AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Rotary wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Turboshaft | ||
| Application | Military Transport, Utility | ||
| Final assembly | Mielec , Bridgeport (Sikorsky Memorial) | ||
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Medium multirole helicopter with twin turboshaft engines. Initially designed for military missions, primarily troop transport but now has multiple configurations for maritime, police, aerial firefighting and border patrol services, search and rescue, VIP/executive transport and medevac.
Light alloy airframe with two rotors - main and tail. Wide chord, four blade, main rotor made from composites with anhedral tips. Tail rotor cross beams also made from composites. Both rotors foldable for transport of the helicopter. Cockpit doors, canopy, fairings and engine cowlings made from glass fibre and kevlar with floors made from glass fibre/Nomex. Also features a non-retractable tail wheel.
Generally four crew - pilot and co-pilot on flight deck in crashworthy seats, plus two gunners. 11 foldable seats in cabin. Fly-by-wire glass cockpit with digital avionics and four multi-function displays.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk | 1972 / 1974 | Baseline variant. | |
| Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk | 1972 / 1974 | Sikorsky's designation for Black Hawk, also often used in export variants' designantion. | |
| Sikorsky S-70C | 1985 / 1985 | Civilian variant. | |
| Mitsubishi UH-60J | 1988 / 1989 | Japanese variants built under license, includes UH-60JA variant for JGSDF. | |
| Sikorsky UH-60M | 2001 / 2003 | Improved Black Hawk variant, formerly known as UH-60L. | |
| Sikorsky S-70i International Black Hawk | 2006 / 2010 | International military variant, final assembly by PZL Mielec. | |
| Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter | 2014 / 2019 | To replace HH-60G Pave Hawk, derived from UH-60M. | |
| TAI T-70 | 2014 / 2017 | Variants for Turkish armed forces, final assembly in Turkey. |
View full news archive for the Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk.
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| Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company | News | |
| Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation | UH-60 modified variant |
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| Management | Personnel & Training (1) Professional Services (1) |
| Materials | Composites (3) Metals (1) |
| Components | Active Electronic Components (2) Actuation (1) Electrical Components (2) Fasteners (1) Lighting (1) Mechanical Components (5) Sensors, Transducers & Detectors (2) Structural Components (6) Windows & Glass (2) |
| Airframe Systems | Airframe Assemblies (9) Crew Seating (1) Environmental Systems (1) Fluid Power (3) Landing Assemblies (2) Weapons Systems (5) |
| Avionics | Avionic Components (3) Communications (Airborne) (3) Flight and Data Management (9) Imaging and Visual Systems (2) Indicators and Instruments (3) Warning Systems (2) |
| Power Systems | Auxiliary Power (1) Electrical Power Systems (4) Engine Components (5) Engines (3) Fuel Systems (4) Power Transmission (1) Rotors & Propellers (1) |
| Production | Manufacturing Services (2) Metal Removing (1) Production Equipment (1) Tooling (2) |
| Stirling Dynamics Ltd. | Analysis | Simulation Systems: Active controls and Cockpit Avionics Procedural Tool for simulator (UH-60M) |
| Dayton T. Brown, Inc. | Analysis | Technical Manuals: ; Logistics Consultants: |
| Alpine Advanced Materials | Analysis | Composite Structures: HX5 nanocomposite material for electronics enclosure (UH-60W) |
| GKN Aerospace - Alabama | Analysis | News | Composite Structures: |
| Kaman Aerosystems | Analysis | News | Subcontracted Composite Parts: Complex composite components/assemblies including apertures, fairings, stowage boxes & cover assemblies. |
| Carpenter Technology - Latrobe Operations | Analysis | Steel: High purity vacuum remelted steels |
| Ducommun LaBarge Technologies | Analysis | News | Electronic Components: Electronic assemblies |
| TFAB Manufacturing, LLC | Analysis | Printed Circuit Boards: |
| Collins Aerospace, Mechanical Systems - Actuation | Analysis | News | Servoactuators: Ballistic-tolerant main & tail rotor servos |
| Ducommun LaBarge Technologies | Analysis | News | Wire Harnesses: Cockpit wiring harnesses (through Kaman Aerospace) |
| Safran Electrical & Power Villemur | Analysis | Wire Harnesses: Electrical harnesses |
| Ateliers de la Haute Garonne AHG | Analysis | Solid Rivets: |
| Trakka Systems | Analysis | News | Searchlights: |
| Air Industries Group | Analysis | News | Engine Control Quadrants: Five-year LTA to manufacture quadrant, assembly that controls gearbox for tail-rotor |
| AMETEK Airtechnology Group | Analysis | Fans: Avionics cooling fans (HH-60W) |
