Six helicopters were bought via FMS in 2008. They are known as MH-16 (Multi-emprego) with first four serials assigned by 2010: N-3032 to N-3035. On 30 July 2012 the first two aircraft arrived at Cabo Frio airport aboard a USAF C-17 cargo plane.
On October 2013, two additional anti-submarine warfare/anti-surface warfare Lot II S-70B were ordered. Again under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.
In 2016, they were re-designated as SH-16 ( antisubmarine helicopter )
Jul 15, 2021 · A decommissioned corvette used as target ship was sunk by a Brazilian Navy Seahawk helicopter using an AGM-119 Penguin air-to-surface missile during a training live fire exercise
May 20, 2021 · Brazilian Navy 1st Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron (EsqdHS-1) achieved the 8,000 hours milestone on the Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk. Dubbed SH-16 in Brazilian service, the first of 6 aircraft arrived in 2012
Mar 7, 2018 · CAE awarded US Navy foreign military sale (FMS) contract to design and manufacture training devices for the Brazilian Navy S-70B Seahawk to be installed at São Pedro da Aldeia naval airbase near Rio