INDUSTRY INFORMATION REVELANT TO YOUR BUSINESS
Demonstration (SDD) contract on April 5, 2006 to develop a replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E heavy lift heli- copter. The new aircraft program is planned to include production of more than 200 aircraft. Currently, the CH-53K helicop- ter is in the SDD phase with all of the major subcontracts awarded and valued at over $1.1B. The CH-53K helicopter will maintain virtually the same foot- print as its predecessor, the three-engine CH-53E SUPER STALLION™ helicopter, but will nearly triple the payload to 27,000 pounds over 110 nauti- cal miles under “high hot” ambient conditions. The CH- 53E helicopter is currently the largest, most powerful marinized helicopter in the world. It is deployed from Marine Corps amphibious assault ships to transport personnel and equip- ment and to carry external (sling) cargo loads.
The CH-53K helicopter’s maximum gross weight (MGW) with internal loads is 74,000 pounds compared to 69,750 pounds for the CH-53E air- craft. The CH-53K’s MGW with
external loads is 88,000 pounds as compared to 73,500 for the CH-53E helicopter. Features of the CH-53K hel- icopter include: a modern glass cockpit; fly-by-wire flight con- trols; fourth generation rotor blades with anhedral tips; a low- maintenance elastomeric rotor head; upgraded engines; a lock- ing cargo rail system; external cargo handling improvements; survivability enhancements; and improved reliability, maintain- ability and supportability. The program is expected to achieve the Initial Operational Capability milestone in FY18. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture, and serv- ice. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., pro- vides a broad range of high tech- nology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries. This press release contains
forward-looking statements concerning potential production and sale of helicopters. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result
of certain risks and uncertain- ties, including but not limited to changes in government procure- ment priorities and practices, budget plans or availability of funding or in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, pro-
duction and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, includ- ing but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corp. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. ◆
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