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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. S-70A (N) Naval Hawk: Maritime variant that blends the S-70A Black Hawk and S-70B ...
Sikorsky also sells this helicopter as the S-70, but it was initially developed as the UH-60 to specific United States Army project requirements. Variants include: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, a medium-lift utility helicopter introduced in 1979. Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, a multi-mission maritime helicopter used by the United States Navy.
Cal Fire’s newest addition to its helicopter fleet is the Fire Hawk — a Sikorsky S70i Black Hawk retrofitted to drop water or fire retardant, as well as conduct hoist rescue and night operations.
The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The most significant modifications are the folding main rotor blades and a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.
The Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk was a private-venture, prototype attack helicopter built in 1970 with Sikorsky Aircraft research and development (R&D) funds. A tandem, two-seat aircraft designed around the dynamic drive and rotor systems of the Sikorsky S-61, it was designed to serve as an attack helicopter or to transport up to eight troops into combat.
DARPA — the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — released a video this week of a Black Hawk helicopter in the air, without a pilot or any other human on board.
Z-20 ground display at Airshow China 2022 Z-20 Helicopter. The Z-20 is based on the 1970s S-70/UH-60 Black Hawk, [3] which China acquired in the 1980s. [4] Pakistan may also have allowed China to examine wreckage from the US special forces Black Hawk abandoned during the assassination of Osama bin Laden on 1 May 2011.