Sikorsky S-80 H-53E

Model

Improved, 3 engined version of the S-65 (H-53) Sea Stallion. Primarily a heavy lift workhorse, the General Electric T64-GE-416 turboshaft engines and revised 7 bladed main rotor have given it almost twice the lift capability of the 1960s H-53 Sea Stallions and Super Jollys it was intended to replace. In 2004, it was still the western world's largest production helicopter. First flew as the YCH-53E on 1 March 1974 at Sikorsky's Stratford plant. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is a mine countermeasures version of the basic airframe.

The CH-53E first entered service with the USMC in 1981.

In 2019 the fleet reached a major milestone by logging more than one million flight hours.

As of June 2020, US Navy and Marines have 142 CH-53E Super Stallions in service and are scheduled to being replaced by the CH-53K from 2023

S-80 H-53E News

Aerial Firefighting Training by HM-12, 26-Sep-21 : #firefighting US Navy Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron HM-12 MH-53E Sea Dragon conducted aerial firefighting training with Bambi Bucket at Norfolk, VA

Reducing H-53 Overhaul Time, 06-Apr-21 : #H53 US Navy/Marines Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) improving maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) times for the H-53 heavy lift helicopter

RESET for Marines CH-53E Super Stallion, 14-Jun-20 : #RESET Four US Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion completed extensive maintenance process, known as RESET, which replaces high-time components and delivers Full Mission Capable (FMC) helicopter with zero awaiting-maintenance discrepancies back to service

CH-53E KRACEn Contract for Erickson, 23-Apr-20 : #KRACEn Erickson awarded a 10-year long contract known as kits, aircraft recovery, augmentation, components and engines (KRACEn) for depot level support to the US Navy/Marines H-53E fleet

M/CH-53 Rotor Head Production at FRCE, 12-Mar-20 : #FRCE Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point in partnership with Sikorsky produce and repair H-53 helicopter rotor heads

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Specifications


Engine:	3 x
Capacity:	5 + 55
Length: (m)	30.2
Height: (m)	8.46
Blades:	6
Rotor diam.: (m)	24
Disc area: (m2)	460
Weight: (kgs)	Empty: 15000 Max: 33300
Speed: (km/h)	Cruise: 278 Max: 315
Range: (km)	1000
Ceiling: (m)	5600
Rate/Climb: (m/min)	760

Derivatives & Versions

Model	Year	History
YCH-53E	1974
CH-53E Super Stallion	1980
MH-53E Sea Dragon	1982	Originally requested by the US Navy as their main Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) helicopter but also used in the most common heavy-lift tr ...
S-80M-1	1989	The S-80M-1 export variant of the MH-53E is the only variant of the S-80 series that found a foreign buyer, with 11 obtained by the Japanese Mari ...
CH-53K King Stallion	2015	Formelly known as CH-53X, the CH-53K is a general redesign of the CH-53E with new engines, new cockpit layout and a wider cargo hold to allow it ... The CH-53K programme suffered a number of difficulties, including the need to re-design the gearbox, which delayed the first flight of the YCH-53 ... The CH-53K is Sikorsky proposal for the German Heavy Lift Helicopter replacement program. First helicopter delivered to MCAS New River on Ma ...