26-Sep-25 - Lockheed Martin Sikorsky has received a five-year, $11 billion contract to build up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps, defined as Lots 9–13 #KingStallion
05-Nov-24 - TIGHITCO’s US Complex Composites division has received a three-year production award for Lots 7 and 8 of the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter program. #KingStallion
20-May-23 - Pilots and maintainers have access to trainers for the US Marine Corps’ new CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, including Lockheed Martin’s containerized flight training device (CFTD), helicopter emulation maintenance trainer (HEMT), and composite maintenance trainer (CMT) #simulators
14-Feb-23 - Sikorsky delivered two CH-53K King Stallions to MCAS New River in December 2022 making 9 helicopters of this model now in service with squadron HMH-461 #deliveries
24-Dec-22 - US Marine Corps new heavy lift helicopter, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion, entered Full Rate Production (FRP). Squadrons transition continues on schedule and Full Operational Capability (FOC) is expected for FY2029 #FRP
14-Oct-22 - Magellan Aerospace New York will start supplying in 2023 hard metal, machined deliverables assemblies for the Sikorsky CH-53K low rate initial production (LRIP) configuration helicopter #Magellan
