Military fleets sikorsky uh 60 black hawk airplane uh 60. Sikorsky uh 60 m black hawk. Armys new uh 60v black hawk helicopter featuring a digital cockpit has made its first flight a company announced. Kaman sh 2g super seasprite. Current price 59 million.
Uh 60 black hawk the black hawk is the armys front line utility helicopter used for air assault air cavalry and aeromedical evacuation units. More than 4000 black hawk aircraft of all types are in service worldwide today. Army is the largest operator with 2135 h 60 designated aircraft. Photo taken at phoenix papago army heliport p18 in arizona usa on august 20 2012.
The army designated the prototype as the yuh 60a and selected the black hawk as the winner of the program in 1976 after a fly off. The uh 60 black hawk is a medium utility helicopter used for a wide variety of applications including troop transport and medical evacuations. New and improved versions of the uh 60 have been developed since. Sponsor message aircraft usa army sikorsky uh 60a black hawk.
The sikorsky s 70 is an american medium transportutility helicopter family manufactured by sikorsky aircraftit was developed for the us army in the 1970s winning a competition to be designated the uh 60 black hawk and spawning a large family in us military service. The uh 60 black hawk is a four bladed twin engine medium lift utility helicopter manufactured by sikorsky aircraft. The sikorsky uh 60 black hawk is a four blade twin engine medium lift utility helicopter manufactured by sikorsky aircraftsikorsky submitted the s 70 design for the united states armys utility tactical transport aircraft system uttas competition in 1972. The chopper basically a uh 60l upgraded with the new integrated.
This arizona army national guard uh 60 wears high visibility markings for fire fighting duties. The next gen military helicopter the sikorsky uh 60 m black hawk. The sikorsky uh 60 black hawk is a four bladed twin engine medium lift utility helicopter manufactured by sikorsky aircraft. It is designed to carry 11 combat loaded air assault troops and it is capable of moving a 105 millimeter howitzer and 30 rounds of ammunition.
The same aircraft sold internationally direct from sikorsky acquires the s 70 designation. Sikorsky submitted the s 70 design for the united states armys utility.