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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Navy received two MH-60 R multirole helicopters from the United States at Cochin International Airport on Thursday The third helicopter is scheduled to be delivered in August this year, while the delivery of all 24 MH 60R helicopters will be completed by 2025.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first three MH 60-Rs were delivered to the Indian Navy in the US in 2021 and are being utilised for training the Navy crew there. Two more were delivered to the Indian Navy in a Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft of the US Air Force in July in Kochi.

Detailed explanation-3: -MH-60 Romeo Known as the Romeo, the helicopter is manufactured by US major Lockheed Martin, and is an all-weather vehicle designed to support multiple missions. India had ordered 24 of these helicopters under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) from the US government in 2020.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The delivery of all the 24 MH-60R multirole helicopters will be completed by 2025. The induction of these helicopters will significantly boost the integral Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability of the Indian Navy,” said the Indian Navy officials.