The U.S. Marine Corps is increasing its adoption of the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter with 12 aircraft on Sikorsky’s production line, and the rate is expected to grow to be able to ...

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 ...

Back in 2015, the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps (USMC) embarked on a quest that would lead to an upgraded version of the CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter. Called CH-53K King Stallion ...

The U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion has, for the first time, lifted another CH-53K in a recovery rigging evaluation. Conducted by HX-21 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the test validated ...

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, broke new ground by taking part in a fleet exercise for the first time. In a Marine Corps statement, Lt.

From unstable airframes to a lack of safety features, not all pilots in the US Air Force are qualified to fly these aircraft. The program intends to deliver 200 CH-53K helicopters to replace the aging ...

U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) test the capabilities of the CH-53K King Stallion on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Dec. 16, 2021. US Marine Corps ...

The US Marine Corps (USMC) will take delivery of two more Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopters this month, making four of the next-generation heavy lift aircraft operational. The service expects ...

Sikorsky has been contracted by the US Navy (USN) to build nine more CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the US Marine Corps (USMC). The service awarded a contract to build the helicopters ...

STRATFORD, Connecticut—Sikorsky is ramping up production of the U.S. Marine Corps’ new CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter as the program approaches a full-rate decision next year, and the company is touting ...

An artist rendering of a CH-53K helicopter for Israel. [Courtesy: Lockheed Martin] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is set to produce the first four CH-53K King Stallion helicopters recently ordered by ...