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Long Live the King: With Problems Fixed, CH-53K Contract Expected in Weeks

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Long Live the King: With Problems Fixed, CH-53K Contract Expected in Weeks
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. Photo courtesy of UTC Aerospace Systems

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…

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