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GE awarded $10M more for Improved Turbine Engine development

GE awarded $10M more for Improved Turbine Engine development

15-Sep-2026Source: US DoD

General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, was awarded a $9,780,000 modification (P00107) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0003 for engineering and manufacturing development of the Improved Turbine Engine for Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $889,489,255. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $49.9M contract for H-60M Black Hawk T901 engine integration

Sikorsky awarded $49.9M contract for H-60M Black Hawk T901 engine integration

9-Sep-2026Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $49,929,599 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00027) to contract W58RGZ-22-C-0063 for procurement of services and data for the integration and qualification of the Improved Turbine Engine onto the UH/HH-60M Black Hawk. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $137,968,024. Work will be performed in Stratford,... Read more

Sikorsky names Black Hawk parts distribution centre for EU

Sikorsky names Black Hawk parts distribution centre for EU

2-Sep-2026Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company announced the selection of Česká letecká servisní, a.s. (ČLS) as an authorized Sikorsky distribution center for BLACK HAWK helicopter parts within the European Union. Leveraging ČLS’s extensive experience delivering turnkey avionics and equipment solutions for both helicopter and fixed‑wing platforms, the agreement reinforces Sikorsky’s commitment to European customers and enhances... Read more

GE awarded $10M contract for Apache and Black Hawk engine development

GE awarded $10M contract for Apache and Black Hawk engine development

27-Aug-2026Source: US DoD

General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, was awarded a $9,780,000 modification (P00107) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0003 for engineering and manufacturing development of the Improved Turbine Engine for Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $889,489,255. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date... Read more

FAA approves Moog retrofit IFR 4-Axis Black Hawk autopilot

FAA approves Moog retrofit IFR 4-Axis Black Hawk autopilot

20-Jul-2026Source: Moog

Moog Inc., a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems today announced it has received a Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from the FAA for its fully coupled GRC™ 4000 four-axis rotorcraft autopilot for the UH-60 A and A+ Black Hawk helicopters. Fully integrated into the Black... Read more

Wisconsin NG completes 2026 wildfire training at Fort McCoy

Wisconsin NG completes 2026 wildfire training at Fort McCoy

5-May-2026Source: Wisconsin National Guard

Wisconsin Army National Guard aviators conducted wildfire suppression training April 13, 2026, at Fort McCoy, honing their ability to respond to real-world fire emergencies using UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters equipped with Bambi buckets. Aircrews with the Madison-based 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment trained on the installation’s South Post, practicing water pickup and aerial drop techniques... Read more

Sikorsky Unveils Modular Armed Black Hawk Kits

Sikorsky Unveils Modular Armed Black Hawk Kits

16-Apr-2026Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced its new Armed Black Hawk helicopter kits, expanding the capabilities of this proven workhorse. The kits extend the role of the Black Hawk into new mission sets including airmobile assault, close support, medical evacuation, ISR and tactical lift, in a single, battle-tested airframe, giving commanders greater flexibility and eliminating... Read more

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing Agree for 12 UH-60 Black Hawks

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing Agree for 12 UH-60 Black Hawks

10-Mar-2026Source: Helicopter Alliance

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing, an innovative new player in the aviation leasing sector, have announced the signing of a strategic acquisition agreement for 12 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, scheduled for delivery in 2026 and 2027. This agreement marks a major step in expanding access to mission-driven leasing solutions across international markets and reinforces both... Read more

Elbit to supply Helmet Display and Tracking System for Israeli UH‑60 fleet

Elbit to supply Helmet Display and Tracking System for Israeli UH‑60 fleet

24-Feb-2026Source: Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd. will supply the HDTS – Helmet Display and Tracking System – for the Israeli Air Force’s UH‑60 Black Hawk (“Yanshuf”) helicopter fleet, to enhance operational capabilities and flight safety. The HDTS is a lifesaving, operationally proven system that provides aircrews with advanced 3D Synthetic Vision Symbology (SVS) depicting terrain, obstacles and flight plan in... Read more

