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Israel Selects Sikorsky’s CH-53K Over Boeing’s CH-47 For Future Heavy-Lift Platform

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Israel Selects Sikorsky’s CH-53K Over Boeing’s CH-47 For Future Heavy-Lift Platform
The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. (Photo: Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky)

Sikorsky’s [LMT] CH-53K King Stallion has been selected as Israel’s future heavy-lift helicopter, beating out Boeing’s [BA] CH-47 Chinook offering. The CH-53K will replace Israel’s fleet of Yassur heavy-lift aircraft, in service since the 1960s, with officials planning to approve a procurement request as soon as possible. “The decision to purchase new heavy lift helicopters for the [Israeli Air Force], after decades, is a significant step in progressing the IDF’s force build-up. It is also essential to the IDF’s ability…

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