Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk

SH-60 / HH-60H / MH-60 Seahawk
A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk landing on USS Abraham Lincoln
Role	Utility maritime helicopter Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Sikorsky Aircraft
First flight	12 December 1979
Introduction	1984
Status	In service
Primary users	United States Navy Royal Australian Navy Turkish Naval Forces Hellenic Navy
Produced	1979–present
Number built	938[1][2]
Developed from	Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Variants	Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk Mitsubishi SH-60 Piasecki X-49

The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The most significant modifications are the folding main rotor blades and a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.

The U.S. Navy acquired H-60 helicopters under the model designations SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60R, and MH-60S. Able to deploy aboard any air-capable frigate, destroyer, cruiser, fast combat support ship, expeditionary transfer dock, amphibious assault ship, littoral combat ship or aircraft carrier, the Seahawk can handle anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC). When entering service, the SH-60 was too large to operate from some of the smaller vessels in service, so it served along with the Kaman SH-2F and SH-2G models until 2001.

Early model Seahawks began to be retired in the 2010s and 2020s, with the last B model leaving U.S. Navy service in 2015, after over three decades, then the F and H models followed in 2016. These were replaced by the upgraded MH-60R and S models.