Members of the H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office, known as PMA-261, have collaborated with experts at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and Sikorsky to identify a replacement for ...

Lockheed Martin-owned company Sikorsky announced the delivery of the seventh CH-53K King Stallion helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps. Sikorsky boasts of its CH-53K being the only heavy-lift ...

This $10 billion 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 ...

CF-1 will be used in future emergency recovery systems testing by the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. A CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift ...

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 ...

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. It’s a giant ...

STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The U.S. Navy awarded Stratford-based Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a $2.7 billion contract to build nearly three dozen CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. “This ...

CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter. Photo Credit, all images: Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Aircraft (Stratford, Conn., U.S.), a Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, Md., U.S.) company, has delivered the third low-rate ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has secured a potential $2.7 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and deliver 35 more CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The ...

The CH‑53K’s heavy-lift capabilities exceed all other U.S. Department of Defense rotary wing platforms and is the only heavy-lift helicopter that will remain in production through 2032 and beyond.