HH-60G

Goodrich Awarded $25M Contract for Winch Repairs

Goodrich Awarded $25M Contract for Winch Repairs

3-Oct-2024Source: US DoD

Goodrich Corp., Anaheim, California, was awarded a $24,609,912 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for repairs. This contract provides for repairs for the mounted winch, drum winch, and internal rescue hoist on the HH-60G and UH-1N. Work will be performed in Monroe, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2030. This contract was a... Read more

USAF conducts helicopter rescue 350 miles off US east coast

USAF conducts helicopter rescue 350 miles off US east coast

14-May-2024Source: US Air Force

The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship located more than 350-nautical-miles off the eastern coast of the United States May 4. Within hours of the call the 920th RQW prepared and launched a rescue force consisting of two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two... Read more

HH-60W makes first flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan

HH-60W makes first flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan

4-Mar-2024Source: US Air Force

A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron takes off from the flightline for its first flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. The HH-60W is the successor to the HH-60G Pave Hawk and designed from the ground up with integrated mission systems and features new, multi-function... Read more

Kadena Air Base in Japan upgrades from HH-60G to HH-60W

Kadena Air Base in Japan upgrades from HH-60G to HH-60W

1-Feb-2024Source: US Indo-Pacific Command

The HH-60W Jolly Green IIs from the 55th Rescue Generation Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, arrived at their new duty station, Kadena Air Base, Japan, January 26, 2024. The HH-60W is the successor to the HH-60G “Pave Hawk” and built on the established framework of the UH-60M “Black Hawk” production model. Alternatively known as the... Read more

US Air Force to field new body armor carrier systems for aircrew

US Air Force to field new body armor carrier systems for aircrew

5-Oct-2023Source: US Air Force

U.S. Air Force aircrew operating across 20 different rotor, tilt-wing, and fixed-wing aircraft – including but not limited to CV-22 Ospreys, HH-60G Pave Hawks, C-130 Hercules, and C-17 Globemaster IIIs – will receive new body armor carrier systems as part of an effort to update and replace older models. “We are replacing approximately 7,300 current legacy body armor carrier systems... Read more

HH-60G A6212 takes final flight before retirement

HH-60G A6212 takes final flight before retirement

25-Oct-2021Source: US Army

The HH-60G Pave Hawk zipped side-to-side as it performed aerial maneuvers above Croatia. All the while, two crew members fired their mini guns at targets with precision and focus. The helicopter provided top cover for U.S. Army soldiers on the ground below. Although, this helicopter was on its final flight after 30 years of service.... Read more

Moody AFB transitions from HH-60G to HH-60W

Moody AFB transitions from HH-60G to HH-60W

1-Oct-2021Source: US Air Force

The 41st Rescue Squadron officially retired its HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, tail number 356, after conducting its final sortie at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 29, 2021. During a ceremony celebrating nearly 30 years of service, tail No. 356 departed on a flight marking the end of an era for the “Golf” model aircraft... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $25M contract for repair of refueling probes on HH-60G

Sikorsky awarded $25M contract for repair of refueling probes on HH-60G

24-May-2021Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $25,813,361 requirements contract for the repair/overhaul of the refueling probes on the HH-60G helicopter. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to completed May 2026. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2021 defense working capital funds are being used... Read more

41st HMU launch first HH-60G in three years with zero discrepancies

41st HMU launch first HH-60G in three years with zero discrepancies

27-Aug-2020Source: US Air Force

Airmen assigned to the 41st Helicopter Maintenance Unit launch HH-60G Pave Hawks every day. It’s been three years since they launched one like this, though. On Aug. 5, the 41st HMU launched a “black letter” HH-60G, a helicopter with zero discrepancies from nose to tail, inside and out. The term “black letter” refers to the... Read more

Sierra Nevada Awarded $75M Contract for HH-60G DVES Installations

Sierra Nevada Awarded $75M Contract for HH-60G DVES Installations

23-May-2019Source: US DoD

Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nevada, has been awarded a $74,902,132 definitive C-type contract for installation of a Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES), which improves situational awareness to pilots and aircrew operating in DVE conditions by adding new functional capabilities to the HH-60G. This contract provides for the procurement, installation, and integration of the DVES solution... Read more

US Air Force Plans to Replace Aging Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet

US Air Force Plans to Replace Aging Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet

10-Sep-2018Source: GAO

The material condition of the Air Forces’ aging HH-60G fleet has declined and maintenance challenges have increased, in part due to extensions beyond the designed service life of the helicopters. About 68 percent of the 96-helicopter fleet were mission-capable as of fiscal year 2017, below the Air Force desired mission-capable rate of 75 percent. The... Read more

