H-60 Hawk
IOC: 1979
Total Production: 4,183
Total Program's Cost: USD$100 billion
HH-60G Pave Hawk
IOC: 1982
Production: 105
Also Known As
MH-60G Pave Hawk
MH-60K
Origin
United States of America
Contractor/s
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Family Members
A2C2S
BattleHawk
HH-60H
HH-60M BlackHawk
MH-60M BlackHawk
MH-60R Strikehawk
MH-60S Knighthawk
S-70i International Black Hawk
SH-60B Seahawk
SH-60F Ocean Hawk
UH-60A Blackhawk
UH-60L Blackhawk
UH-60M BlackHawk
UH-60Q Medevac
Power plant:
T700-GE-701C (2)
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Description:
The Pave Hawk helicopter is a derivative of proven UH-60 Blackhawk designed to provide search and rescue capability in support of downed aircrews or other isolated personnel in hostile territory. The HH-60G and MH-60G can perform missions other than war due to their versatility. These missions include civil search and rescue, emergency medical evacuation, disaster relief, international aid, counterdrug activities and NASA space shuttle support.
The Pave Hawk features a modified communications and navigation suite including GPS/INS/Doppler navigation, satellite communications, secure voice, and Have Quick communications. Night vision goggles, a FLIR, and automatic flight control system have been provided to the Pave Hawk for low-altitude, at night operations, as well as other refinements for all-weather operations. A retractable in-flight refueling probe and internal auxiliary fuel tanks allow extended range operations. Two side-mounted 7.62mm machine guns provide self-defense. Folding rotor blades and a 8,000 lbs hook enables carriage of external load and shipboard operations.
For improved survivability the Pave Hawk is equipped with a radar warning receiver, an infrared jammer, and chaff/flare countermeasure dispensing system. Its rescue equipment includes a hoist capable of lifting a 600 pound load from a hover height of 200 feet.
The Pave Hawks provided combat search and rescue capability for coalition forces during operation Desert Storm in 1991, and operation Allied Force in 1999. It entered active service within the US Air Force in 1982. The US Army has a similar aircraft called the MH-60K. In early 2006 the US Air Force released that the HH-60G replacement, called the CSAR-X, was going to enter service by 2012.
Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 4
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 7.62 mm
Dimensions: Height 5.1 m, Length 19.8 m, Main Rotor Diameter 16.4 m, Width 2.4 m
Weights: Max Weight 9,979 kg (22,000 lb), Min Weight 5,593 kg (12,330 lb)
Performance: Ceiling 4,328 m (14,199 ft), Cruise Speed 77 mps (278 kph), Endurance 4 hours 12 min, Max Range 933 km (504 nm), Top Speed 82 mps (296 kph)
Power: Power 3,780 shp
Other: Main Rotor Blades 4, Number of Engines 2
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United States of America / 105 