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Sikorsky advances Black Hawk training center in Colombia

Sikorsky advances Black Hawk training center in Colombia

7-Jul-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced today that construction of a new UH-60 BLACK HAWK Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Center at the Colombian Air Force Base in Melgar is well under way and on schedule for completion this year. A premier training center for rotary wing aircraft, the facility will further improve the operational readiness of... Read more

Israel and Greece complete joint helicopter training

Israel and Greece complete joint helicopter training

6-Jul-2011

The training was held at the Larisa Air Force Base in Greece and the IAF sent three helicopter squadrons – Squadron 124 and 123 which fly Black Hawk transport helicopters and Squadron 113 which flies Apache Longbow attack helicopters (full story)... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $48M contract for first four Black Hawks for Taiwan

Sikorsky awarded $48M contract for first four Black Hawks for Taiwan

5-Jul-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $48,607,275 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of four “green” Black Hawk helicopters and government-furnished equipment to contractor-furnished equipment in support of Foreign Military Sales to Taiwan.  Work will be performed in Startford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2013.  One... Read more

Sikorsky exploring unmanned role for Black Hawk

Sikorsky exploring unmanned role for Black Hawk

30-Jun-2011Source: Flightglobal

Sikorsky hopes to demonstrate an optionally piloted resupply mission using a fly-by-wire-equipped UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter by the end of this year. (Full article)... Read more

The Protective Group awarded $38M contract for UH-60 ballistic protection system kits

The Protective Group awarded $38M contract for UH-60 ballistic protection system kits

27-Jun-2011Source: US DoD

The Protective Group, Inc., Miami Lakes, Fla., was awarded on June 15 a $38,409,232 firm-fixed-price contract.  This award will provide for 515 UH-60 A/L/M Ballistic Protection System (BPS) kits; 265 HH-60 L/M BPS kits; 305 installation cockpit doors (Crew A); 305 installation cockpit doors (Crew B); and 135 UH-60 Medevac BPS kits.  Work will be... Read more

Colombian Black Hawk fleet exceeds 300,000 hours

Colombian Black Hawk fleet exceeds 300,000 hours

23-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky

PARIS – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Paris Air Show that Colombia’s UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet has surpassed the 300,000 flight hour milestone. Colombia’s Army, National Police, and Air Force combine to operate nearly 100 BLACK HAWK helicopters for a variety of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuation, disaster relief, anti-drug,... Read more

Mexico’s State of Jalisco to purchase S-70i

Mexico’s State of Jalisco to purchase S-70i

21-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the contract to sell one S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter to the state of Jalisco in Mexico. With the sale, Jalisco will become the first state in Mexico to acquire its own BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Jalisco is one of 31 states in... Read more

Sikorsky Aerospace Services and Saab to support Sweden’s Black Hawks

Sikorsky Aerospace Services and Saab to support Sweden’s Black Hawks

21-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the signing of a teaming agreement at the Paris Air Show with the Swedish defence and security company Saab to support the fleet of 15 UH-60M helicopters recently purchased by the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV). Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary... Read more

Sikorsky shows S-70iâ„¢ Black Hawk for first time at major international venue

Sikorsky shows S-70iâ„¢ Black Hawk for first time at major international venue

21-Jun-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) will display an S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK helicopter outside the UTC Chalet during the Paris Air Show. The international event marks the first time the new variant of Sikorsky’s proven multi-mission utility helicopter will be displayed to the world market. “There is strong worldwide demand for... Read more

19-Jun-11 Sikorsky HH-60M Turtlecreek Township, US-Ohio

19-Jun-11 Sikorsky HH-60M Turtlecreek Township, US-Ohio

19-Jun-2011

Precautionary landing after problem with one engine... Read more

Aero Vodochody completes its first Black Hawk cockpit

Aero Vodochody completes its first Black Hawk cockpit

17-Jun-2011Source: Aero Vodochody

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the completion of the first UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit produced in the Czech Republic by AERO Vodochody. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the completion of the first UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit produced in the Czech Republic by AERO Vodochody, a longtime Sikorsky supplier that has manufactured more than... Read more

