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The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter originally developed and produced by American manufacturer Kaman Aircraft Corporation. It has been typically used as a compact and fast-moving rotorcraft for utility and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. Early on it was modest sized single-engined naval utility helicopter, and progressed ...
The Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite is an American ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against several types of enemy threats, including submarines of all types, surface ships, and patrol craft that may be armed with anti-ship missiles.
The "Anti-submarine Squadron (Light)" (HSL) designation was established in 1972 to designate anti-submarine squadrons which operated the "light" Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopter (as compared to the HS squadrons' much larger Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopters) in detachments aboard surface force ships as a part of the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose ...
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Kaman Corporation has landed its helicopter contract. Three weeks ago, the aerospace and defense firm announced that the New Zealand Ministry of Defense had received ...
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite: ASW helicopter Kaman Aircraft: 1985 1993 Unknown Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche: Reconnaissance and attack helicopter Boeing/Sikorsky: Prototype. Program canceled 2004. [10] 1996 Never 5 Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota: Utility helicopter: Eurocopter: Adapted from the Eurocopter EC145 and built in Columbus, Mississippi ...
All Royal Australian Navy SH-2G Seasprite helicopters are withdrawn from service and returned to supplier [9] as budget blew-out and contract specifications unable to be met. Kaman acquires Brookhouse Holdings Limited, a world leading composite development company based in the United Kingdom, and renames it Kaman Composites UK Ltd. [10] January ...
Carried by the A-4G and A-4K Skyhawk aircraft, SH-2F Seasprite and SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters. AGM-119B Penguin Missile: AGM-119 Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7: Norway: Air-to-surface anti-ship missile: 2013–Current: Operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Navy. Carried by the Kaman SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite. GBU-16 ...
In February 2002, a Seasprite helicopter flown by a Royal Australian Navy test pilot crashed into Te Mana ' s deck. The ship was operating during 3-metre (9.8 ft) high seas in Cook Strait, [30] a court of enquiry later found that no single event was to blame for the accident. The repairs to the Seasprite cost an estimated $7.4 million. [31]