US Army seeks industry input on Black Hawk upgrades

US Army seeks industry input on Black Hawk upgrades

6-Jan-2026Source: US Army

The Capability Program Executive (CPE) Aviation, through its Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO), issued a Request for Information (RFI) to industry aimed at modernizing and sustaining the UH-60M Black Hawk. The Army plans to keep the UH-60M in service well beyond 2050, over 44 years after the fielding of the first M-model in 2006. The... Read more

Brazil picks Garmin G5000H for Black Hawk fleet

Brazil picks Garmin G5000H for Black Hawk fleet

9-Dec-2025Source: Garmin

Garmin announced its G5000H® integrated flight deck has been selected by the Brazilian Air Force, through Ace Aeronautics, to modernize the cockpits of 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters. The G5000H cockpit is IFR certified and delivers the capabilities military operators need through its modular open systems architecture design. Garmin’s commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) solution seamlessly integrates mission... Read more

Recoil Tsunami External UH-60 Aerial Firefighting Tank Approved for 1000-gal Capacity

Recoil Tsunami External UH-60 Aerial Firefighting Tank Approved for 1000-gal Capacity

8-Dec-2025Source: Recoil Aerospace

Recoil Aerospace Inc. (Recoil) announces approval of 1000-gallon capacity for its Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SR02584AK for the UH-60 Black Hawk Tsunami External Wildfire Suppression Tank. Recoil adds this expanded capacity approval to its wide-ranging list of existing international certifications. • FAA STC: SR02584AK • EASA 10084620 • Canada: SR02584AK • ANAC/Brazil: 2024S12-08 • Australia:... Read more

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing sign agreement for 12 Black Hawks

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing sign agreement for 12 Black Hawks

19-Nov-2025Source: Helicopter Alliance

Helicopter Alliance and Skyrise Leasing, an innovative new player in the aviation leasing sector, have announced the signing of a strategic acquisition agreement for 12 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, scheduled for delivery in 2026 and 2027. This agreement marks a major step in expanding access to mission-driven leasing solutions across international markets and reinforces both... Read more

Czech Ministry of the Interior to acquire six Black Hawks

Czech Ministry of the Interior to acquire six Black Hawks

18-Nov-2025Source: Helicopter Alliance

Česká letecká servisní (ČLS), part of the Helicopter Alliance holding, has been awarded both parts of the tender issued by the Czech Ministry of the Interior for the supply of medium category helicopters. Representatives of ČLS and the Ministry of the Interior signed two framework agreements with a total value of up to 4.9 billion... Read more

Non-Aviator becoms first to plan and execute Autonomous Black Hawk missions

Non-Aviator becoms first to plan and execute Autonomous Black Hawk missions

30-Oct-2025Source: Lockheed Martin

For the first time, a U.S. soldier—not a trained aviator—planned and executed real-world missions in military exercises with Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted (OPV) Black Hawk helicopter, powered by MATRIX™ technology. In partnership with the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Sikorsky fielded the OPV Black Hawk aircraft at Northern... Read more

PZL Mielec celebrates production of 700th Black Hawk cabin

PZL Mielec celebrates production of 700th Black Hawk cabin

7-Oct-2025Source: PZL Mielec

PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company has completed the production of the 700th cabin for the multi-role Black Hawk helicopter program, marking another milestone in the history of one of the world’s most recognizable military helicopters. Cabin production in PZL Mielec began in 2008 with the manufacture of the first parts, and a year later... Read more

Sikorsky and Ace Aeronautics partner to modernise Black Hawks 

Sikorsky and Ace Aeronautics partner to modernise Black Hawks 

4-Sep-2025Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, the iconic manufacturer of the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter, has formally certified Ace Aeronautics as the first U.S.-based Sikorsky Authorized Customer Support Center with full authority to refurbish and upgrade legacy Black Hawk platforms including the UH/HH-60L and S-70A Black Hawk helicopters for international defense and commercial operators. With growing demand from government agencies,... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $43M contract for Black Hawk updates

Sikorsky awarded $43M contract for Black Hawk updates

25-Aug-2025Source: Lockheed Martin

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company announced a new U.S. Army contract that will fund Black Hawk® modernization engineering efforts. The initial $43 million contract award will focus on foundational capabilities for modernization: enhancement of the airframe and inclusion of a digital backbone capability to allow for rapid unmanned aerial systems (UAS) integration. The award also... Read more

