Feb. 27 (UPI) --Airbus Helicopters is to retrofit 26 German military CH-53 heavy lift aircraft, replacing obsolescent components with up-to-date parts. Company work on the order from the Federal ...

The CH-53D Sea Stallion is a medium lift helicopter used by the Marines Corps. ... the CH-53 was powered by twin General Electric T64-6 turboshaft engines providing 2,850 shaft horsepower each, ...

The initial requirement for the “K” model CH-53 emerged out of the need to build a variant with much more lift. a Marine Corps study which looked at the combat aviation elements of a Marine ...

The United States military employs a lot of helicopters across its branches, with the Army helicopter fleet being the largest.While the Army is happy to zoom about in UH-60 Black Hawks or CH-47 ...

The Ch-53K from Sikorsky, now part of Lockheed Martin, will replace the aging CH-53-E Super Stallion fleet with the new helicopters, powered by T-408 engines, that are faster and more fuel ...

Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> sees strong export prospects for the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter it is building for the U.S. Marine Corps, it said on Wednesday, citing interest from Germany and ...

Lockheed Martin Corp sees strong export prospects for the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter it is building for the U.S. Marine Corps, it said on Wednesday, citing interest from Germany and Israel and ...