It weighs up to 10 tonnes less than the Osprey, which was designed as a 24-passenger CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter replacement, but uses largely identical engines, Rolls-Royce’s AE1107 turboshafts.

The incident that initially raised expectations involved a CH-53 heavy-lift transport helicopter that crashed shortly after 2 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2004, leaving three crew members injured.

Visualization image of the CH-53K “Pere” helicopter. Credit: Lockheed Martin. The CH-53 K helicopters, currently being assembled at Sikorsky’s Connecticut facility, are part of a Foreign ...

The Israeli Defense Ministry has signed a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, to integrate advanced Israeli mission systems into 12 CH-53K “Pere” ...

There is currently no schedule data. The Schedule Release will be available on April.