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Sierra Nevada To Install Degraded Visual Environment System on Air Force Pave Hawks

Frank Wolfe

Friday, May 24th, 2019

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Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corp. is to provide new capabilities for the Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopters by Sikorsky [LMT] to allow the helicopters to perform better in degraded visual environments. On May 22, Air Force Materiel Command awarded Sierra Nevada a nearly $75 million contract for the installation of a Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES) for 85 Air Force HH-60Gs by May 2024. The Army Combat Readiness Center has reported that degraded visual environments caused…

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