Lockheed Martin Delivers Five More Black Hawks to Philippine Air Force

Lockheed Martin Delivers Five More Black Hawks to Philippine Air Force

20-Aug-2025Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of five new Black Hawk® helicopters to the Philippine Air Force. This milestone contributes to the ongoing modernization of the country’s defense capabilities and reinforces its position as a key member of the global fleet of Black Hawk operators. “The Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter’s proven track record in enhancing interoperability... Read more

Texas A&M to lead $60M unmanned Black Hawk firefighting initiative

Texas A&M to lead $60M unmanned Black Hawk firefighting initiative

18-Aug-2025Source: Texas A&M University System

The Texas Legislature recently appropriated $59.8 million for the Texas A&M University System’s George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex to develop a way to use pilotless Blackhawk helicopters to combat wildfires. The project is intended to revolutionize how Texas responds to the wildfires that ravage the state every year. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,... Read more

Black Hawk fleet returns to Queensland, Australia

Black Hawk fleet returns to Queensland, Australia

9-Jul-2025Source: Australian Army

South East Queensland’s Swartz Barracks is once again home to part of the Australian Army’s Black Hawk fleet. Three of the proven combat utility helicopters have been transferred to the Army Aviation Training Centre in Oakey, establishing the Army’s second UH-60M Black Hawk operating node. Locating elements of the Black Hawk fleet at Swartz Barracks... Read more

Aerostar Completes First Romanian Black Hawk® Routine Maintenance Inspection

Aerostar Completes First Romanian Black Hawk® Routine Maintenance Inspection

23-Jun-2025Source: Lockheed Martin

Aerostar, a leading Lockheed Martin authorized maintenance, overhaul, and repair (MRO) center, has successfully completed the first Phase Maintenance Inspection (PMI) of a Black Hawk® helicopter for Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI). The inspection, which was completed ahead of schedule, highlights Aerostar’s skilled workforce, commitment to quality and dedication to supporting the Romanian MAI’s... Read more

Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell to deliver autonomous Black Hawk solution

Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell to deliver autonomous Black Hawk solution

8-May-2025Source: Honeywell

The U.S. Army selected Near Earth Autonomy (Near Earth) to lead a new $15 Million program to develop and field an optionally piloted contested logistics solution by retrofitting UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with advanced autonomy kits.  This Army Program Executive Office, Aviation (PEO Aviation) funded effort is a collaboration between Near Earth and Honeywell, designed to transform... Read more

Rain and Sikorsky test firefighting tech with autonomous Black Hawk

Rain and Sikorsky test firefighting tech with autonomous Black Hawk

6-May-2025Source: Lockheed Martin

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) and Rain, a leader in the emerging firetech industry, demonstrated and tested autonomous wildfire suppression techniques on both propane and burning brush piles using Sikorsky’s optionally piloted MATRIX flight autonomy system layered with Rain’s wildfire suppression planning software. Performed in late April in Southern California, the flight tests... Read more

Recoil Aerospace Completes FAA Flight Test for UH-60 AFSS Tank

Recoil Aerospace Completes FAA Flight Test for UH-60 AFSS Tank

14-Apr-2025Source: Recoil Aerospace

Recoil Aerospace Inc. (Recoil), the US-based designer of the world’s most advanced rotorcraft aerial fire suppression systems (AFSS), recently completed key steps toward approval of its Internal AFSS tank for the UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopter. Kentucky-based Recoil achieved industry-leading performance benchmarks during its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight test, reinforcing already heavy hours flown... Read more

Rotortrade and Helicopter Alliance Join Forces to Expand Black Hawk Sales

Rotortrade and Helicopter Alliance Join Forces to Expand Black Hawk Sales

14-Mar-2025Source: Rotortrade

Rotortrade, the global helicopter dealership, has signed a strategic agreement with Helicopter Alliance A.S., a Czech-based aviation holding company whose member companies specialize in the modernization and operation of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Under the agreement, Rotortrade has been mandated to market and sell UH-60 Black Hawks from Helicopter Alliance’s fleet across Africa, the Middle East,... Read more