17-Jun-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Massillon, US-Ohio

17-Jun-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Massillon, US-Ohio

17-Jun-2011

Emergency landing after smoke in cockpit.... Read more

Last Vietnam-era pilot in New York Guard takes final flight Tuesday

Last Vietnam-era pilot in New York Guard takes final flight Tuesday

13-Jun-2011Source: New York ANG

A New York Army National Guard pilot who flew helicopters during the Vietnam War in 1971/72, and again during two combat tours in Iraq, makes his final flight Tuesday, June 14 at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Latham. Members of the media are invited to see Chief Warrant Officer 5 Steven Derry return from... Read more

Sikorsky contract for 15 UH-60Ms for Sweden is worth $207M

Sikorsky contract for 15 UH-60Ms for Sweden is worth $207M

12-Jun-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 23 a $207,133,531 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of 15 UH-60M aircraft for the Sweden’s armed forces and government furnished equipment to contractor furnished equipment.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012.  One... Read more

Scale model of Bin Laden raid stealth helicopter released

Scale model of Bin Laden raid stealth helicopter released

8-Jun-2011Source: Dragon Models

The raid on the compound of the fugitive Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 was an enormous success, with the Al-Qaeda leader finally being eliminated after nearly a decade on the run. The team of elite US Navy SEALs was inserted into the town of Abbottabad in Pakistan using special radar-evading helicopters. Were it... Read more

American and Iraqi pilots fly together: MEDEVAC training mission builds partnerships

American and Iraqi pilots fly together: MEDEVAC training mission builds partnerships

7-Jun-2011Source: US Army

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters flew in formation with two Iraqi Air Force helicopters during May on a joint medical evacuation training mission, serving to build rapport and partnerships between the two militaries. The mission allowed the pilots and crews from the two militaries to better understand each... Read more

CPI Aero wins $2.85M Black Hawk spares contract

CPI Aero wins $2.85M Black Hawk spares contract

27-May-2011Source: CPI Aero

CPI Aero announced today that it has entered into a five year agreement covering up to $9.2 million in structural assemblies to be supplied to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for use as spares for its BLACK HAWK(R) military helicopter. The initial purchase order under this agreement is for $2.85 million. Delivery is expected to begin in... Read more

Pakistan returns helicopter used in Bin Laden operation

Pakistan returns helicopter used in Bin Laden operation

24-May-2011Source: BBC

Pakistan has returned the wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon has said.  ... Read more

Sweden becomes first European UH-60M customer

Sweden becomes first European UH-60M customer

18-May-2011Source: Sikorsky

Included for completeness – HeliHub.com ran this story back on 15th April 2011 – see Sweden buys 15 Black Hawks Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the U.S. Government has agreed to sell 15 Sikorsky UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (or FMV, which is the Swedish acronym) for operation by... Read more

Sikorsky cited for repeat safety defect on Black Hawks

Sikorsky cited for repeat safety defect on Black Hawks

18-May-2011Source: Connecticut Post

Sikorsky Aircraft unit has been cited by Pentagon inspectors for a safety part defect, after two failures in four months on new Army and Navy H-60 Black Hawk helicopters, according to officials.   The failures occurred during acceptance testing before delivery, according to the DCMA... Read more

TAT signs $20M contract for Apache and Black Hawk anti-icing

TAT signs $20M contract for Apache and Black Hawk anti-icing

17-May-2011Source: TAT Technologies

TAT Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of services and products to the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, today announced that it has signed a five-year contract with the U.S Army for the overhaul and upgrade of Anti Icing Engine Valves for Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. The value of the agreement may... Read more

Was Bin Laden casualty a stealth UH-60?

Was Bin Laden casualty a stealth UH-60?

