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Sikorsky Wins $186 Million For Two UPL CH-53K Helicopters

Sikorsky Wins $186 Million For Two UPL CH-53K Helicopters
A CH-53K King Stallion in pre-Initial Operational Test and Evaluation training with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) at Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The Navy awarded Sikorsky [LMT] a $185 million modification on May 31 to procure and deliver two more CH-53K King Stallion helicopters from the fiscal year 2022 unfunded priority list. The helicopters are meant to fall under low rate initial production Lot 6. Work will largely throughout the continental U.S. and is expected to be finished by December 2025.  This comes after the Marine Corps’ unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2023, sent to Congress earlier this year, also included…

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