Sikorsky inks $525.4M Pentagon deal for UH-60M helicopters

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. a $525.4 modification contract for supplying 38 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

The contract is a modification to a $3.7 billion agreement from 2017 for Sikorsky to produce Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army and the Saudi Arabian military. Work on the new aircraft will take place at Sikorsky”™s headquarters in Stratford, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2022. The contract also provides the Defense Department with right to exercise an option for two UH-60M FMS green aircraft.

The multimission UH-60M is the latest in the Black Hawk helicopter family created by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and is the primary medium lift helicopter used by the U.S. Army in missions that include air assault, command and control and VIP transport. Approximately UH-60 aircraft are also being used in 30 countries.