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CH-53K Program Grappling With Gearbox Glitch

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

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The CH-53K transport helicopter program has found a mechanical problem in the main gearbox and is in the process of designing a fix, according to a Navy official.Quill rods that hold the gearbox together near the main rotor cracked due to vibration experienced during ground testing in Stratford, Conn., and West Palm Beach, Fla., said Rear Adm. C.J. Jaynes, the Navy’s program executive officer for air anti-submarine warfare, assault and special mission programs. Engineers plan to make the rods thicker…

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