23. April 2024
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Air

US Navy Awards Sikorsky Contract for 35...

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The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business a USD 2.77 Bn (EUR 2.56...
Air

Delivery of CH-53K to US Marine Corps...

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With the delivery of two more Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Marine Corps Air...
The US Marine Corps has announced that the CH-53K heavy transport helicopter has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC). This means the aircraft meets the minimum requirements for deployment in tactical missions. The IOC declaration comes at the end of an operational test and evaluation phase during which the helicopter completed more than 3,000 accident-free flight hours in various environments and terrains. The CH-53K is an optimised long-range, vertical, sea-based, heavy-lift solution for naval forces and will immediately provide nearly three times the transport capacity of the CH-53E, capable of transporting one hundred percent of the vertical Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), the US Marine Corps (USMC) writes on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) information platform. The CH-53K is intended to enable close-to-shore manoeuvres and to provide logistic support to a widely dispersed naval force, according to the news item. The CH-53K KING STALLION features an engine that provides 57 per cent more power with 63 per cent fewer parts compared to its predecessor, which the USMC says translates into an expanded ability to carry internal and external cargo and provides the commander with an unprecedented MAGTF mobility and support capability. Reportedly, the most notable feature of the KING STALLION is its ability to maintain a wider performance margin in a degraded aeronautical environment, such as higher altitudes, hotter climates and carrying up to 12 tonnes at a distance of about 200 km, while the CH-53E would be limited to an external load of 4.2 tonnes in the same environment. The Marine Corps plans to deploy the first CH-53K Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in fiscal year 2024, setting the initial stage for sustained CH-53K deployments in support of MEUs.
Armed Forces

CH-53K Reaches IOC

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The US Marine Corps has announced that the CH-53K heavy transport helicopter has achieved...
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Armed Forces

Earlier CH-53K Delivery to Bundeswehr Possible

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Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin (LMCO) CH-53K helicopters could be available as early as 2025 as part...
Armament

CH-53K Completes IOT&E

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The US Marine Corps' CH-53K programme reached an important milestone in early March. The...
USMC
Armed Forces

USMC Orders Nine More CH-53Ks

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The US Marine Corps (USMC) has placed an order for the sixth construction lot...
12 CH-53Ks
Armament

12 CH-53Ks & Two KC-46As for Israel

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The US and Israeli governments have agreed to supply 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky CH-53K KING...
New CH-53K
Industry

New CH-53K Series Production Facility

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Sikorsky has announced the delivery of the first CH-53K to the US Marine Corps...
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