From unstable airframes to a lack of safety features, not all pilots in the US Air Force are qualified to fly these aircraft. The program intends to deliver 200 CH-53K helicopters to replace the aging ...

A CH-53K King Stallion lifts a joint light tactical vehicle during a demonstration. (Navy) The Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, based Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 became the ...

The CH-53K King Stallion boasts an external load capacity of up to 27,000 pounds at up to 110 nm while operating at high altitudes and in hot environments. [Courtesy: U.S. Department of ...

The U.S. Marine Corps declared the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter operational. The aircraft will allow the Marines and allied forces to move both troops and equipment more rapidly and ...

An artist rendering of a CH-53K helicopter for Israel. [Courtesy: Lockheed Martin] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is set to produce the first four CH-53K King Stallion helicopters recently ordered by ...

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) participates in external lift operations during Weapons and Tactics Instructor ...

For naval operations perhaps a lot more than for ground-based ones, helicopters are essential. Especially the ones capable of carrying heavy loads over large distances. Ever since 1974 aviation ...

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT business unit, Sikorsky Aircraft, recently secured a contract to support its CH-53K helicopter program. The award has been provided by the Naval Supply Systems Command ...

The operation began at NAS Patuxent River, a hub for naval aviation testing in Southern Maryland. The F-35B, stripped of its mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, and additional equipment, ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $34 million from Sikorsky to produce major structural airframe components for four ...