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Sikorsky Introduces HH-60W Rescue Aircraft
Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary unveiled the HH-60W combat rescue helicopter at the company“™s development flight center in Florida.
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Sikorsky-Built Combat Rescue Helicopter Gets Air Force Milestone C Approval
Lockheed Martin announced that the Sikorsky-built HH-60W combat rescue helicopter will now transition to low rate initial production after the U.S. Air Force issued a Milestone C decision.
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Dan Schultz on Sikorsky“™s CH-53K Production Contract With USMC, Other Helicopter Programs
Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday about several helicopter projects including a potential $1.1B contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.
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Sikorsky Conducts Maiden Flight of HH-60W Rescue Helicopter for U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary completed the first flight of its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter this Friday, where the search and rescue aircraft“™s capabilities were assessed at the company“™s site in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sikorsky said Friday the flight test comes as part of an Air Force program that seeks to acquire 113 new HH-60Ws. Compared to the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters that currently support the military branches“™ personnel recovery operations, the new HH-60W model can hold almost twice as much fuel as the HH-60G, in addition to being designed for improved defense.
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Sikorsky-Built Combat Rescue Helicopters Prepare for Maiden Flights; Greg Hames Quoted
Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary is set to enter the flight-test phase for a pair of HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters being produced for the U.S. Air Force.
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Sikorsky in Final Assembly Stage of USAF Combat Rescue Helicopter Trainers
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has begun to assemble systems designed to train U.S. Air Force to operate a combat rescue helicopter platform and its weapons system. The company said Tuesday the HH-60W CRH trainers have reached final assembly at a Broken Arrow, Okla., facility managed by Sikorsky subcontractor FlightSafety International and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019. USAF […] More
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Sikorsky Concludes Critical Design Review of Combat Rescue Chopper Training Devices
Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary has wrapped up a critical design review of the training systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program designed to replace the U.S. Air Force“™s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR“™s completion will pave the way for the HH-60W helicopter“™s training systems to enter the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Wednesday. HH-60W […] More
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Lockheed“™s Radar Warning Receiver for Combat Rescue Chopper Concludes USAF Technical Readiness Evaluation
A Lockheed Martin-built radar warning receiver component of the tactical mission platform for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program has completed technical readiness level 6 review. The AN/APR-52 RWR system achieved TRL 6 after the U.S. Air Force demonstrated the platform at its integrated demonstrations and applications laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More
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Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed a critical design review for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR“™s conclusion will move the HH-60W helicopter toward the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Tuesday. A joint team of experts from Sikorsky and the Air Force“™s helicopter program developed and evaluated […] More
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Sikorsky Inaugurates Combat Rescue Helicopter Testing Facility in Connecticut
Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has opened a system testing facility for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The Systems Integration Lab is located within Sikorsky’s Stratford, Connecticut-based manufacturing facility and has four laboratories that will be used to test avionics, electrical power, electronic flight controls and integrated vehicle diagnostics, […] More
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Sikorsky Completes Combat Rescue Helicopter Air Vehicle Preliminary Design Review
Lockheed Martin‘s helicopter subsidiary Sikorsky has conducted an air vehicle preliminary design review for its Combat Rescue Helicopter program that will look to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk. The conclusion of the preliminary design review on the HH-60W air vehicle moves the program forward to detailed design work on the air vehicle and logistics system as […] More