This $10 million order is the biggest to date for the CH-53K, of which the Marine Corps plans to procure 200 airframes. Sikorsky announced on Sep. 26, 2025 the award of a $10.8 billion contract from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The program intends to deliver 200 CH-53K helicopters to replace the aging CH-53E fleet, ensuring the Marine Corps maintains its ability to project power well into this century. The Sikorsky CH-53K ...

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

On Sept. 26, Sikorsky Aircraft (Stratford, Conn., U.S.), a Lockheed Martin company, announced that it has received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to a maximum of 99 CH-53K ...

The fourth CH-53K helicopter successfully completed its first flight on August 31. The CH-53K will ultimately work with the U.S. Marine Corps as its heavy-lift helicopter to transport troops and ...

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...

A CH-53K ‘Pereh' helicopter for the Israeli Air Force being assembled by Sikorsky in a photo released on 15 August 2025. (Israel Ministry of Defense) Lockheed Martin's subsidiary Sikorsky has begun ...