This $10 million order is the biggest to date for the CH-53K, of which the Marine Corps plans to procure 200 airframes. Sikorsky announced on Sep. 26, 2025 the award of a $10.8 billion contract from ...

The King Stallion is an evolution of the long running CH-53 series of helicopters which have been in continuous service since 1966, and features three uprated 7,500 shp (5,590 kW) engines, new ...

29 Sep 2025, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu // The United States Marine Corps (USMC) placed an over $10 billion order for 99 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, the largest contract to date. U.S. Navy ...

For nearly six decades, the CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter — the largest operated by the U.S. military — has been a mainstay of the Marine Corps, in service since December 1966. The following year, first ...

A U.S. Marine Corps pilot hovers a Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, during a September 2025 training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina (U.S. Marine Corps ...

Without a single trace of modesty, the American military calls the CH-53K King Stallion the most powerful heavy-lift helicopter in its arsenal. Born in the stables of helicopter maker Sikorsky back in ...

Sikorsky on Sept. 26 received the largest order in the history of its CH-53K King Stallion program: a $10.86 billion contract for the heavy-lift choppers. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced the ...

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five ...

Rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky has received a nearly $11 billion Pentagon contract covering deliveries of the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter across multiple years. The $10.9 billion deal announced on ...

The Pentagon’s acting acquisition chief has approved the Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion for production and deployment, a milestone that has been 11 years in the making. The CH-53K was spawned under ...

Two USMC CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopters. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has drawn three U.S. Dept. of Defense orders totaling $420.4 million for a variety of components and systems for ...