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CH-53K helicopter achieves external payload milestone
by Richard Tomkins
West Palm Beach, Fla. (UPI) Jun 24, 2016


Sikorsky gets Polish-assembled S-70i for Turkish contract
Mielec, Poland (UPI) Jun 24, 2016 - The first S-70i Black Hawk helicopter for a Turkish utility helicopter program has been received by Sikorsky from its Polish subsidiary.

The Sikorsky helicopter assembled by PZL Mielec is to be used as a prototype for the Turkish T70 helicopters, which are to be built under license in Turkey by Turkish Aerospace Industries.

Lockheed Martin, parent company of Sikorsky, said Sikorsky will fly the S-70i next year to Turkey, where it will become the engineering development test bed for a new avionics suite being co-developed by Sikorsky and Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan.

The two companies will use the aircraft to integrate, flight test and qualify the avionics suite, which is designed to the preferences of the T70 user community.

The S-70i is the international version of the UH-60 Black Hawk used by the U.S. military.

Over the next two years, PZL will manufacture the first five cabin structures that TAI will assemble onto the first five T70 aircraft. PZL personnel also will provide technical and manufacturing assistance and training to TAI both in Turkey and Poland.

TAI is to build and deliver a total of 300 T70 helicopters (109 baseline + 191 options) to six Turkish agencies: the Land Forces, Air Force, Gendarme, Special Forces, National Police, and the Directorate General of Forestry.

Sikorsky Aircraft's CH-53K King Stallion cargo helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps has hefted a 27,000-pound external payload lift.

The out-of-ground-effect external load test -- at 100 feet above the ground while performing hover maneuvers -- was conducted at Sikorsky's Development Flight Test Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky's parent company, said an OGE load is the most stressful of lift conditions for a helicopter from a power required standpoint.

"This 27,000 pound external lift is yet another key milestone for the program," said Dr. Michael Torok, Sikorsky vice president of CH-53K Programs. "The King Stallion achieved this external lift with ease, and we are on track to successfully complete the initial operational assessment this year."

In flight testing, the CH-53K has already flown at speeds of more than 140 knots.

A total of three units are involved in testing and a fourth is expected to join the flight test program this summer.

"Lifting 27,000 pounds in OGE conditions is another key milestone for the program, which further confirms our confidence in the design and performance of the aircraft," said Col. Hank Vanderborght, U.S. Marine Corps Program Manager for the Naval Air Systems Command's Heavy Lift Helicopters Program. "This is the most strenuous condition we had to demonstrate from a performance standpoint prior to achieving Milestone 'C' and entering production."

The King Stallion features a glass cockpit, fly-by-wire flight controls and a payload capacity that is more than triple that of its predecessor, the CH-53E.

The U.S. Department of Defense intends to procure 200 CH-53Ks. The first four of the 200 are scheduled for delivery next year.


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