Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has completed delivery of its 5,000th Hawk helicopter, a UH-60M Black Hawk. The aircraft was transferred to Sikorsky’s headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be turned over to the U.S. Army, the Lockheed business said Friday. The UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift helicopter used in various operations, ranging […] More

The Royal Australian Navy has ordered 12 additional MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky under a foreign military sales transaction with the U.S. government. Lockheed said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price order will support a third “Romeo” squadron under the first phase of the Australian government’s Project SEA 9100 and the company expects to complete […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has delivered another CH-53K helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, adding to the six already in operation at the service branch’s air station base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The defense company said Thursday the dispatch was the first from the Lot 2  contract awarded by the Navy to Sikorsky in 2019, with […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business has unveiled latest photos of its prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, The War Zone reported Wednesday. Jay Macklin, business development director for Sikorsky Army Programs and Innovations, said the company’s Raider X aircraft prototype, which now comes with modular weapon launchers equipped with a 20mm main […] More

A team consisting of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing has selected Honeywell to provide auxiliary power units for the Defiant X helicopter. Defiant X is the Sikorsky-Boeing team’s helicopter offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program and is being evaluated in a digital combat environment, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell will provide […] More

A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary designed and built for the U.S. Marine Corps has entered the initial operational capability phase. The service branch issued its IOC declaration for the CH-53K program after the manufacturer and the Department of the Navy completed initial test and evaluation procedures, Lockheed said Monday. Sikorsky previously demonstrated […] More

Triumph Group has received a follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky to provide equipment for the increased production of CH-53K helicopters. The contractor said Friday its actuation products and services operating unit will deliver to Sikorsky equipment for CH-53K main rotor blade folding system, main rotor lag damper system and main rotor brake system. […] More

A Black Hawk helicopter completed its first unmanned flight with the use of an autonomy technology suite Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System, which includes Sikorsky Matrix hardware and software, flew an uninhabited UH-60A aircraft for 30 minutes over Fort Campbell in […] More

SB>1 DEFIANT, a joint demonstration helicopter of Boeing and Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky, has flown for mission profile tests as part of the companies’ bid to build the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft. Boeing said Tuesday the demonstrator for the DEFIANT X weapon system performed low-level flight operations and landing activity in confined areas […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary received a special airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration permitting the sale of a Black Hawk helicopter variant for limited civil and commercial operations. The FAA certification allows non-military customers to acquire the S-70M straight from factory and use the aircraft in agricultural, external cargo and forest and wildlife conservation […] More

Lockheed Martin and its Sikorsky subsidiary are considering linking future helicopter offerings to the F-35 aircraft and other fighter jets, Defense One reported Wednesday. Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, said the military aircraft manufacturer will use a Black Hawk helicopter as a surrogate model for a proposed Army Future Vertical Lift vehicle and equip the […] More

Sikorsky held a ceremony Friday to mark the completion of the first CH-53K cargo helicopter that was produced for the U.S. Marine Corps at the manufacturer’s digital factory in Stratford, Connecticut. The Lockheed Martin subsidiary built the new King Stallion vehicle using digital technology and other advanced manufacturing equipment, as part of a 200-unit USMC […] More