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 by Sam Howard Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2018
The U.S. Navy has awarded $38.2 million to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order in support of the CH-53K helicopter program. The order, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is tacked onto a previously determined ordering agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, will develop and deliver a provisioning parts database of technical information that will feature drawings for all organizational, intermediate and depot levels of the CH-53K program. The CH-53K King Stallion is a heavy-lift helicopter that can carry three external loads at once, featuring fly-by-wire flight controls. It completed its first long-range test flight in mid-2017. Scheduled work, expected to be finished in November 2023, will be conducted in Stratford, Conn. The Navy has obligated $8.6 million in fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award.
Navy orders two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes from Northrop Grumman Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2018 The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems $49.9 million for parts and other services for production of two Lot 7 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye radar aircraft. Work on the planes is expected to be completed in December 2023, and has been funded with 2019 Navy procurement funds, the Department of Defense said on Monday. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the current variant of the land and carrier-based radar and command-and-control plane. It is designed to provide radar sensor coverage and coordina ... read more
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