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Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter Passes Critical Design Review

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

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The U.S. Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program has successfully completed its critical design review (CDR) for the HH-60W aircraft, paving the way for Lockheed Martin [LMT] unit Sikorsky to begin building and testing the aircraft, the parent company announced May 30.“Conducting the air vehicle CDR demonstrates this helicopter system is well on its way to meeting the key program requirements of the Air Force,” said Dave Schairbaum, the Air Force’s CRH system program manager.To prepare for the milestone, the Air Force and…

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