Skyryse to bring SkyOS to Airbus H125/H130 and Black Hawk, partnered with United Rotorcraft

Skyryse to bring SkyOS to Airbus H125/H130 and Black Hawk, partnered with United Rotorcraft

12-Mar-2025Source: Skyryse

Skyryse®, the creator of SkyOS™, the world’s first fully digitized aircraft operating system for flight, and United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods, LLC, today announced plans for a strategic partnership wherein United Rotorcraft will provide FAA Part 145 MRO services to Skyryse as it begins shipping its upcoming Skyryse One helicopters.  Additionally, United Rotorcraft... Read more

Airtronics awarded $7M contract for UH-60 modulating valves

Airtronics awarded $7M contract for UH-60 modulating valves

5-Mar-2025Source: US DoD

Airtronics LLC, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $7,941,037 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter modulating valves. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2030. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is... Read more

Tennessee Army National Guard upgrades to UH-60V

Tennessee Army National Guard upgrades to UH-60V

20-Feb-2025Source: US National Guard

Tennessee’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team continues to strengthen its lifesaving capabilities with advancements in aviation technology, including a recent upgrade to the UH-60V Black Hawk. HART, a state-coordinated program involving the Tennessee Army National Guard and the Nashville Fire Department, provides rapid-response rescue in high-risk environments such as floods and natural disasters. The team includes... Read more

CPI Aero receives orders for UH-60M gunner windows

CPI Aero receives orders for UH-60M gunner windows

22-Jan-2025Source: CPI Aerostructures

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVU) announced that it has received several contracts totaling $4.3 Million for gunner window assemblies for the UH-60M Black Hawk® helicopter as part of a previously announced five-year, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. “CPI Aero has delivered over 6,000 of these gunner window assemblies... Read more

Skyryse partners with US Army to develop optionally-piloted Black Hawks

Skyryse partners with US Army to develop optionally-piloted Black Hawks

15-Jan-2025Source: Skyryse

Skyryse® , the creator of SkyOS™ , the world’s first universal operating system for flight, has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Army to develop solutions to reduce time to train for pilots, increase interoperability between aircraft, and deliver optionally-piloted capability which could be applied to their fleet of 2,400 Black Hawk helicopters, among others. This... Read more

Aerospace Maintenance Solutions awarded $11M Black Hawk contract

Aerospace Maintenance Solutions awarded $11M Black Hawk contract

29-Nov-2024Source: US DoD

Aerospace Maintenance Solutions LLC,* Solon, Ohio, was awarded an $11,592,723 firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul and upgrade of the control indicator for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 27, 2029. U.S. Army... Read more

PZL Mielec delivers final two Black Hawks to Poland

PZL Mielec delivers final two Black Hawks to Poland

27-Nov-2024Source: Lockheed Martin

PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company, has completed production and delivered the final two contracted S-70i™ Black Hawk® multi-role helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces. These deliveries conclude the contract for four aircraft under a signed in December 2021. “This delivery of the last two contracted Black Hawk helicopters brings the Polish Armed Force’s fleet... Read more

Sikorsky and Rain demo autonomous flight in wildfire role

Sikorsky and Rain demo autonomous flight in wildfire role

18-Nov-2024Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) and Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology, successfully demonstrated how an autonomous Black Hawk® helicopter can be commanded to take off, identify the location and size of a small fire, and then accurately drop water to suppress the flames. Performed Oct. 29 at Sikorsky headquarters in... Read more

Idaho Army National Guard receive first of six HH-60M Black Hawks

Idaho Army National Guard receive first of six HH-60M Black Hawks

11-Nov-2024Source: US National Guard

The next phase in Idaho Army National Guard modernization efforts began Oct. 23 with the arrival of a new HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Gowen Field. It is the first of six expected to be delivered over the next six to eight months. The HH-60M is the medical evacuation version of the UH-60M Black Hawk... Read more

Sikorsky to add flight autonomy system to US Army Black Hawk

Sikorsky to add flight autonomy system to US Army Black Hawk

15-Oct-2024Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to install the company’s ALIAS/MATRIX™ flight autonomy system onto the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk® helicopter. Designated MX, the upgraded aircraft will enable the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) to test and evaluate a... Read more

