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It will be interesting to see how India likes the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route that this contract is executing under. My observation with involving the USN in these contracts has pros and cons. It adds another level of expense and and can cause delays due to the bureaucracy that is added...

You still don’t get it. The 60R cockpit is the same as was fielded back in 2012 and the 70B cockpit was still significantly superior. Yes, the 70B is no longer produced, but it is still in service with the Turkish Navy and Singapore Navy. And, yes after 8 years there would be obsolescence issues...

Thats awesome. Kongsberg is an excellent company that puts out a great product. If I could offer one piece of advice to the IN it would be to be sure they buy an NSM simulator for their lab integration. When Sikorsky integrated the Penguin onto the S70B they bought a Penguin Missile Simulator so...

You again are misinformed and not understanding the S-70B. The latest generation, the -7, is an all glass cockpit design with a federated architecture consisting of Flight Management, Mission Management, Weapons Management computing resources and an Automated Flight Control System. The SH-60 is...

If they buy 60R’s then they should stay with that model. No reason I can think of for a mixed fleet with S70B’s and many reasons that does not make sense. Maybe due to the USN/60R abandoning the ASuW mission buy removing the Penguin anti-ship missile from the 60R. S70B still has that capability...

To those you interested in further info, please look back to 2013-2015, around pages 6-8 in this thread. There are a variety of posts of mine that explain my opinions on a number of issues regarding the S70B. Feel free to contact me with any further questions.

Some may be confused by my references to Lockheed. There is the corporate entity that now owns a Sikorsky. (Actually a good fit and they were they best suitor for Sikorsky when UTC decided to sell them off.) My references are to Lockheed in Owego, NY where they designed the current avionics &...

I’ll see if I can find my previous posts and let you know. I went into some detail contrasting the two very different architectures. I have also spoken to a number of Contact’s I have in the USN and their opinion of what has been fielded to date with the 60R are not very complementary.

You are not correct. Sikorsky built the airframe, Lockheed designed and fielded the avionics and mission system. That’s what I said in my post. I worked for Sikorsky for 28 years. I know what I am talking about. I see the IN just awarded a contract for mods to the 60R for IN requested changes...

Have not been on this site for a few years. Pretty much got disgusted with the delays in the Indian Navy MRH replacement program. A shame the Indian Navy went with the MH-60R and not the S-70B. Not surprising since Lockheed basically killed the S-70B so it could have success on the international...

I am encouraged that a new tender will be offered but this does not change the fact that 5+ years have been wasted and the groundwork for having India manufacture the S-70B in country had already been done. I fully understand the desire to stand up India with an in-country capability but the...

Have not been on this forum for a long time. No reason too, just delay after delay after delay. Now, finally put out of its misery by the Indian MOD. So sad, this was an awesome opportunity for the Indian Navy to really step up their game and get one of, if not the best ASW & ASuW rotary wing...

Hope to be able to take this picture with an Indian Ocean sun set in the near future!

As I have noted before discussions have already taken place with the IN regarding production in India. The numbers have to be large to justify setting up a production line and standing up the IN to support a production aircraft. The follow on procurement of additional NMRH aircraft would allow...

Very interesting! Sounds like a busy time coming up once financial issues are worked out. Too bad India does not hire foreign consultants, I could really help them with their 70B procurement. Would love to work the new weapons integration they are going to do on the 70B.

Thanks for the reply @abingdonboy, good to hear from you too. Let's hope you're right.

Have not heard anything about India having discussions with Sikorsky or whether Sikorsky has gone in country to discuss price. Last I heard was the resolution of this issue was still pending. I would be surprised if Sikorsky was able to reduce the price they quoted now almost 5 years ago. At...

There have already been discussions between Sikorsky & the IN regarding an Indian produced multi-role helicopter. I think the industry understands this next large buy of multi-role helicopters will need to involve a plan to produce the agreed to platform in India. The S-70B is an adaptable...

Not really relevant to this thread but the CH-53K achieved first flight a few days ago. This is one bad ass aircraft. Thought those on this thread would enjoy. Amazing power and lift capabilities. Would make an awesome addition to the IN in the future when they start exporting these.

Sikorsky is now owned by LM but will remain as its own business entity. Name recognition is huge and LM is smart enough to know that.