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Sikorsky Upgrading UH-60 Black Hawks to Prevent Corrosion

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Sikorsky Upgrading UH-60 Black Hawks to Prevent Corrosion
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying distinguished visitors arrive for Army Day 2018, Feb. 9, 2018, Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. Army Day was the opening event for U.S. Central Command’s Component Commanders Conference that allowed U.S. Army Central to showcase the Army’s capabilities at the theater level. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ty McNeeley, U.S. ARCENT PAO)

Sikorsky [LMT] is upgrading the U.S. military's fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks to fight corrosion, increase the number of available flight days for the rotorcraft in Afghanistan and other deployed areas, and reduce operations and maintenance costs. "We’ve transitioned from many sheet metal components to high-speed machined components for the air frame," Chris Dowse, Sikorsky's director of Army programs, wrote in an email to sister publication R&WI. "Benefits of this adjustment include the elimination of mating surfaces prone to crevice…

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