FreeFlight Systems sensor wins HH-60G ADS-B contract

FreeFlight Systems sensor wins HH-60G ADS-B contract

2-Aug-2018Source: FreeFlight Systems

NextGen avionics leader FreeFlight Systems announced today that the Company’s 1203C SBAS/GNSS sensor has been selected to provide ADS-B position source information as a part of an upcoming ADS-B modification and compliance program for the United States Air Force HH-60G helicopter fleet. Strategic Enterprise Solutions, Corp. (SESC, www.sescorp.org) of Warner Robins, Georgia was recently awarded... Read more

Canadian Commercial Corp awarded $9M contract for HH-60G repairs

Canadian Commercial Corp awarded $9M contract for HH-60G repairs

29-Mar-2016Source: US DoD

Canadian Commercial Corp., Saint-Laurent, Quebec Province, Canada, has been awarded an $8,984,736 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for depot-level repair of the control indicators for the HH-60G aircraft. Contractor will provide repair work determined by the initial functional checkout, and the disassembly/assembly required returning the item to a serviceable end item that shall efficiently serve its intended... Read more

M-1 Support Services win $12M contract option for helicopter support at Kirtland AFB

M-1 Support Services win $12M contract option for helicopter support at Kirtland AFB

24-Jan-2016Source: US DoD

M-1 Support Services LP; Denton, Texas, has been awarded an estimated $12,028,752 modification (P00008) to exercise an option to previously awarded contract FA3002-15-C-0004. Contractor will provide aircrew and maintenance services for the CV-22 aircraft, UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters, associated engines, and mission support equipment of the 58th Maintenance Group. Work will be performed at Kirtland... Read more

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast takes on Pave Hawk

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast takes on Pave Hawk

1-Oct-2015Source: US Navy

A new era began at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) on Sept. 11 with the arrival of the first Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter. Col. Daniel Lapastole, vice commander, 129th Rescue Wing, landed the aircraft at Naval Air Station Jacksonville after a four-stop, cross-country trek from the unit’s home at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. Fleet... Read more

Obama proposes $663M for Lockheed programs

Obama proposes $663M for Lockheed programs

17-Feb-2015Source: Press Connects

The Obama administration’s $4 trillion 2016 budget released Monday proposes $663 million for two new helicopter programs that would involve work at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego. See Full Story.  ... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $468M for CSAR and Marine One Programs

Lockheed Martin awarded $468M for CSAR and Marine One Programs

15-Dec-2014Source: Lockheed Martin

Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Omnibus spending bill – a must-pass bill that funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year – includes $368,086,000 for the Presidential Helicopter program and $100 million for the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, two major helicopter construction projects being... Read more

Fatal Pave Hawk crash in UK attributed to multiple bird strike

Fatal Pave Hawk crash in UK attributed to multiple bird strike

9-Jul-2014Source: HeliHub.com

THe US Air Force has released its official report on the fatal crash of one of its Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters on 7th January 2014 on the coast of Norfolk, UK. The very thorough document notes that the Accident Investigation Board President found “by clear and convincing evidence that multiple bird strikes caused the... Read more

US Air Force mulls whether it can afford HH-60G Pave Hawk replacement

US Air Force mulls whether it can afford HH-60G Pave Hawk replacement

28-Feb-2014Source: Dallas Morning News

U.S. Air Force Secretary Debra James says she’s reviewing whether the service can afford a contract for combat-rescue helicopters that drew only one bid -= from Sikorsky  See full story... Read more

Lockheed Martin awarded $113M USAF contract for SAR training simulators

Lockheed Martin awarded $113M USAF contract for SAR training simulators

29-Oct-2013

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $113 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, develop, field and sustain aircrew training devices for HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will deliver eight HH-60G training simulators, spares and logistics support to the U.S. Air Force as part of the Pave Hawk Equivalent... Read more

Mercer Engineering wins $12M contract for H-1 and H-60 integrity program

Mercer Engineering wins $12M contract for H-1 and H-60 integrity program

23-Sep-2013Source: US DoD

The Corporation of Mercer University, doing business as Mercer Engineering Research Center, Warner Robins, Ga., has been awarded a $12,380,083 cost-reimbursable, no-fee contract (FA8509-12-G-0001-0002) for TH-1H, UH1N, and HH-60G Aircraft Structural Integrity Program and Mechanical Equipment and Subsystem Integrity Program sustaining engineering support. The contract includes a wide range of analyses, to include engineering research,... Read more

LifePort wins USAF Special Forces ballistic armour contract

LifePort wins USAF Special Forces ballistic armour contract

11-Apr-2013Source: LifePort

LifePort, Inc. today announced it has contracted with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Special Operations to equip its fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G PAVE HAWK™ helicopters with the company’s Improved Ballistic Armor Sub System (iBASS).  Culminating five years of product development and collaboration with the USAF, deliveries of the iBASS systems are scheduled to commence this... Read more