3-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

As more photos becomeo available of the helicopter casualty in the raid which saw Osama Bin Laden killed, more questions get raised.  From the announcement late in the  Washington evening on Sunday 1st May, we know that four helicopters were used in the raid at Abbottabad in Pakistan, and that one crashed.  As usual, HeliHub.com... Read more

01-May-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Abbottabad, Pakistan

01-May-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Abbottabad, Pakistan

1-May-2011

One US Army helicopter crashed during the 40 minute US navy seal operation to kill or capture Osama bin Laden. No one was hurt.  Local reports quote the time as “late on Sunday night”.  Three other helicopters involved in this operation.  Some reports say it crashed after being shot at from the ground... Read more

Seal Beach residents divided on Black Hawk move

Seal Beach residents divided on Black Hawk move

27-Apr-2011Source: Orange County Register

Some neighbouring residents are unhappy with a proposal to station an Army reserve unit with eight Black Hawks at the Joint Forces Training Base at Los Alamitos, CA... Read more

Stateside Lakota deliveries let Black Hawks go to combat

Stateside Lakota deliveries let Black Hawks go to combat

26-Apr-2011Source: US Army

Some 23 Black Hawk helicopters have been freed from duty in the United States to go to combat elsewhere, thanks to stateside delivery of UH-72A Lakota helicopters. As Lakotas are fielded, said Col. John Thurgood, project manager for Army utility helicopters, they take Black Hawks out of the mix and send them back to combat.... Read more

Sikorsky provides further information on Black Hawks for Turkey

Sikorsky provides further information on Black Hawks for Turkey

26-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky

STRATFORD, Connecticut – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced that the Defense Industry Executive Committee (DIEC) has selected Sikorsky for a contract involving 109 derivative BLACK HAWK helicopters for multi-mission use by the Turkish Government. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky will finalize contract details with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industry... Read more

General Electric awarded $17M to overhaul 150 T700 engines

General Electric awarded $17M to overhaul 150 T700 engines

25-Apr-2011Source: US DoD

General Electric Engine Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on April 20 a $17,687,460 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the overhaul of 30 T700-GE-700 and 120 T700-ge-701C/D turbine engine cold section modules applicable to the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters.  Work will be performed in Arkansas City, Kan., with an estimated... Read more

Turkey selects Black Hawk over AW149

Turkey selects Black Hawk over AW149

23-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced that the Defense Industry Executive Committee (DIEC) has selected Sikorsky for a contract involving 109 derivative BLACK HAWK helicopters for multi-mission use by the Turkish Government. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Sikorsky will finalize contract details with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industry (known in Turkey as SSM)... Read more

Alabama National Guard’s 131st Aviation Regiment to deploy to Iraq

Alabama National Guard’s 131st Aviation Regiment to deploy to Iraq

15-Apr-2011Source: AL.com

The Alabama National Guard’s 131st Aviation Regiment, a Black Hawk helicopter outfit based beside Mobile Regional Airport, is set to deploy to Iraq on Sunday.... Read more

Sweden buys 15 Black Hawks

Sweden buys 15 Black Hawks

15-Apr-2011Source: Nordic Rotors

It was announced recently by Sweden’s Secretary of Defense, Sten Tolgfors, that Sweden will buy 15 new UH-60M Black Hawks, also known as Sikorsky S-70. The helicopter type will be designated HKP 16 once it is operational in the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing. The pilot training will commence at Fort Rucker and Fort Campbel in... Read more

Sikorsky provides in-country Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

Sikorsky provides in-country Black Hawk maintenance team for Colombian Army

14-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced the signing of an annually renewable contract providing in-country maintenance in support of the Colombian Army UH-60 BLACK HAWK fleet. Twenty-one Sikorsky-trained technicians will perform Phase Maintenance Inspections and 120 hour inspections at the Aviation Maintenance Base in Tolemaida to help ensure fleet mission readiness for combat operations. Sikorsky... Read more

Turkey’s helicopter decision delayed, again

Turkey’s helicopter decision delayed, again

13-Apr-2011Source: Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey’s top procurement body has once again delayed a much-expected, multibillion-dollar decision planned for Tuesday to select between Sikorsky and AgustaWestland to lead the production of Turkey’s next generation of military utility helicopters.... Read more

