The CH-47 Chinook has served as a legendary heavy-lift helicopter for decades, but modern warfare demands greater payload capacity, smarter systems, and superior performance in extreme environments.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five ...

This $10 million 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 ...

A CH-53K ‘Pereh' helicopter for the Israeli Air Force being assembled by Sikorsky in a photo released on 15 August 2025. (Israel Ministry of Defense) Lockheed Martin's subsidiary Sikorsky has begun ...

CH-53K King Stallion prepares for take off during sea trials in June 2020 on the USS Wasp (LHD-1). Credit: DVIDS. Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter will support US Marine Corps ...

CHERRY POINT, N.C (WITN) - A new era for helicopter maintenance has begun. Fleet Readiness Center East recently inducted its first CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for depot-level maintenance. This ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is now targeting 2032 for full operational capability (FOC) of its CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter as it prepares for its first deployment next year. The new target ...

Two USMC CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has drawn three U.S. Dept. of Defense orders totaling $420.4 million for a variety of components and systems for ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMT unit, Sikorsky, recently secured a $20.6 million contract to modify CH-53K helicopters for the Israel Air Force. The modification applies to four Lot 7 and four Lot 8 ...