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Sikorsky Completes First Extended Flight Test For CH-53K Helicopter

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky Aircraft unit announced on July 5 it successfully completed the first extended flight test for its CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter from its development facility in West Palm Beach, Fla., to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River (PAX) in Maryland.The 810-mile, six-hour flight on June 30 was the first test of many to be conducted over the next two years as Sikorsky begins transferring its CH-53K aircraft to the flight test facilities at PAX. The…

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