Simmonds Precision awarded $46M contract for UH-60 Avionics update

Simmonds Precision awarded $46M contract for UH-60 Avionics update

3-Oct-2024Source: US DoD

Simmonds Precision Products Inc., Vergennes, Vermont, was awarded a $45,949,918 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance and overhaul of the Data Analysis Control for the UH-60 Black Hawk. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2029. Army... Read more

Rockwell Collins awarded $53M contract for UH-60 Component Maintenance

Rockwell Collins awarded $53M contract for UH-60 Component Maintenance

2-Oct-2024Source: Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $52,596,409 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk components. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2029. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama,... Read more

Aerotech Secures UH-60 HUMS Fleet Monitoring

Aerotech Secures UH-60 HUMS Fleet Monitoring

26-Sep-2024Source: GPMS International

GPMS International announced that The Aerotech Group, South Australia’s largest privately owned aviation operator, has secured a fleet order of Foresight MX for all their UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft “We’ve been using Foresight MX for several months now, and we’ve been very impressed by the capabilities and support we’ve received from GPMS,” said Chris Boyd, CEO... Read more

Alaska Army National Guard stations Black Hawk in Juneau

Alaska Army National Guard stations Black Hawk in Juneau

24-Sep-2024Source: Alaska Army National Guard

The Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Troop Command, headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, stationed a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in Juneau, Sept. 19, where AKARNG aviators will fulfill federal training requirements across Southeast Alaska. In addition to their federal mission, the Black Hawk aviators will support, when available, emergency requests by the Alaska Rescue... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $97M contract for H-60 configurations

Sikorsky awarded $97M contract for H-60 configurations

6-Sep-2024Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $97,262,416 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for various H-60 Black Hawk configurations. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 21, 2029. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity... Read more

Magellan Aerospace awarded 5-year UH-60 parts contract

Magellan Aerospace awarded 5-year UH-60 parts contract

11-Jul-2024Source: CCC

CCC is pleased to announce it was awarded a 5-year indefinite quantity contract by the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) for aircraft parts to be delivered by Magellan Aerospace. The components for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters will be supplied to the aviation branch of the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Aviation).  Headquartered... Read more

Romania to receive additional Black Hawk from PZL Mielec

Romania to receive additional Black Hawk from PZL Mielec

10-Jul-2024Source: Lockheed Martin

Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, Department of Emergency Situations, has awarded PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company, a contract to procure an additional new-generation Black Hawk® utility helicopter for emergency and firefighting services. This additional aircraft will join Romania’s fleet of European manufactured Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk utility helicopters, currently providing maritime and land search... Read more

Panterra Heli Support acquires UH-60

Panterra Heli Support acquires UH-60

21-May-2024Source: Panterra Heli Support

Panterra Heli Support, announced that the company acquired a newly repurposed Blackhawk helicopter modified for firefighting and utility work. Dallas Avionics equipped the new tactical equipment that was installed at Ace Aeronautics, Guntersville AL. “This aircraft is available for purchase or possible lease,” said Vice President of Sales and Business Development Adrienne Robinson. “This aircraft... Read more

Air Industries receives $8.2M orders for UH-60 and H-92 components

Air Industries receives $8.2M orders for UH-60 and H-92 components

20-May-2024Source: Air Industries Group

Air Industries Group (“Air Industries”) (NYSE American: AIRI), a leading manufacturer of precision assemblies and components for large aerospace and defense prime contractors, today announced it has received orders, from two customers, aggregating $8.2 million, for components used on UH-60 Black Hawk and H-92 Super Hawk helicopters. Mr. Lou Melluzzo, CEO of Air Industries, commented:... Read more

ITP Aero win Colombian Air Force Black Hawk engine MRO contract

ITP Aero win Colombian Air Force Black Hawk engine MRO contract

11-Apr-2024Source: ITP Aero

ITP Aero has signed a contract with the Colombian Ministry of Defence for the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the T700 engines that power its Armed Forces’ fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. The contract will run until June 2026 and the MRO services for the engines will be carried out at ITP Aero’s facilities... Read more

