Brazil to Acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk
Brazil wants to acquire 12 UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of up to $950 million.
Sikorsky News
Air
Air
Sensors
ASELFLIR-410 Electro-Optic Spotted on T-70 Helicopter
ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-410 electro-optic system was spotted on one of the TUSAŞ’s T-70 utility helicopters in assembly line.
Air
Hellenic Navy Receives Three MH-60R Helicopters
Hellenic Navy deployed three Romeo MH-60R Seahawk helicopters at the Kotroni Air Base in Marathon.
Air
Navy / Maritime
Sikorsky Concludes Greece’s three MH-60R Helicopters
Lockheed Martin's subsidiary Sikorsky has completed testing of the first three of seven MH-60R SEAHAWK helicopters that the Hellenic Navy acquired.
Air
Navy / Maritime
E/W
MH-60R Helicopter To Defend Against Anti-Ship Missiles
Sikorsky announced the integration of a new jammer system on the MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopter to jam incoming anti-ship missiles.
Air
The U.S. Army Cancels FARA Helicopter Programme
Due to budget constraints and changes in the battlefield, the U.S. Army has cancelled the future attack-reconnaissance helicopter programme FARA.
Air
Navy / Maritime
Hellenic Navy Expects Three MH-60R ASW in February
Hellenic Navy expects three MH-60R Sikorsky helicopters to arrive in February at the latest.
Air
The U.S. Army to Trim UH-60 Blackhawk Fleet
With replacements for the long-serving UH-60 Blackhawk family of helicopters on the horizon, The Army will decommission 157 helicopters.
Air
Navy / Maritime
LM to Prepare Spanish Navy’s MH-60 Romeo Submarine Hunters
The Spanish Navy has ordered eight Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawks for its anti-submarine (ASW) helicopter fleet. Lockheed Martin will manufacture helicopters.
Air
Expo and Air Show
Greece Formally Applied for Black Hawk Helicopters
The Greek Land Forces are seeking to retire their ageing UH-1H Iroquois helicopters to get UH-60 Black Hawk. Greece made this request officially.
Navy / Maritime
Air
The US Navy Approves Full-Rate Production of the CH-53K
The US Navy has approved full-rate production (FRP) of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, which will produce more than 20 units per year.
Air
Country
Sikorsky Protests US Army’s FLRAA Decision at GAO
Sikorsky has filed a formal protest with the GAO, requesting that the US Army reconsider its decision to award the FLRAA contract to Bell-Textron.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Blackhawk Conducted Autonomous Flight
Several aviation companies have initiated studies on an uninhabited flight of crewed aircraft. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidy, is also one of them.
Air
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
ITEP Appears in Boeing’s Apache Version 6.5
General Electric Aviation’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) product appears at Boeing’s next-generation Apache Version 6.5 concept.
Navy / Maritime
Lockheed Martin will manufacture 12 more MH-60R SEAHAWKS
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy to produce 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the RAN.
Air
Australia to pay $1.95 billion for 40 Sikorsky Black Hawks
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters for an estimated cost of $1.95 billion.
