
The Marine Corps is just weeks away from awarding a contract for the first lot of CH-53K King Stallions, but Sikorsky will have to fix problems found during test before production can begin. Navy Acquisition Chief James Geurts said negotiations between the Marines and Sikorsky — owned by Lockheed Martin [LMT] — are in the “final stages.” “I would expect that in the next coming weeks,” he told the U.S. Senate Armed Services subcommittee on seapower April 10. “There are…