New flight test facility operational as first S-70i deliveries approach

New flight test facility operational as first S-70i deliveries approach

6-Apr-2011Source: Sikorsky

MIELEC, Poland – Flight test operations at Sikorsky Aircraft’s company in Poland, PZL Mielec, are fully operational and the company is preparing to deliver the first S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK helicopters, Sikorsky Aircraft announced today. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Test Pilot Leszek Pawula, a well known Polish test pilot, was hired... Read more

Sabreliner awarded $15M to upgrade two VIP UH-60s for Jordan

Sabreliner awarded $15M to upgrade two VIP UH-60s for Jordan

1-Apr-2011Source: US DoD

Sabreliner Corp., Saint Louis, Mo., was awarded on March 24 a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of two VIP UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Royal Jordanian Air Force.  Work will be performed in Saint Louis, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013.  One bid was solicited... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60 for Jordan

Sikorsky awarded $11M contract for one UH-60 for Jordan

23-Mar-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on March 18 an $11,561,688 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the acquisition of one Black Hawk helicopter for Jordan.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2011.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  The U.S. Army... Read more

18-Mar-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Mesa, US-Arizona

18-Mar-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Mesa, US-Arizona

18-Mar-2011

Emergency landing, mechanics called... Read more

US Air Force is smart to make CVLSP program competitive

US Air Force is smart to make CVLSP program competitive

17-Mar-2011Source: Lexington Institute

The Air Force is looking to buy a new fleet of utility helicopters to support its domestic operations. The Common Vertical Lift Support Platform (CVLSP) will replace the aging UH-1 Huey helicopters which are employed to inspect and protect ballistic missile fields and transport senior Air Force and government officials around the country. It had... Read more

Brazil takes delivery of first two UH-60Ls

Brazil takes delivery of first two UH-60Ls

6-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The first two of eight UH-60L Black Hawks have arrived in Brazil following a 16-day flight from the Sikorsky plant at Elmira, New York state. The pair are coded 8907 and 8908, and were handed over in a ceremony on Sunday 13th February.  The Black Hawks are painted in a new scheme not seen before... Read more

Sikorsky signs MOU with Australian searchlight innovator Trakka Corp

Sikorsky signs MOU with Australian searchlight innovator Trakka Corp

3-Mar-2011Source: Sikorsky

AVALON, VIC., Australia – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australian aviation searchlight innovator Trakka Corp., to jointly explore manufacturing opportunities in support of H-60 SEAHAWK and BLACK HAWK helicopters. “The MOU marks another step in our commitment to find the most skilled... Read more

Orbit awarded IDIQ contract for airborne voice altitude warning systems by US Army

Orbit awarded IDIQ contract for airborne voice altitude warning systems by US Army

1-Mar-2011Source: Orbit Communication Systems

The US Army has awarded ORBIT Communication Systems, Inc. (USA), a subsidiary of Orbit Technologies Ltd. (TASE:ORBI), a Satellite Communications, Tracking & Telemetry, and Communications Management Systems provider, a contract for the production and delivery of the VAWS – Voice Altitude Warning Systems for its combat deployed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. This IDIQ contract has... Read more

UAE to modify Black Hawks into gunships

UAE to modify Black Hawks into gunships

25-Feb-2011

The UAE is to buy weaponization kits for 23 of its UH-60M Black Hawks to turn them into gunships in a deal with SIkorsky worth $272M... Read more

Australian premier backs Eurocopter bid for Air9000 tender over Sikorsky

Australian premier backs Eurocopter bid for Air9000 tender over Sikorsky

22-Feb-2011Source: Australian Aerospace

Premier Anna Bligh today backed a bid by Brisbane-based Australian Aerospace for a lucrative Australian Navy Contract that would create hundreds of Queensland jobs. The Federal Government currently is considering two rival bids to provide Australia’s new naval combat helicopter under the Air9000 Phase 8 tender – one from Brisbane-based Australian Aerospace who would assemble... Read more

Brazil takes delivery of two UH-60L Black Hawks

Brazil takes delivery of two UH-60L Black Hawks

17-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The Brazilian Air Force has taken delivery of two new UH-60Ls, coded 8907 and 8908, in a handover ceremony on Sunday 13th February at Sikorsky’s facility at Elmira, New York state.  The Black Hawks are painted in a new scheme not seen before in Brazil – a green/grey camouflage.  This week sees the two helicopters... Read more

