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

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New USN contract for 6 new LRIP King with support (550M$):

Sikorsky will provide six low-rate initial production airlifters along with support services such as logistics, configuration audits and tooling, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Sikorsky Gets $550M Navy Contract Modification to Build Additional Heavy-Lift Helicopters - GovCon Wire

Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has been awarded a $550.4M contract modificati

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Contracts for October 26, 2020

Today's Defense Department contracts valued at $7 million or more are now live on Defense.gov.

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A significant step toward full induction:

Last Piece of CH-53K Helicopter Trainer Triad Declared 'Ready for Training' - USNI News

The final of three CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter trainers has been declared “ready for training,” and an industry/government team next month will begin training the squadron that will conduct the new helo’s initial operational test and evaluation. The Composite Maintenance Trainer (CMT) just...

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The CH-53K IOT&E will take place in 2021 ahead of a planned first deployment in 2023 or 2024. The helicopter now has more than 2,100 flight hours of testing from the ground and from an amphibious ship, in various temperatures and environments, and carrying a range of internal and external payloads. As production ramps up in Sikorsky’s Connecticut assembly line, the program is heading towards the delivery of its first low-rate initial production (LRIP) aircraft in September 2021.

 

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And there is a video:

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Flying the CH-53K: Visiting Marine Corps Air Station New River - Second Line of Defense

By Robbin Laird Marine Corps Air Station, New River. Yesterday, during my visit to New River, I experienced flying in the cockpit of the Marine Corps’s latest key air capability, the CH-53K. I was in the cockpit with LtCol Luke “Amber” Frank, the VMX-1 Detachment OIC. He is a very experienced...

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In 2018, as the Air Vehicle Test and Evaluation Lead on PMA-261’s test team, the CH-53K program was running behind-schedule and the U.S. Marine Corps urgently needed to finish development on the aircraft in order to field it in time to support planned fleet activities. There was a major restructuring of the test program led by Fallabel where he found a way to accelerate the IOT&E by over three years compared to prior restructuring estimates.
Fallabel’s efforts resulted in a scope reduction of 300 flight hours without sacrificing technical standards. That reduction helped to provide a program cost avoidance of more than $30M. He also enabled the CH-53K Integrated Test Team (ITT) to achieve success during the COVID-19 pandemic and complete the major milestone of critically important shipboard underway testing in June 2020.

“His adherence to T&E best practices and outstanding grasp of complex technical issues has directly led to successful program execution,” the award nomination states. “Mr. Fallabel developed and defended an executable plan, mitigated risks and fully informed Department of the Navy and Department of Defense stakeholders on the revised CH-53K test program to get concurrence and ensure unity of purpose.”

Eric Fallabel Awarded 2020 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award for Individual Achievement in the Test and Evaluation

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - As announced during a live Department of Defense event, Dec. 15, the 2020 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award for Individual Achievement in ...

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20 T408 for the latest LRIP lot of CH-53K (6):

GE awarded contract for additional T408 turboshaft engines

Engines will be delivered to U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to power Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion.

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