For the Navy to deploy both a MH-60 R and S squadron aboard the USS John Stennis (CVN-74), officials had to demonstrate the helos could interoperate with the rest of the carrier strike group (CSG), a service official said. That need for interoperability led the MH-60 multi-mission helicopter program office to upgrade the Romeo and Sierra variants with Link 16, Capt. Dean Peters, H-60 program manager, told sister publication Defense Daily in a recent interview. "We had quite a bit…
Link 16 Upgrades Enable First-Ever Carrier Deployment of Two Helo Squadrons
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