Upgraded Black Hawk simulator enters service for Australian Army

Upgraded Black Hawk simulator enters service for Australian Army

17-Feb-2011Source: CAE

CAE Australia today announced that a major upgrade to the Australian Army’s S-70A Black Hawk full-flight and mission simulator (FFMS) has been completed on-schedule and recently entered service for the Australian Army. CAE Australia, prime contractor under the Management and Support of the Australian Defence Force’s Aerospace Simulators (MSAAS) contract, upgraded the S-70A Black Hawk... Read more

Australia sends 15th rotation to East Timor

Australia sends 15th rotation to East Timor

14-Feb-2011Source: Australian DoD

After a successful six months serving with the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), the men and women of Timor Leste Aviation Group – rotation 14 (TLAG 14) have returned home to Australia. The troops and their Black Hawk helicopters have been replaced by TLAG 15. Whilst assigned to the ISF, the S-70A-9 Black Hawk helicopters made... Read more

09-Feb-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Lafayette, US-Indiana

09-Feb-11 Sikorsky UH-60 Lafayette, US-Indiana

9-Feb-2011

The helicopter’s tail rotor accidentally touched the runway during a practice run, damaging it and causing the craft to make a hard landing... Read more

07-Feb-11 93-26476 Sikorsky UH-60 Honolulu, US-Hawaii

07-Feb-11 93-26476 Sikorsky UH-60 Honolulu, US-Hawaii

7-Feb-2011

Emergency landing made in school field after warning light illuminated.  No damage.  Crew turned situation into educational opportunity for the school children.... Read more

Sonar buoy falls from US Navy Seahawk

Sonar buoy falls from US Navy Seahawk

6-Feb-2011Source: Stars & Stripes

A buoy typically used for underwater surveillance fell from a Navy SH-60F Seahawk helicopter and crashed into a farm field... Read more

04-Feb-11 Sikorsky UH-60 New Baltimore, US-New York

04-Feb-11 Sikorsky UH-60 New Baltimore, US-New York

4-Feb-2011

Warning light led to emergency landing in snowy field.  No indication of any damage or injuries... Read more

Sikorsky delivers second UH-60 “A-A to L” update to US Customs & Border Protection Agency

Sikorsky delivers second UH-60 “A-A to L” update to US Customs & Border Protection Agency

3-Feb-2011Source: Sikorsky

BEEVILLE, Texas – Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today delivered the second UH-60 aircraft that has undergone “A-A” to “L” recapitalization for use by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP). Distinguished as the fifth helicopter off the original BLACK HAWK helicopter production line, this fully upgraded UH-60L model will execute national security missions mandated... Read more

Science and Engineering Services awarded $7M contract for UH-60 IR turrent kits

Science and Engineering Services awarded $7M contract for UH-60 IR turrent kits

28-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Science and Engineering Services, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $7,663,563 firm-fixed-price contract Jan. 21, 2011.  The award will provide for 141Sponson-Mounted Forward Looking Infrared A-kits, 35 Sponson-Mounted Forward Looking Infrared B-kits and 10 Imaging System Support/Purge Kits for the UH-60.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of March... Read more

FLIR Systems announces order for $15.8M from US Army

FLIR Systems announces order for $15.8M from US Army

27-Jan-2011Source: FLIR Systems

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a delivery order totaling $15.8 million for its Star SAFIRE® II stabilized multi-sensor systems to support the U.S. Army MEDEVAC program. The units delivered under this order will be employed on the Army MEDEVAC UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Work under... Read more

CAE awarded $44M contract for additional MH-60R simulators

CAE awarded $44M contract for additional MH-60R simulators

26-Jan-2011Source: CAE

CAE USA has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$44 million to design and manufacture two MH-60R tactical operational flight trainers (TOFTs) for the United States Navy. The first simulator will be a fixed-based MH-60R TOFT delivered to Naval Station (NS) Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida in mid-2013. The other MH-60R TOFT, which will also... Read more

Lawyer says man who blinded helicopter pilot was “curious”

