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H-60 FST develops 3D-printed gear for new communications system

H-60 FST develops 3D-printed gear for new communications system

Written by David

September 26, 2020

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The Navy’s MH-60S Seahawk multi-mission helicopter is ready for a communications upgrade, and engineers with the H-60 Fleet Support Team at Naval Air Systems Command’s In-Service Support Center at Fleet Readiness Center East have developed an innovative solution to support that effort.

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The fleet’s inventory of more than 200 MH-60S Block 3 aircraft is slated to receive new Full Motion Video (FMV) systems, which will expand the aircraft’s operational capabilities. A team of structural and avionics engineers with the H-60 FST at FRCE developed prototypes of the equipment that will secure the modification to the aircraft, including two 3D-printed antenna mounts developed in conjunction with the Additive Manufacturing team at NAVAIR headquarters in Patuxent River, Maryland.

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“The modification consists of three antennas, an equipment rack and a series of electronics mounted to the rack,” said Tommy Stokes, a structures engineer on the H-60 FST. “The 3D-printed omnidirectional antenna mounts […]

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