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Lockheed Martin Secures $504 Million Order For 12 Australian MH-60R Helicopters

Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin Secures $504 Million Order For 12 Australian MH-60R Helicopters

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $504 million order on Aug. 29 against an earlier basic ordering agreement to produce and deliver 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk Multi-Mission helicopters for Australia. This comes nearly a year after the State Department approved a potential $985 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 12 Seahawks to Australia (Defense Daily, Oct. 8, 2021). At the time, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said these helicopters would help improve Australia’s ability to perform anti-surface and…

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