The Navy is making design changes to its CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter to adjust the center of gravity and to switch to a new rotory damper that will continue to provide increased reliability for the aircraft, a Navy official said. Additionally, the Navy is continuing to trim down Sikorsky's [UTX] CH-53K, looking to remove weight where it can, Capt. Rick Muldoon, CH-53 program manager, told sister publication Defense Daily in a recent interview. "First of all, weight is an issue that…
Navy, Sikorsky Overcoming Challenges to CH-53K Design
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