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Torpedo decisions for RAN helicopters still in the air

24th June 2009 - 10:00 GMT | by in Canberra

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The Australian Department of Defence says long awaited decisions on whether it will proceed with integration on the Eurotorp MU90 MK II lightweight torpedo onto Royal Australian Navy helicopters are not expected to be resolved in the near term.

The original MU90 torpedo acquisition plan had proposed fitting the weapon to the RAN's Sikorsky S-70 Sea Hawk helicopters as part of a midlife upgrade project for those aircraft.

Current RAN rotary wing aviation plans are predicated on the replacement of the Sea Hawk by a new type. In turn MU90 integration now appears to be largely dependent on whether Australia

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