Aviation Week

Helicopter heavyweight fills the oil and gas gulf

Gulf Helicopters is continuing to enjoy phenomenal growth in terms of flying hours, helicopter numbers and revenue. Captain John Toon explains why to Jon Lake. Qatar’s Gulf Helicopters was the first ...
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The World's Strongest Heavy Lift Helicopter Can Carry A Staggering Amount Of Weight

An important aviation milestone was made in 1939 when the Sikorsky VS-300 made its maiden flight, becoming the first successful operational helicopter. It soon introduced the world to a new form of ...
Seapower

CH-53K Program Enters Multi-Year Procurement Contract with GE

The CH-53K program is critical to the Marine Corps’ strategic plan. It is replacing the CH-53E as the only marinized ...
Morningstar

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Receives Five-Year Contract to Build Up to 99 CH-53K® Heavy Lift Helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps

STRATFORD, Conn., Sept. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to a maximum of 99 CH-53K® King ...
The Aviationist

Sikorsky to Build 99 CH-53K King Stallions for the U.S. Marine Corps

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 ...
The Aviationist

First F-35B Transported by CH-53K to MCAS Beaufort to be Retired as Static Display

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 ...