The MH-60T is an all-weather, medium-range helicopter, equipped for search and recovery missions.
Characteristics
- Length: 64 feet 10 inches
- Rotor Diameter: 53 feet 8 inches
- Height: 17 feet
- Maximum Weight: 21,884 pounds
- Speed: 170 knots
- Range: 700 nautical miles
- Endurance: 6.5 hours
- Crew: four
Features
- Common avionics architecture system of digital glass cockpit instruments similar to those installed on the Coast Guard’s fixed-wing aircraft
- Surface search radar and electro-optical/infrared sensors
- Engines standard with the Department of Defense’s H-60 fleet
- Five multifunction display screens
- Sensor and hoist cameras
- Integrated traffic collision avoidance system
- 7.62 mm machine gun for firing warning shots and a .50-caliber rifle for precise targeting, such as disabling engines on noncompliant go-fast vessels
- Standardized mission system components complementing capabilities and equipment installed on the Coast Guard’s upgraded MH-65 short range recovery helicopter