Lockheed Martin to install AN/AQS-22 dipping sonar aboard 39 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters
The AN/AQS-22 ALFS is the primary sonar of the MH-60R, and enables the helicopter to detect, pinpoint, track, and classify enemy submarines.
John Keller
Aug 6th, 2020
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will install 39 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems aboard U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter under terms of a $181.7 million order announced Tuesday.
Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems segment in Owego, N.Y., to install the Raytheon AN/AQS-22 ALFS on eight MH-60R helicopters for the Navy, 24 for India, and seven for Denmark.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14181110/sonar-helicopter-antisubmarine-warfare-asw