Lawyer says man who blinded helicopter pilot was “curious”

24-Jan-2011Source: KIRO

A lawyer for a Lynden man charged with temporarily blinding the crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol helicopter during a mission last fall says he shined a spotlight at the helicopter out of curiosity.... Read more

Mexico Federal Police takes delivery of three UH-60Ms

Mexico Federal Police takes delivery of three UH-60Ms

24-Jan-2011

[We include this Sikorsky press release merely for completeness.  HeliHub.com reported this story over seven weeks ago here] The Department of State has delivered three UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Government of Mexico’s Federal Police (FP). Designed and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), the aircraft are the first... Read more

Taiwanese operator suspends UH-1 upgrades due to cost

Taiwanese operator suspends UH-1 upgrades due to cost

23-Jan-2011Source: Taipei Times

National Airborne Service Corps has abandoned its UH-1 upgrade project and will instead take on charge 15 of the 60 UH-60 Black Hawks currently being procured (see HeliHub.com story on that order)... Read more

US Navy renews H-60 logistics program with $1.4B follow-on contract

US Navy renews H-60 logistics program with $1.4B follow-on contract

21-Jan-2011Source: Sikorsky

Washington, D.C. – The Maritime Helicopter Support Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX], has received a $1.4 billion firm fixed price contract from the U.S. Navy to continue providing performance-based logistics support for more than 490 in-service H-60 SEAHAWK® helicopters.... Read more

Alaska crews forward deployed to safeguard fishing fleet

Alaska crews forward deployed to safeguard fishing fleet

21-Jan-2011Source: US Coast Guard

As harsh winter weather causes Alaskans to pack up their boats until spring, the Alaskan crab and groundfish fleets brave fierce storms and icy temperatures in search of the big catch. As the fishing fleet gets underway, they can take comfort in the knowledge that Coast Guard search and rescue teams will be protecting them... Read more

Turkey fines Sikorsky over Seahawk delivery delay

Turkey fines Sikorsky over Seahawk delivery delay

21-Jan-2011Source: World Bulletin

Turkey has demanded one more Sikorsky S-70B helicopter from the company as a fine for not delivering the helicopters on time, a Ministry of Defense official told Cihan news agency, speaking on the condition of anonymity.... Read more

CAE awarded $43M contract for MH-60R trainers

CAE awarded $43M contract for MH-60R trainers

20-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

CAE USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a $43,543,031 firm-fixed-price contract to design, fabricate, install and test one MH-60R Tactical Operational Flight Trainer and one MH-60R/S Tactical Operational Flight Trainer.  Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla. (42 percent); Lexington Park, Md. (35 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (9 percent); Hauppauge, N.Y. (5 percent);... Read more

Singapore inaugurates Seahawks into 123 Squadron

Singapore inaugurates Seahawks into 123 Squadron

20-Jan-2011Source: Republic of Singapore Air Force

Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen officiated at the inauguration ceremony of the Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk naval helicopters into 123 Squadron at Sembawang Air Base this afternoon. The 123 Squadron is the Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF’s) first naval helicopter squadron. The squadron will join the Helicopter Group under the... Read more

LaBarge receives $1.3M contract for S-70i cockpit wiring harnesses

LaBarge receives $1.3M contract for S-70i cockpit wiring harnesses

18-Jan-2011Source: LaBarge

LaBarge, Inc., a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract valued at $1.3 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the S-70iâ„¢ BLACK HAWK military helicopter, the international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Kaman is a subcontractor to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies... Read more

Sikorsky sweetens Turkey Black Hawk bid

Sikorsky sweetens Turkey Black Hawk bid

17-Jan-2011Source: Hurriyet

Sikorsky would guarantee that Turkey would do repair and maintenance work worth $1 billion on S-70i Black Haw International helicopters belonging to third countries.... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $24M for UAE UH-60 spares

Sikorsky awarded $24M for UAE UH-60 spares

7-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Dec. 23 a $24,822,637 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for spares and ground support equipment to 40 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the United Arab Emirates.  Work will be completed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2014.  One bid was solicited... Read more

