Chile Received First Three S-70i Black Hawk

Helis, July 22, 2018 - The first 3, of 6, S-70i Black Hawk arrived to Santiago Chile aboard an Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan of Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

The remaining 3 are scheduled to be delivered next November.

Equipment includes:


- T700-GE-701D engines,
- Glass cockpit with integrated NVG lighting,
- 4-axis Autopilot through Coupled Flight Director,
- Armored Pilot/Copilot Seats with Armored Wings,
- Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring System,
- Dual Inertial Navigation Unit, Honeywell H-764E,
- Dual Raytheon MXF-4027 UHF/VHF – AM/FM Radios and Integrated ARC-220 HF Radio,
- APX-117 IFF Transponder,
- Terrain Awareness and Warning System,
- External Electric Rescue Hoist,
- Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES),
- Inlet Barrier Filters (IBF),
- Integrated Primus 701A weather radar,
- Forward Looking Infrared System (FLIR),
- DF-500 SAR Direction Finder for search and rescue mission,
- Triple Patient Litter System or 11+2 gunners troop capacity,
- 4000 kg cargo hook


The helicopters, manufactured in Poland by PZL Mielec, were handled over in a official ceremony held last July 13 in Mielec. The acquisition process started in 2009 and launched in 2016