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Sikorsky Submits CH-53K Bid To Germany

Monday, January 13th, 2020

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Sikorsky Submits CH-53K Bid To Germany

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. (Photo: Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky)

Sikorsky [LMT] and German partner Rheinmetall formally submitted their bid on Monday to produce and operate the CH-53K King Stallion as the next Germany Air Force heavy lift helicopter. Sikorsky’s team first formally offered the single-main-rotor CH-53K last May for the Luftwaffe’s “Schwerer Transporthubschrauber” (STH) program to replace the older CH-53 the service currently uses (Defense Daily, May 28, 2018). Sikorsky is partnering with more than 10 German companies in the bid including Rheinmetall, MTU, ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH, Autoflug, HYDRO…

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