Croatia orders eight more UH-60M Black Hawks

Croatia orders eight more UH-60M Black Hawks

14-Mar-2024Source: US Embassy in Croatia

The Embassy of the United States of America is pleased to announce that on March 13, 2024, the United States and Croatia signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of eight new Black Hawk helicopters.  This joint U.S.-Croatia investment will increase Croatia’s Black Hawk helicopter fleet from four to twelve, bolstering Croatia’s self-defense... Read more

Coulson and Kawak Aviation partner on Black Hawk upgrade program

Coulson and Kawak Aviation partner on Black Hawk upgrade program

11-Mar-2024Source: Coulson Aviation

Coulson Aviation is pleased to announce its partnership with Kawak Aviation to launch a modern, upgraded, and more cost-effective Firefighting Black Hawk aircraft platform. The world’s largest aerial firefighting company that designs, manufactures, installs, and operates aircraft, Coulson is leading the innovative charge for the proven UH-60-based firefighting aircraft to help ensure a safe solution... Read more

Moog Upgrades UH-60L with Genesys Avionics Suite

Moog Upgrades UH-60L with Genesys Avionics Suite

27-Feb-2024Source: Genesys Aerosystems

Genesys Aerosystems, a Moog company, announced that it is working with XP Services, a Tullahoma, TN based company specializing in aircraft modernization and refurbishment, to add the UH-60L model to its Black Hawk Alpha model STC for Moog’s Genesys Avionics Suite. As part of the STC, the avionics suite will interface with GE -701D engines.... Read more

First Aviation Services announces further expansion in UH-60 support

First Aviation Services announces further expansion in UH-60 support

8-Feb-2024Source: First Aviation Services

First Aviation Services Inc. announced a major expansion of their support for the UH-60 Black Hawk and its derivates by integrating the resources of the company’s individual subsidiaries to provide the industry’s most comprehensive set of aftermarket solutions.  Currently, First Aviation subsidiaries provide in-house maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) for the UH-60 Black Hawk main... Read more

Helibasket LLC Supports Sikorsky’s Delivery of S-70M Black Hawk Helicopters to Europe

Helibasket LLC Supports Sikorsky’s Delivery of S-70M Black Hawk Helicopters to Europe

24-Jan-2024Source: Helibasket

Helibasket LLC, based out of West Union, SC, delivered the first seven of its HB2000 Heli-Baskets® to PZL Mielec, a Lockheed Martin company, to support its 2023 shipment of new-generation Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk utility helicopters to the European market. Purchased by PZL as part of the European Union’s VISION 2020 project, the Heli-Baskets® are... Read more

AAR awarded $113M contract for Black Hawk engine overhaul work

AAR awarded $113M contract for Black Hawk engine overhaul work

3-Jan-2024Source: US DoD

AAR Allen Services Inc., Garden City, New York, was awarded a $113,130,795 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance and overhaul of the power unit gas turbine in support of the Black Hawk helicopter system. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion... Read more

US State Dept approve Greek UH-60M order

US State Dept approve Greek UH-60M order

21-Dec-2023Source: US State Dept

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece of UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.95 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Greece has requested... Read more

US to accelerate UH-60M Black Hawk delivery to Australia

US to accelerate UH-60M Black Hawk delivery to Australia

7-Nov-2023Source: US DoD

The Defense Department is accelerating delivery of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Australia, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said. Austin welcomed Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon for an enhanced honor cordon and meeting. Austin noted that some of the Black Hawks have already arrived in Australia,... Read more

Black Widow Helicopters delivers UH-60 to Trans Aero

Black Widow Helicopters delivers UH-60 to Trans Aero

20-Jun-2023Source: Black Widow Helicopters

Black Widow Helicopters announced the successful delivery of a Sikorsky UH-60A+ Black Hawk helicopter to Trans Aero Ltd. “We are very pleased with the quality of work produced and the professionalism shown by Black Widow Helicopters on such a significant modernization project”, said Kevin Shields, President of Trans Aero Ltd. “Adding a second Black Hawk... Read more

