Oct. 25 (UPI) --Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. received an award for $717.4 million to deliver logistics and repair support on helicopters for the U.S. Navy. The firm-fixed-priced, performance-based ...

Services: USN Propulsion: 3x GE T64-GE-419 turboshaft engines Speed: 150 knots Range: 1050 nm. Crew: Two pilots, one aircrewman. Load: 55 troops or 32,000 lbs. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is the U.S. Navy’s ...

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had signed a deal with Japan to buy components from two decommissioned, U.S.-built MH-53E heavy-lift helicopters operated by the Asian ...

NORFOLK -- The Navy is re-inspecting its entire fleet of MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters 13 months after crash that killed three air crewmen. 13News Now got exclusive access as personnel inspected the ...

Aircrews flew the remaining six MH-53 Pave Low helicopters on their last combat missions in support of special operations forces Sept. 27 in Southwest Asia. The last mission, a SOF logistical resupply ...

CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The crew of a U.S. Navy MH-53 helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday at Cherrystone campground on the Eastern Shore. According to Navy Public Affairs Officer Dave ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The worst MH-53 crash occurred in 1988. Eight sailors died. Among other incidents, MH-53Es also crashed in 2000, twice in 2002, once in 2003 and again in 2005 and ...

The type of U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed Wednesday near Norfolk, Va., killing at least two personnel, breaks down frequently and may be more accident-prone than other kinds of military ...

If the Navy were run by the same sleazy used car salesmen who gather around military bases the way a pack of hyenas stalks the savannah, then the service might look something like this: The parody ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The worst MH-53 crash occurred in 1988. Eight sailors died. Among other incidents, MH-53Es also crashed in 2000, twice in 2002, once in 2003 and... Here’s What You ...