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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ordered a utility variant of the UH-60L designated UH-60JA in 1995. [23] The JGSDF began receiving the UH-60JA in 1997. [3] It features improved avionics, including FLIR, Color weather radar, GPS receiver, a Night Vision Goggle compatible cockpit and wire cutter. [20] [23] The JGSDF plans to acquire 70. [29]
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft.Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972.
The company name for the H-60/S-70 family is the S-70 Black Hawk. S-70A Black Hawk (UH-60 Black Hawk): Military model for the export market. S-70A Firehawk: Firefighting variant of the UH-60L. Tank system designed and built by Aero Union in Chico, California.
This is a list of versions of the Sikorsky S-70 military helicopter family, that entered service starting in the 1979. It is in service with 35 countries globally, and is commonly known as the UH-60 Black Hawk, the name from its biggest user the United States Army.
United States Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk. The Sikorsky H-60 is a family of military helicopters built by Sikorsky Aircraft.. All models use a modified mission symbol in addition to the 'H' vehicle type designator under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system (meaning, there is no aircraft named an "H-60" per se).
United Technologies' Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary notched a significant contract win Thursday, when it was awarded a $244.9 million modification to an existing firm-fixed-price, multi-year ...
In 1988 the 1-168th AVN was designated as an attack battalion consisting of AH-1 Cobras and OH-58 Kiowa helicopters. With the retirement of the AH-1 Cobra from the Army inventory, the 1-168th AVN was designated a Theater Army Fixed Wing Battalion and equipped with CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black-Hawk helicopters.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 16,000 + United States: Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976 Bell 206 Jetranger: 8,460: manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada: Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia: 1966–2010 Eurocopter ...