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  • Sikorsky to demo CH-53K helicopter platform to potential international buyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky to demo CH-53K helicopter platform to potential international buyers

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will showcase its CH-53K King Stallion during a Berlin air show later this month as the manufacturer eyes future international buyers for the heavy-lift helicopter platform, USNI News reported Monday. Col. Hank Vanderborght, CH-53K program manager at the U.S. Marine Corps, told the publication that Germany and Israel have expressed interest in […] More

  • Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter to Debut at Berlin Airshow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter to Debut at Berlin Airshow

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary will showcase a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at the ILA Berlin Air Show next month. Sikorsky completed a strategic airlift capability test of the heavy-lift helicopter platform at its Development Flight Center in Florida before the vehicle was transported to a military air base in Holzdorf, Germany, Lockheed said Wednesday. The U.S. Air Force granted Air Transportability […] More

  • Report: Israel Defense Forces to Recommend Boeing's Chinook for Next IAF Helicopter Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Israel Defense Forces to Recommend Boeing’s Chinook for Next IAF Helicopter Fleet

    Israel’s defense forces plans to recommend the Boeing-built Chinook offering as a potential replacement to the Israeli air force’s current heavy-lift helicopter platform, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. IAF has maintained a fleet of Sikorsky-built Yasur helicopters since 1969 to support military personnel transport efforts. JPost identified Boeing’s CH-47 and Sikorsky’s CH-53K as the competing platforms to modernize IAF’s […] More

  • Report: Lockheed-Rheinmetall Team to Compete for Germany’s Helicopter Replacement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed-Rheinmetall Team to Compete for Germany’s Helicopter Replacement Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have agreed to team up for a potential $4.9 billion contract to provide the German military with new heavy-lift helicopters designed to replace its current fleet of CH-53G aircraft, Reuters reported Monday. The partnership came nearly two months after Germany cleared a plan to begin the competition for the contract that seeks to buy […] More

  • Report: Lockheed to Unveil New CH-53K Helicopter at Berlin Air Show - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed to Unveil New CH-53K Helicopter at Berlin Air Show

    Lockheed Martin has obtained approval from the U.S. military to demonstrate its new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter at an April 2018 air show in Berlin, Germany, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told Reuters that the event will mark the international debut of the Sikorsky-built helicopter, which will compete with Boeing‘s CH-47 Chinook twin-rotor platform for a potential $4.7 billion […] More

  • Navy Awards Sikorsky $55M Contract Modification for CH-53K Production Items - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Awards Sikorsky $55M Contract Modification for CH-53K Production Items

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary has received a $55 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead items needed to build four CH-53K  helicopters. The Defense Department said Monday the Navy will use the service branch’s fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement funds to cover the full obligated amount for lot 2 CH-53K low-rate initial production materials. Sikorsky […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Aircraft Spares Delivery Order for Marine Corps CH-53K Test Article - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Aircraft Spares Delivery Order for Marine Corps CH-53K Test Article

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received a $32.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to produce aircraft spares and provide manufacturing labor services for a test article of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ heavy-lift transport helicopter system. The Defense Department said Friday that Sikorsky will perform contract work in Stratford, Connecticut, through May 2019 in support of […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Repair Army CH-47F Helicopter Avionics System; Thierry Tosi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Repair Army CH-47F Helicopter Avionics System; Thierry Tosi Comments

    Rockwell Collins has secured a five-year contract to repair up to 1,910 common avionics architecture system units currently installed in the U.S. Army’s CH-47F helicopters. The company’s cockpit equipment features the Flight2 system comprised of various  communications, navigation and mission subsystems, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Thierry Tosi, vice president and general manager of service solutions at Rockwell Collins, said the company will sustain and […] More

  • Marine Corps Puts Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter Through Operational Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Puts Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter Through Operational Test

    The U.S. Marine Corps has assessed the key functions of a Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during a week-long initial operational test. Sikorsky’s parent company Lockheed Martin said Friday the military branch’s pilots, aircrew and maintainers performed the assessment as part of Milestone C requirements before the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program transitions to the low-rate initial production phase. The flight test involved external lift […] More

  • Germany Shortlists Boeing Chinook, Sikorsky King Stallion for Helicopter Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Germany Shortlists Boeing Chinook, Sikorsky King Stallion for Helicopter Purchase

    Germany has narrowed its choices for the country’s next helicopters to the Boeing Chinook and Sikorsky King Stallion with the selection lined up to succeed the latter company’s Sea Stallion, Defense News reported Sunday. Lars Hoffman writes Germany’s air force plans to make a selection by the end of 2016, according to the report. The country’s defense ministry released a military aviation strategy […] More

  • Research and Markets: Asia Pacific to Dominate Global Military Rotorcraft Spending by 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Asia Pacific to Dominate Global Military Rotorcraft Spending by 2025

    A new Research and Markets report predicts the global military rotorcraft market to hit $27.3 billion by 2025 from $21.1 billion in 2015, with Asia-Pacific countries to dominate the spending landscape. Investments from the Asia Pacific will account for 33 percent of rotorcraft spending worldwide during the forecast period, followed by North America with a 29-percent share, Research and […] More