Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Replacement (HLR)

[sferrin]

Excellent news, hope the Corps gets all 200 they want.

And more.

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1617975876527984640

View: https://twitter.com/NAVAIRNews/status/1617975876527984640

https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/CH-53K-lifts-F-35C-external-load-test/Tue-01242023-0936

 

[sferrin]

 

[yasotay]

That's about ~$250M in the air right there.

 

[TomcatViP]

View: https://youtu.be/ShpSdWYZllY

 

[sferrin]

New USMC CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Sling-Loads An F-35 (Updated)

The U.S. military's heaviest-lifting helicopter continues to show off its abilities, this time taking an F-35C for a ride.

www.thedrive.com

 

[thefrecklepuny]

View: https://youtu.be/ShpSdWYZllY

That's a B model....it's hovering!

 

[aonestudio]

Sikorsky Delivers Two More CH-53K® Helicopters to U.S. Marine Corps

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), delivered two CH-53K helicopters to the U.S. Marine Corps in the final quarter of 2022. These CH-53K heavy lift helicopters join the seven already in operation at MCAS New River.

news.lockheedmartin.com

 

[RavenOne]

Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost

Chinook helicopters could cost Germany twice as much as planned, Business Insider reports

Germany's planned purchase of 60 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters manufactured by Boeing to replace its ageing CH-53 fleet could cost twice as much as planned, Business Insider reported on Thursday, citing several government and industry sources.

www.reuters.com

cheers

 

[sferrin]

Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost

Chinook helicopters could cost Germany twice as much as planned, Business Insider reports

Germany's planned purchase of 60 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters manufactured by Boeing to replace its ageing CH-53 fleet could cost twice as much as planned, Business Insider reported on Thursday, citing several government and industry sources.

www.reuters.com

cheers

Boeing costs more than they said it would?

 

[TomcatViP]

Detail of the CTFD, Containerized Flight Training Device:

Training Fit for a King

Lockheed Martin’s suite of CH-53K® training devices, developed concurrently with the King Stallion™ aircraft, is enabling U.S. Marines across the United States to successfully complete their missions.

www.lockheedmartin.com

 

[martinbayer]

Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost

Chinook helicopters could cost Germany twice as much as planned, Business Insider reports

Germany's planned purchase of 60 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters manufactured by Boeing to replace its ageing CH-53 fleet could cost twice as much as planned, Business Insider reported on Thursday, citing several government and industry sources.

www.reuters.com

cheers

Boeing costs more than they said it would?

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Shades of LM there?

 

[Archibald]

New USMC CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter Sling-Loads An F-35 (Updated)

The U.S. military's heaviest-lifting helicopter continues to show off its abilities, this time taking an F-35C for a ride.

www.thedrive.com

This is so cute ! As if the CH-53K showed its baby F-35 "how to fly".

Now that's begs one crazy question. Could a CH-53K lift a F-35B and then drop it midair - and then the F-35B flies away ?

 

[TomS]

Now that's begs one crazy question. Could a CH-53K lift a F-35B and then drop it midair - and then the F-35B flies away ?

No.

For this test, the F-35 was stripped down, including having the engine removed.

More prosaically, I'm not sure where the quick releases are in this rig but I suspect they're at the helo end of the harness. In which case you end up trying to fly a plane with several hundred pounds of heavy chain banging around in the airflow.

 

[TomcatViP]

View: https://youtu.be/rgRD1OLshd0

 

[LowObservable]

Acquisition 101: Some people should not acquire things.

 

[TomcatViP]

35 more CH-53K contracted (the first contract post FRP) with 8 for IDF (that will now have 12 on order) :

US Navy awards Sikorsky $2.7 billion for 35 CH-53K helicopters

The contract covers 12 lot 7 and 15 lot 8 aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as eight aircraft for the Israeli Air Force.

www.defensenews.com

Notice how the unit cost (extrapolated only) has slightly nosed down.

 

[sferrin]