Marine Corps official floats modular mission payloads for new heavy lift helo
“How can we make this kind of truck … be more than just a truck?” said Col. Kate Fleeger, the Marines’ CH-53K program manager.
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First CH-53K test helicopter makes final flight
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Marine Corps have retired the first CH-53K test helicopter after more than 753 flight hours. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) tweeted that the first CH-53K to achieve flight almost 8 years ago performed its last fligh…
GE Aerospace secures $684M contract for additional CH-53K’s engines
Defense giant GE Aerospace on Thursday announced that it has been awarded a $683.7 million contract with NAVAIR for the sixth, seventh and eighth lots of T408 engines to power the U.S. Marine Corps’ most advanced heavy-lift helicopter, the Sikors…
US Marine Corps receives two new CH-53K helicopters
The U.S. Marine Corps has received two new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The aircraft is manufactured by Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and was delivered to the Marine Corps in the final quarter of 2022. “Sikorsky’s employees are u…
US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35
The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting an F-35 Lightning II for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. A CH-53K King Stallion with Marine Operational T…