The U.S. Marine Corps' plan to buy a new derivative of its heavy-lift CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter would give the service double lift capability and range and cut operating costs in half, according ...

As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion, mainly by adding a third engine, adding a seventh blade to the main rotor, and canting the tail rotor 20°. It was built by Sikorsky ...

U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) test the capabilities of the CH-53K King Stallion on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Dec. 16, 2021. US Marine Corps ...

A video circulating online appears to show a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter carrying a UH-60 Black Hawk as an external sling ...

STRATFORD, Conn., Sept. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin (LMT) company, received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to a maximum of 99 CH-53K ® King Stallion ...

Without a single trace of modesty, the American military calls the CH-53K King Stallion the most powerful heavy-lift helicopter in its arsenal. Born in the stables of helicopter maker Sikorsky back in ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five ...

A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary built for the U.S. Marine Corps has transitioned to the full-rate production phase. Frederick Stefany, acting assistant ...

German CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters operating in Afghanistan will be fitted with an EADS missile warning system. The German military procurement agency is initially buying six AAR-60 Missile Launch ...

In fiscal 2010, Naval Air Systems Command's CH-53K Supportability Program (PMA-261) was searching for a way to effectively and systematically apply analytical techniques to keep costs down and ...

BAY SHORE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air Industries Group (“Air Industries”) (NYSE American: AIRI), a leading manufacturer of precision components and assemblies for large aerospace and defense prime ...