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Navy Awards Sikorsky $550 Million Mod For Six Additional CH-53Ks

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

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Navy Awards Sikorsky $550 Million Mod For Six Additional CH-53Ks

A CH-53K King Stallion receives fuel from a C-130 tanker while carrying a 27,000 lb. load in September 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] a $550 million modification to produce six more CH-53K Lot IV low rate initial production (LRIP) King Stallion helicopters. This contract modification covers production and delivery of the aircraft as well as “programmatic and logistics support, rate tooling and physical configuration audits.” The work is expected to be finished by July 2024. Sikorsky has already previously won contracts to produce 14 helicopters in the combined LRIP Lots 1, 2, and…

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