
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky Aircraft unit announced on Wednesday 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 Department…