| Collins Aerospace, Sensors & Integrated Systems | Analysis | News | Ice Protection/Prevention Equipment: Speciality heated components |
| Hypernetics Ltd. | Analysis | Annunciators: Electromagnetic indicators, flags, shutters & annunciators; Annunciators: Electromagnetic indicators, flags, shutters & annunciators |
| Mason Controls | Analysis | Control Grips: Flight & mission collective & cyclic control grips |
| Collins Aerospace, Sensors & Integrated Systems | Analysis | News | Sensors/Transducers: Pitot probe; angle of attack sensors; in-flight ice detection sensors; potable water sensor; total air temperature sensors |
| Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls HQ | Analysis | News | Transducers: Multi-channel and pressure sealed linear variable displacement transducers (LVDTs) for primary flight control actuators (UH-60M) |
| Air Industries Machining Corp | Analysis | News | Aircraft Structural Components: Flight critical component |
| CPI Aerostructures | Analysis | News | Aircraft Structural Components: Fuel panel assemblies |
| Kaman Aerosystems | Analysis | News | Aircraft Structural Components: Mechanical fuselage subassemblies |
| Kaman Composites - Wichita, Inc. | Analysis | News | Aircraft Structural Components: Complex composite components and assemblies including includes apertures, fairings, stowage boxes, and cover assemblies. |
| Radius Aerospace - Hot Springs (was Triumph Aerospace Structures - Fabrications) | Analysis | News | Metal Structures: Hydroform and stretchform sheet metal components for the UH-60 Black Hawk |
| Wipro Givon Ltd (was H.R. Givon) | Analysis | Metal Structures: |
| CPI Aerostructures | Analysis | News | Windows: Gunner window assemblies |
| PPG Transparencies | Analysis | News | Windshields: Heated glass windshields |
| Aero Vodochody Aerospace a.s. | Analysis | News | Fuselage Sections: Cockpit |
| BAE Systems plc | Analysis | News | Aircraft & Helicopter Controllers: Active control sticks (UH-60M) |
| Ducommun AeroStructures | Analysis | News | Exhaust Systems: Upturned exhaust system sub-assemblies & components (through TIGHITCO) |
| GKN Aerospace - Alabama | Analysis | News | Empennages: Common composite tailcone |
| Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. | Analysis | Fuselage Sections: Side panels |
| Kaman Aerospace Aerostructures | Analysis | News | Fuselage Sections: UH-60M Black Hawk and HH-60M MEDEVAC variant cockpits |
| PZL-Mielec, a Sikorsky Company Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z.o.o. | Analysis | News | Fuselage Sections: Cabin, pylon (UH-60M); Empennages: Tail cone (UH-60M) |
| Triumph Aerospace Structures - Technology & Engineering Center - Arlington | Analysis | News | Fuselage Sections: Cabin structure (UH-60M variant) |
| Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) | Analysis | News | Empennages: Horizontal stabilizers; tail rotor pylons; tail booms; tail cones |
| Elbit Systems Cyclone Ltd | Analysis | Crew Seating: Troop seats |
| ACE Thermal Systems Oklahoma (was Enviro Systems Inc.) | Analysis | Air Conditioning Equipment: Environmental controls for VIP and Medevac versions of the UH-60 |
| Eaton Aerospace, Fuel & Motion Control Division | Analysis | News | Hydraulic Pumps: UH-60M |
| Pall GmbH Luftfahrttechnik | Analysis | Reservoirs: Hydraulic transfer & reservoir module for FBW system |
| Parker Aerospace Fluid Systems | Analysis | Hydraulic Systems & Equipment: Hydraulic power systems and hydraulic flight control modules (FCM) |
| CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group | Analysis | News | Helicopter Landing Gear: |
| Integral Aerospace | Analysis | Helicopter Landing Gear: Landing gear structures |
| BAE Systems Platform Solutions | Analysis | IFF Interrogators: IFF systems including AN/DPX-7 reduced size transponder and CMWS |
| L3Harris Technologies (was Harris Electronic Systems) | Analysis | Weapons Countermeasures: AN/ALQ-211 suite of integrated RF countermeasures |
| Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control | Analysis | News | Infrared Target Designators: INFIRNO sensor system for target detection |
| Northrop Grumman Mission Systems | Analysis | News | Command, Control & Intelligence Systems: Fully integrated mission equipment package on the UH-60V |
| Unitech Composites | Analysis | News | Gun Mounts: Lightweight Armament Support System (LASS) |
| CMC Electronics Inc. | Analysis | News | Control Panels: CMA-2088 emergency control panels |
| Hollingsead International (Aloft) | Analysis | Avionics Racks: Avionics racks/trays |
| TFAB Manufacturing, LLC | Analysis | Control Panels: Cockpit relay panels |
| Andrea Systems LLC | Analysis | Onboard Intercom Systems: In-line amplifiers |
| Collins Aerospace, Avionics Division | Analysis | News | Radio Communications Equipment: ARC-210 V/UHF communication system for HH-60W CRH variant |
