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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Australian Seahawk helicopters to get Penguin missiles

Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation is examining the feasibility of integrating Kongsberg's Penguin anti-ship missile with the Royal Australian Navy's 16 Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters.

The weapon was originally selected for the navy's troubled Kaman SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite fleet, which is now not expected to deliver full functionality until 2010-11.

To be performed under Project Air 9000 phase 3E, the Penguin/Seahawk integration effort was among 24 new acquisition projects outlined in Australia's recently released Defence Annual Report 2006-7.

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