The U.S. Protection Contract Administration Company (DCMA) Sikorsky Plane delivered the primary HH-60W Jolly Inexperienced II Fight Rescue Helicopter to the 563rd Rescue Group, right here August 11. The HH-60W is the most recent improve of the Sikorsky H-60 collection helicopter designed to interchange the Air Pressure’s present HH-60G stock. Crewmembers from the 66th Rescue Squadron, or RQS, who will discipline the superior rescue helicopter, have been readily available for the supply. The brand new plane additionally options upgraded avionics. U.S. Navy Capt. Dan Brief, the Protection Contract Administration Company Sikorsky Plane commander, joined the supply crew that flew the plane from Connecticut to Nevada for the 563rd Rescue Group (563rd RQG) and 66th Rescue Squadron (66th RQS).
U.S. Air Pressure Capt. Jose Martinez, 66th RQS Mission Pilot stated,”The upgraded body gives an a variety of benefits. A brand new chook, contemporary off the lot, with zero hours on it, will enhance flight percentages resulting from decreased upkeep hours. The rescue squadron pilots are wanting ahead to the glass cockpit, which is a huge enchancment over steam gauges used within the HH-60G. The brand new helicopter will vastly enhance the squadron’s capabilities in coaching and executing fight rescue missions.”
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“The very best half was seeing the younger mechanics’ pleasure about how this brand-new airframe will enhance maintainability in comparison with their HH-60G. It’s very rewarding once you get the chance to see the impression of our efforts on the floor ranges,” Navy Capt. Dan Brief stated.
The HH-60W Jolly Inexperienced II is a new-build, dual-piloted, twin-engine rotary-wing plane, primarily based on the U.S. Military UH-60M, to interchange the Air Pressure HH-60G. The HH-60W will fly a fight radius of a minimum of 195 nautical miles with out aerial refueling and conduct an out-of-ground impact hover at its mid-mission gross weight. Cockpit and cabin armor, self-sealing gasoline cells that don’t endure catastrophic harm from high-explosive incendiary rounds, and crew and passenger crashworthy seating. Two exterior mount gun methods with ahead and side-firing crew-served weapons together with the GAU-2B, GAU-18, and GAU-21. Plane survivability tools together with the AN/AAR?57(V)3 frequent missile warning system, the AN/ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser set, the AN/AVR?2B(V)1 laser detecting system, and the AN/APR?52(V)1 radar warning receiver (RWR). An upturned exhaust system to cut back its infrared signature.
The Protection Contract Administration Company Sikorsky Plane accepts and delivers greater than 120 plane on behalf of the federal government enterprise annually, offering superior and succesful airframes to flight strains all over the world. DCMA Sikorsky gives contract oversight for quite a lot of plane for the army. Along with the Black Hawk, the contract administration workplace has oversight over the Navy’s Seahawk helicopter, Fight Rescue Helicopter for the Air Pressure, and the King Stallion and presidential helicopters for the Marine Corps. DCMA can be credited for being the final line of protection in stopping a non-conforming product from being fielded to the warfighter.
