28-Aug-23 - Lockheed Martin and PTDI (Indonesian Aerospace) have signed an agreement to pursue the sale of 24 Polish-made PZL-Mielec / Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk helicopters for the Indonesian Armed Forces #BlackHawk
14-Dec-22 - Poland’s National Police ( Policja ) ordered two additional local-build PZL-Mielec S-70i Black Hawk helicopters which will increase the model fleet to 5 by end 2024 #BlackHawk
24-Feb-22 - Philippine Air Force (PAF) ordered 32 additional polish-made S-70i Black Hawk to be delivered by 2026. The Philippines already operates 16 of these helicopters
15-Oct-21 - Romanian national rescue service, SMURD, selected the PZL-Mielec S-70i Black Hawk against offers from Airbus and Leonardo which has filed an appeal. A final decision is expected in the coming weeks #Romania
14-Oct-21 - Canadian DART Aerospace in new partnership with United Rotorcraft, the exclusive completion center for the Firehawk firefighter helicopter, for the development and certification of lightweight Fire Attack® systems #firefighting
14-Sep-21 - United Rotorcraft, the maintenance and completion division of Air Methods, expands partnership with Polish PZL Mielec, part of Lockheed-Martin and manufacturer of the Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk #firefighting
26-Aug-21 - United Rotorcraft, the maintenance and completion division of Air Methods, ordered 5 new polish-built S-70i Black Hawks in order to quickly deliver these helicopters for aerial firefighting in support of public agencies as needed #firefighting
19-Aug-21 - Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) will receive a Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk for firefighting. Customized by United Rotorcraft (Air Methods) will be delivered in 2022 #firehawk
10-Nov-20 - Sikorsky’s PZL Mielec facility in Poland delivered the first 6 of 16 S-70i Black Hawk to the Philippine Air Force. Five were transported directly by chartered Antonov plane while the other travels by ship. The remaining 10 helicopters are expected for first quarter of 2021 #BlackHawk
03-Jan-20 - USAF 55th Rescue Squadron (RQS) hosted Chilean Air Force (FACh) pilots during an H-60 Subject Matter Expert Exchange. This was the second SMEE about the Black Hawk that took place in 2019. The 55 RQS flies the HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) variant #BlackHawk
20-Dec-19 - With the presence of the President of the Republic, PZL Mielec delivered first of seven Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters manufactured locally to the Polish Special Forces Command under a contract signed last February #BlackHawk
10-Dec-19 - United Rotorcraft, the Air Methods division for MRO and customization, delivered three new S-70i Black Hawk converted to Firehawk configuration to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) and the City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) #firefighting
29-Oct-19 - The Royal Brunei Air Force flew the Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk during maritime exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2019 with US Navy’ 7th fleet at Rimba Air Base #CARAT2019
08-Sep-19 - PZL Mielec developed a single-station external stores pylon for its S-70i/S-70M Black Hawk. It was on display at MSPO 2019 and expected to begin flight testing in 2020. Can be use to carry Hellfire or Spike missiles or a 80 gallon external fuel tank #BlackHawk
30-Aug-19 - PZL Mielec in Poland, which is Lockheed-Martin’ largest production plant outside the United States, celebrating 500th Black Hawk’ cabin delivery during the 27th International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO 2019, Kielce, September 3-6 #MSPO2019
