Tag: Sikorsky

'There's an Arms Race': Sikorsky Nears Key 4-Year Deal for Black Hawks as Army Plans More Buys

U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Gabe Cherian, a crew chief, looks out the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to ensure clearance to land at the Ike Skelton Training Site in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Sikorsky is finalizing negotiations with the Department of War to produce Black Hawks, its workhorse helicopter, in Stratford and Bridgeport, Connecticut, for another four years. Those talks come as the U.S. Army looks ahead to getting its hands on Bell Textron’s MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft called “transformational” by one officer recently and a machine that might […]

Sikorsky to Lay Off Hundreds in Connecticut After Army Helicopter Decision

Black Hawk helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Conn.

After the U.S. Army canceled plans for a new armed scout helicopter, Sikorsky is laying off as many as 400 employees in Connecticut, primarily in its engineering and digital technology ranks who would have developed the chopper. Sikorsky confirmed the layoffs on Tuesday to CT Insider, with a spokesperson not providing a specific number of […]

In Huge Blow for Sikorsky, Army Scraps Armed Scout Helicopter Program

Utah Army and Air National Guardsmen participate in a joint Exercise with a UH-60 Black Hawk

Sikorsky was dealt a blow Thursday as the U.S. Army announced it was scrapping plans for an armed scout helicopter that the Stratford-based manufacturer and its parent company Lockheed Martin hoped to produce. The decision comes a year after Sikorsky lost out on the chance to build a new utility helicopter for the military branch. […]