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Navy/USMC

Sikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Friday, May 17th, 2019

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Sikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions

A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter completes a a 27,000 pound payload external lift test. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Sikorsky on Friday was awarded a $1.1 billion contract for 12 heavylift CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, the Department of Defense announced on Friday, with $509 million for the current fiscal year and $617 million for the following year. The contract to Sikorsky, owned by Lockheed Martin [LMT], covers Lots 2 and 3 low-rate production of the helicopter, which will replace the aging CH-53E Super Stallion, also produced by Sikorsky. The U.S. Navy plans to buy about 200 King Stallions. As…

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