Rockwell Collins completes first HH-60G avionics upgrade for National Guard

Rockwell Collins completes first HH-60G avionics upgrade for National Guard

10-Jan-2013Source: Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins recently completed the first installation of the next generation ARC-210 Gen5 radio on an HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard (ANG), a key milestone in the HH-60G Avionics Communications Suite Upgrade Program. The first HH-60G modification was completed on schedule at the Rockwell Collins... Read more

Breeze-Eastern awarded $25M contract for HH-60G hoist repair

Breeze-Eastern awarded $25M contract for HH-60G hoist repair

26-Sep-2012Source: US DoD

Breeze-Eastern Corp., Whippany, N.J. (FA8524-12-D-0009), is being awarded a $25,082,679 firm-fixed-price contract to repair the rescue hoist and control box supporting the HH-60G helicopters.  The location of the performance is Whippany, N.J.  Work is expected to be completed by Sept. 20, 2018. The contracting activity is AFSC/PZAAA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.... Read more

FlightSafety HH-60G Pave Hawk simulator enters service at Kirtland AFB

FlightSafety HH-60G Pave Hawk simulator enters service at Kirtland AFB

21-May-2012Source: FlightSafety

FlightSafety is pleased to announce that its new Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter simulator has entered service at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Aircrew Training and Rehearsal Support (ATARS) program. ATARS prime contractor Lockheed Martin and FlightSafety designed the weapons systems trainer to prepare HH-60G aircrews... Read more

USAF launches CSAR acquisition process to replace HH-60G

USAF launches CSAR acquisition process to replace HH-60G

5-Feb-2012Source: US Air Force

More than 30 potential civilian contract companies were in attendance during Industrial Days sponsored by the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 9-11. The event, hosted by the Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter Program, gave potential contractors a glimpse into the service’s plans to replace the aging HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.... Read more

DRS to upgrade HH-60G Pave Hawk with Automated Flight Controls Enhancement

DRS to upgrade HH-60G Pave Hawk with Automated Flight Controls Enhancement

18-Jan-2012Source: DRS

DRS Defense Solutions announced that its Intelligence, Communications and Avionics Solutions (ICAS) business unit was awarded a $12M contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Improved Altitude Hold and Hover Stabilization (IAHHS) upgrade to the HH-60G PAVE HAWK helicopter. This fifth generation system will replace the original first generation Altitude Hold and Hover Stabilization... Read more

DRS awarded $12M contract for HH-60G Improved Altitude Hold and Hover System

DRS awarded $12M contract for HH-60G Improved Altitude Hold and Hover System

5-Oct-2011Source: US DoD

DRS ICAS, LLC Tactical Terminals of Dayton, Ohio is being awarded a $12,059,636 firm fixed price; cost plus fixed fee, cost reimbursable no fee contract to integrate the Improved Altitude Hold and Hover System (IAHHS) on the HH-60G Aircraft. The purpose of this effort is to provide non-recurring engineering, trial install kits, kit proof kit,... Read more

First two HH-60G Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 hours

First two HH-60G Pave Hawks achieve 10,000 hours

15-Sep-2011Source: Sikorsky

Nearly 30 years after entering service with the U.S. Air Force, two HH-60G PAVE HAWK helicopters have both achieved 10,000 flight hours during their simultaneous flights on Aug. 30 over Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The Sikorsky Aircraft designed-and-built helicopters are the first-ever U.S. Air Force H-60 aircraft to have reached this high flight time... Read more

Rescue community remembers fallen “Pedro 66” airmen

Rescue community remembers fallen “Pedro 66” airmen

14-Jun-2011Source: US Air Force

6/13/2011 – NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — Airmen from the 66th Rescue Squadron here held a remembrance ceremony June 9 for the crewmembers of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, call sign Pedro 66, who lost their lives in a crash a year ago on this date. Lt. Col. Daniel Jefferies, the 563rd Rescue... Read more

USAF approves Cobham’s Mobile Aircrew Restraint System for use in HH-60Gs

USAF approves Cobham’s Mobile Aircrew Restraint System for use in HH-60Gs

15-Apr-2011Source: Cobham

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Cobham has received a Release for Flight certificate from the US Air Force for the Mobile Aircrew Restraint System (MARS), meaning the restraint system is now flight-worthy and approved for use by the service’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. “The MARS is a great system which I think will provide real value... Read more

Raytheon awarded $42M contract for USAF HH-60G FLIRs

Raytheon awarded $42M contract for USAF HH-60G FLIRs

9-Mar-2011Source: Raytheon

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $42 million U.S. Air Force contract for additional AN/AAQ-29A forward looking infrared imaging systems for installation on Pave Hawk HH-60G helicopters. Deliveries are expected to be completed by February 2013. The AN/AAQ-29A systems will replace the AN/AAQ-16 FLIR currently installed on U.S. Air Force HH-60G helicopters. “These new systems will give... Read more

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