Wright-Patt military working dog and handler participate in Guardian Response 23

Wright-Patt military working dog and handler participate in Guardian Response 23

17-May-2023

Staff Sgt. Zackery Leist, 88th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and his MWD, Bulit, flew out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, May 2 to participate in Guardian Response 23, a joint service military and multi-component exercise focused on domestic disaster response. The exercise... Read more

Lockheed Martin Celebrates 60 Years In Huntsville

Lockheed Martin Celebrates 60 Years In Huntsville

16-May-2023Source: Lockheed Martin

This month, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) celebrates 60 years of driving growth and innovation from its Huntsville, Alabama campus. Lockheed Martin is committed to delivering proven results and high performance to support mission readiness for the U.S. Armed Forces and government agencies. The company has been trusted for decades in the Huntsville community, supporting U.S.... Read more

Black Widow Helicopters Orders 12 Foresight MX HUMS for UH-60s

Black Widow Helicopters Orders 12 Foresight MX HUMS for UH-60s

13-Apr-2023Source: Black Widow Helicopters

Black Widow Helicopters LLC has announced today an order for 12 shipsets of GPMS International’s Foresight MX, the industry’s most advanced Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS). In addition, every UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft delivered through Black Widow’s leading digital modernization program will be standard equipped with Foresight MX. With the agreement, Black Widow Helicopters... Read more

Rain remotely commands UH-60 for Firefighting Missions

Rain remotely commands UH-60 for Firefighting Missions

11-Apr-2023Source: Rain Industries

Rain Industries, a leader in automated rapid initial wildfire suppression, has added the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk to its list of supported aircraft, demonstrating the ability to remotely command the aircraft via satellite link from a central command center. This milestone event showcases early steps towards a network of automated aircraft capable of rapidly responding... Read more

Arista Aviation selects SENTRY for data capture and storage for UH-60s

Arista Aviation selects SENTRY for data capture and storage for UH-60s

7-Mar-2023Source: Flight Data Systems

Flight Data Systems, a leading provider of end-to-end flight data solutions and services for business, military, commercial, and rotorcraft segments of aviation, today announced the selection of the SENTRYTM Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) and Modular Acquisition Unit (MAU) by Arista Aviation, an MRO facility for commercial and military rotorcraft. The SENTRY CVFDR and... Read more

GPMS Extends Foresight MX Coverage to the UH-60A Black Hawk

GPMS Extends Foresight MX Coverage to the UH-60A Black Hawk

8-Feb-2023Source: GPMS

GPMS International, which provides the helicopter industry’s most advanced Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) known as Foresight MX, announced today that it has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the UH-60A Black Hawk platform. The company worked closely with PJ Helicopters during the STC process, where they will benefit from becoming the first Black... Read more

Australia orders 40 UH-60M Black Hawks

Australia orders 40 UH-60M Black Hawks

19-Jan-2023Source: Australian Government

The Australian Government will acquire 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army. Head Land Capability Major General Jeremy King, CSM, said this was an important acquisition which will meet the strategic needs of the Australian Army. “The Black Hawk capability will be a crucial element for us to protect Australia’s sovereignty, and deliver... Read more

Tennessee National Guard and state civilian agencies conduct joint training

Tennessee National Guard and state civilian agencies conduct joint training

9-Jan-2023Source: US National Guard

A Blackhawk from the 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion touches down in a bare field in Pickett Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial State Park. Nearby, groups of Tennessee National Guard soldiers gather with members of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and representatives from the Tennessee State Parks, plus ten other state and local agencies, with one... Read more

Emergency Management Victoria outlines latest firefighting fleet

Emergency Management Victoria outlines latest firefighting fleet

20-Dec-2022Source: EMV

Victoria has welcomed a Black Hawk helicopter, capable of holding up to 4,000 litres of water and dropping fire retardant and foam, to bolster the state’s fleet of firefighting aircraft. The state is well prepared for potential fires this summer, with 50 aircraft positioned across the state. The fleet was unveiled at Avalon Airport today.... Read more

