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Navy Completes Study For FVL Effort To Replace MH-60R/S, May Start Program In 2025

Navy Completes Study For FVL Effort To Replace MH-60R/S, May Start Program In 2025
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Sea, March 20, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy has completed a study assessing potential procurement paths for its effort to replace its Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters with a future vertical lift (FVL) platform, and may look to initiate the program in 2025.  Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, director of the Navy’s Air Warfare Division, said the Analysis of Alternatives study for the FVL Maritime Strike effort has been delivered to the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office for analysis. “Once…

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