| Telephonics Corporation | Analysis | News | Radio Communications Equipment: Secure intercommunications system (UH-60M) |
| Air Industries Machining Corp | Analysis | News | Automatic Flight Control Systems: Primary flight control assembly |
| CMC Electronics Inc. | Analysis | News | Flight Management Systems: CMA-2082MC flight management systems |
| Collins Aerospace, Avionics Division | Analysis | News | Avionics Management Systems: Glass cockpit (UH-60M), and flight/mission display system for the HH-60W CRH variant |
| Collins Aerospace, Power & Controls Division | Analysis | News | Automatic Flight Control Systems: Flight control computers |
| Collins Aerospace, Sensors & Integrated Systems | Analysis | News | Health & Usage Monitoring: Vehicle health management systems (UH-60A/L); Health & Usage Monitoring: HUMS for UH-60 Black Hawk |
| GE Aviation Systems | Analysis | Flight Recorders: Voice & data recorders |
| Green Hills Software Inc | Analysis | News | Onboard Computers: Integrity 178 operating system for MFD aboard T-70 variant. |
| Odysight | Analysis | News | Health & Usage Monitoring: UH60 (Blackhawk) |
| Triumph Integrated Systems - Mechanical Solutions - North Wales | Analysis | News | Cockpit Control Systems: Sensor feel module (SFM), part of Sikorsky's fly-by-wire system |
| Honeywell Aerospace | Analysis | News | Weather Mapping Radar: Weather radar in nose (UH-60J) |
| Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RIS) | Analysis | Airborne Reconnaissance Infrared: FLIR system under nose (UH-60J) |
| Aselsan Inc. | Analysis | News | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: Cockpit avionics (T-70 variant) |
| L3 Aviation Products | Analysis | News | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: GH-3001 Electronic Standby Instrument System |
| Northrop Grumman Italia S.p.A. | Analysis | News | Attitude and Heading Reference Systems: NAVEX air navigation system |
| L3 Aviation Products | Analysis | News | Storm-Warning Radar: Stormscope WX-500 Lightning Detection System |
| Sandel Avionics, Inc. | Analysis | Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems: HeliTAWS ST3453H |
| Collins Aerospace, Power Systems | Analysis | Auxiliary Power Units: T-62T-40-1 APU |
| Electromech Technologies | Analysis | Electric Motors: Hydraulic pump motor |
| Judd Wire Inc. | Analysis | Electrical Wire & Cable: Insulated wire & cable |
| L3 Aviation Products | Analysis | News | Airborne Electrical Power Supplies: PS-855 Emergency Power Supply |
| Ontic | Analysis | Electric Motors: DC and AC motors |
| Aerometals | Analysis | News | Engine Air Filters: Engine Inlet Barrier Filter (EIBF) (Sikorsky S70i, Blackhawk UH-60 utility helicopters) |
| Collins Aerospace, Engine Components | Analysis | Turbine Engine Blades: Turbine airfoils |
| Eaton Aerospace, Fuel & Motion Control Division | Analysis | News | Engine Heat Exchangers: UH-60M |
| Lytron, Inc. | Analysis | Engine Heat Exchangers: Air/hydraulic oil heat exchanger |
| Triumph Integrated Systems - Electronics & Control - West Hartford | Analysis | News | Engine Controls: Enhanced digital electronic engine control unit |
| GE Aerospace Engines | Analysis | News | Turboshaft Engines: (CT7-2/4/6/8 Series - Sikorsky S-70C - CT7-2C/2D T700 Series - Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter - T700-GE-701D; Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk - T700-GE-701C; Sikorsky S-70i International Black Hawk - T700-GE-701D; Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk - T700-GE-700/701C; Sikorsky UH-60M - T700-GE-701D/701E ) |
| IHI Corporation | Analysis | Turboshaft Engines: (T700-IHI-401C - Mitsubishi UH-60J - T700-IHI-401C ) |
| TEI - Tusas Engine Industries, Inc. | Analysis | Turboshaft Engines: (T700-TEI-701D - TAI T-70 - T700-TEI-701D ) |
| Collins Aerospace, Engine Components | Analysis | Fuel Nozzles: |
| Phyre Technologies, Inc. | Analysis | News | Fuel Inerting Systems: Green on-board inert gas generating system |
| Robertson Fuel Systems, LLC | Analysis | News | Fuel Tanks & Systems: Auxiliary fuel systems |
| Triumph Integrated Systems - Electronics & Control - West Hartford | Analysis | News | Fuel Pumps: Engine fuel pumps & metering units |
| Alp Aviation | Analysis | News | Mechanical Transmissions: Transmission systems |
| PZL-Mielec, a Sikorsky Company Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Sp. z.o.o. | Analysis | News | Final Assembly: S-70i and S-70M variants |
| Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) | Analysis | News | Final Assembly: T-70 variant |
| Tech Met Inc. | Analysis | Chemical Milling: Chemically milled engine components for T700 engine |
| Komax Laselec SA | Analysis | Marking Equipment: Cable & wire laser marking equipment |
| Ascent Aerospace North America | Analysis | Jigs & Fixtures: Assembly jigs (H-60 variant) |
| Paragon D & E | Analysis | Tooling: |