Lockheed Martin Selected For Popular Science’s Best Of What’s New 2022

Lockheed Martin Selected For Popular Science’s Best Of What’s New 2022

5-Dec-2022Source: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) GridStar® Flow system for long-duration energy storage, Optionally Piloted Black Hawk® helicopter and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – with a Lockheed Martin-built main camera – have been selected by the editors of Popular Science magazine for their 2022 “Best of What’s New” Awards. Each year, Popular Science reviews thousands of new products and... Read more

KBR to Update UH-60V Fleet for US Army

KBR to Update UH-60V Fleet for US Army

23-Nov-2022Source: DOD IAC Program

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced it has been awarded a $156.7 million task order to support capabilities assessment and enhancements for the U.S. Army’s Utility Helicopter 60 Variant (UH-60V) fleet, providing technologically superior and cost-effective helicopters for U.S. and Allied Forces. KBR was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $98M contract for UH-60M

Sikorsky awarded $98M contract for UH-60M

17-Nov-2022Source: US DoD

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $98,932,185 modification (P00007) to contract W58RGZ-22-C-0010 for UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2027. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $98,932,185 were obligated at the time of the... Read more

Pilot-less Black Hawk flies logistics and rescue missions

Pilot-less Black Hawk flies logistics and rescue missions

3-Nov-2022Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army for the first time how an uninhabited Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously can safely and reliably perform internal and external cargo resupply missions, and a rescue operation. Sikorsky is partnered with DARPA to... Read more

Philippine Army plans for more Black Hawks

Philippine Army plans for more Black Hawks

28-Oct-2022Source: Philippine News Agency

  Philippine Army (PA) commander Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said he wants more modern helicopters like the S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopter, now flown by the Air Force, to beef up the service’s Aviation Regiment. Speaking to reporters, Brawner said the PA is prioritizing the acquisition of “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters and... Read more

Lockheed Martin, AT&T Demonstrate 5G High Speed Transfer

Lockheed Martin, AT&T Demonstrate 5G High Speed Transfer

13-Sep-2022Source: Lockheed Martin

  Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and AT&T* securely and rapidly transferred UH-60M Black Hawk health and usage data through an AT&T 5G private cellular network and Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL® multi-site pilot network in a test conducted Aug. 4 at Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut. The test demonstrated that wireless 5G technologies on the flight... Read more

Arista Aviation to provide Portugal with six firefighting Black Hawks

Arista Aviation to provide Portugal with six firefighting Black Hawks

5-Sep-2022

Arista Aviation Services, a counted-on provider of rotary wing aircraft repair, overhaul, and modernization – with specialization in the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter – has been awarded a contract to provide six firefighting-capable Black Hawks to the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa), besting Industry OEMs Leonardo and Bell Helicopter. The contract includes the... Read more

GKN and Sikorsky extend Black Hawk Contract

GKN and Sikorsky extend Black Hawk Contract

20-Jul-2022Source: GKN

  GKN Aerospace has announced that it has signed an extension to a long-term agreement with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company to supply composite structure components for the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter. GKN Aerospace is a supplier for structural components and has a long history of supporting the Sikorsky helicopter. The composite components are manufactured at the GKN... Read more

US Army signs tenth multi-year Black Hawk contract

US Army signs tenth multi-year Black Hawk contract

28-Jun-2022Source: Lockheed Martin

  The United States government and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), signed a five-year contract for a baseline of 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters, with options to reach a total of 255 aircraft to be delivered to the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Sikorsky continues to modernize and enhance the... Read more

US Army aviation discusses motivation and training to become a pilot

US Army aviation discusses motivation and training to become a pilot

9-May-2022Source: US Army

In August of 2005, then eight-year-old Jonathan Murray was on the playground of his Baton Rouge, Louisiana, elementary school when he heard the distinctive hum of a fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the first time. He watched in amazement as the aircraft flew overhead and knew they were tasked with a vital mission:... Read more

PAF eyes more Black Hawk trainings with US Army Pacific

PAF eyes more Black Hawk trainings with US Army Pacific

2-Mar-2022Source: Philippine News Agency

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is looking to have more training opportunities with the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC), as it is poised to get more S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters. This is among the matters discussed by PAF commander Lt. Gen. Connor Anthony Canlas and USARPAC chief Gen. Charles Flynn during the... Read more

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