LockMart awarded $34M to install ARPDD radar upgrades to six MH-60R and MH-60S

LockMart awarded $34M to install ARPDD radar upgrades to six MH-60R and MH-60S

5-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $33,634,968 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0098) to incorporate the automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination (known as ARPDD, Ed) radar into six MH-60R/MH-60S full rate production aircraft.  Work will be performed in Farmingdale, N.Y. (86 percent), and Owego, N.Y. (14... Read more

Vermont National Guard testing HH-60M in Iraq

Vermont National Guard testing HH-60M in Iraq

5-Jan-2011Source: Burlington Free Press

The Guard’s C Company of the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment deployed in November with a dozen HH-60M helicopters, the latest medical variant of the Army’s Black Hawk, the military said in a report... Read more

LaBarge receives $1.6M contract from Kaman for MH-60S program

LaBarge receives $1.6M contract from Kaman for MH-60S program

4-Jan-2011Source: LaBarge

LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract valued at $1.6 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the MH-60S SEAHAWK® helicopter. The MH-60S is a multi-mission helicopter that combines the transportation capability of the UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopter and the unique... Read more

LockMart awarded $38M work for MH-60R and MH-60S cockpits

LockMart awarded $38M work for MH-60R and MH-60S cockpits

4-Jan-2011Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $37,692,857 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0098) for the production and delivery of common cockpits for the MH-60S Lot 13 helicopters and MH-60R Lot 9 helicopters.  In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of common cockpit provisioned items and integrated... Read more

LockMart awarded $35M delivery order for MH-60R work

LockMart awarded $35M delivery order for MH-60R work

22-Dec-2010Source: US DoD

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $35,040,005 cost-plus-incentive-fee delivery order #4030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion pre-engineering, manufacturing and development.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (86 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (11 percent); and... Read more

Kaman awards LaBarge $8.4M in Black Hawk contracts

Kaman awards LaBarge $8.4M in Black Hawk contracts

17-Dec-2010Source: LaBarge

LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded contracts valued at approximately $8.4 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for several models of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Kaman is a subcontractor to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), on the... Read more

CPI Aero wins $2M contract for Black Hawk gunner windows

CPI Aero wins $2M contract for Black Hawk gunner windows

17-Dec-2010Source: CPI Aero

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (“CPI Aero®”) (NYSE Amex: CVU) announced today that it has received a schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. valued at up to approximately $2 million to manufacture gunner window assemblies for the BLACK HAWK helicopter. Sikorsky is a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The windows are a two piece... Read more

MH-60R favourite to win Australian Navy tender

MH-60R favourite to win Australian Navy tender

15-Dec-2010

Australian Strategic Policy Institute analyst Andrew Davies has suggested that the MH-60R is more likely to be chosen than the NH90.  Interestingly the Austrlian miltary already operate both types, so there is all to play for... Read more

Sikorsky awarded $170M contracts to support Corpus Christi Army Depot

Sikorsky awarded $170M contracts to support Corpus Christi Army Depot

13-Dec-2010Source: US DoD

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, Stratford, Conn., was awarded on December 7, 2010 a $102,757,241 firm-fixed-price contract for providing integrated services and supplies to include technical, engineering, and logistical services and 100 percent material to support Corpus Christi Army Depot and U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in the overhaul, repair and recapitalization of the H-60 weapon... Read more

Japan selects Mitsubishi’s proposal to build 40 UH-60J SAR helicopters

Japan selects Mitsubishi’s proposal to build 40 UH-60J SAR helicopters

9-Dec-2010Source: Sikorsky

December 8, 2010 Stratford, Conn., – Japan’s Ministry of Defense has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) proposal to supply the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) with a new fleet of advanced UH-60J search and rescue helicopters. The aircraft will be produced under license from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The... Read more

Historic ferry damaged during Black Hawk training

Historic ferry damaged during Black Hawk training

3-Dec-2010Source: ABC

The Australian Defence Force says it will consider repairing the Baragoola. The Defence Department has confirmed it was conducting domestic counter-terrorism exercises in the area at the time. It says any damage claims will be assessed by the Defence Insurance Office... Read more

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