U.S. Navy awards Sikorsky $185M for two more heavy-lift helicopters

The U.S. Navy has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $185 million contract for the purchase of two more of the company”™s CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.

The King Stallion will be used as the replacement for Sikorsky”™s CH-53E Super Stallion as part of the U.S. Marine Corps”™ (USMC) heavy-lift rotary asset. The new aircraft will be built at Sikorsky”™s production facility in Stratford.

The contract is being funded from the U.S. Navy”™s Fiscal Year 2022 budget as part of the USMC”™s unfunded priorities list. The King Stallion made its first operational flight as part of the USMC fleet in April.

Photo of King Stallion helicopter courtesy of the U.S. Navy