy accepted the first two of its MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters in a ceremony held at NAS North Island, San Diego. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to USA accepted these Helicopters from the US navy on Friday. The ceremony also witnessed exchange of helicopter documents between Vice Adm Kenneth Whitesell, Commander Naval Air Forces, USN and Vice Adm Ravneet Singh, DCNS, IN. MH-60R helicopters manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA is an all-weather helicopter designed to support multiple missions with state of the art avionics/ sensors. Indian Navy is procuring 24 of these helicopters under Foreign Military Sales from the US Government. The helicopters would also be modified with several India Unique Equipment and weapons. In order to exploit these potent helicopters, the first batch of Indian crew are presently undergoing training in USA. According to official of Navy the induction of these MRH would enhance Indian Navy’s three dimensional capabilities.