The Marine Corps' new heavy-lift helicopter, intended to play a vital role in the service's plans for sea-based operations in the Pacific, just wrapped up its sea trials and will tackle hot-weather ...

The CH-53K King Stallion boasts an external load capacity of up to 27,000 pounds at up to 110 nm while operating at high altitudes and in hot environments. [Courtesy: U.S. Department of ...

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 ...

STRATFORD, Conn., May 6 (UPI) -- Sikorsky Aircraft’s newest heavy lift helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps, the CH-53K, has been officially unveiled and named the King Stallion. The CH-53K is ...

CH-53Ks fly in formation from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Jan. 9, 2020. Sikorsky photo. CAPITOL HILL – Marine Corps leaders are looking forward to ramping up CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter ...

Stratford-based Sikorsky will ramp up manufacturing of the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter after the U.S. Navy green-lighted full production, the company announced Tuesday. The Navy declaration clears ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has an uncanny way of seeing the future of military aviation long before it arrives. During the 1990s, when the Pentagon was canceling programs right and left due to the collapse ...

A CH-53K King Stallion lifts a joint light tactical vehicle during a demonstration. (Navy) The Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, based Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 became the ...

Spirit AeroSystems has reached a milestone in its march toward more defense work and jobs. On Friday, Spirit handed over to Sikorsky the final test unit fuselage of the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift ...

The CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter conducted sea trials aboard USS Wasp (LHD-1) in the Mid-Atlantic from June 8 – 21, 2020. US Navy photo. The Marine Corps wrapped up its first sea trials ...

The Marine Corps' new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter is on track to surpass the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter in unit cost, a lawmaker said this month. The still-in-development King Stallion ...