Onboard Systems, a leading provider of innovative helicopter cargo hook equipment, announced that it has been awarded a subcontract to design, develop, qualify and manufacture the external cargo hook system for the CH-53K helicopter program from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky is developing the model CH-53K aircraft under a United States ...

With a 36,000 lb (16,329 kg) external lift capability and a cabin 12 inches (30 cm) wider than legacy aircraft, the CH-53K®heavy lift helicopter combines power and versatility like nothing else that flies. It is at home in searing desert heat, arctic cold and everything in between.

legacy aircraft, the CH-53K® heavy lift helicopter combines power and versatility like nothing else that flies. It is at home in searing desert heat, arctic cold and everything in between. Flying a range of missions - carrying cargo or vehicles, transporting troops or airlifting the wounded – the CH-53K® is designed to operate on land or at ...

Sep 13, 2024 · Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded $38,934,272 for a firm-fixed-price delivery order (N00383-24-F-X93H) under a previously awarded contract (N00383-20-G-X901), for the procurement of six probes, 28 center cargo hooks, six different center cargo hooks, five other center cargo hooks, 36 load cells, seven hoist cargos, 10 ...

The CH-53K King Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter, being a general redesign of the preceding CH-53E, the main improvements being the new engines and cockpit layout. It has over twice the lift capacity and radius of action of the CH-53E, and a wider cargo hold to …

The CH-53K is operationally effective when transporting external cargo, troops, and lightweight pallets. There are several deficiencies with heavy payload delivery and crew-vehicle interface that should be corrected. The CH-53K is not operationally suitable because of low aircraft availability.

The three independent cargo hooks provide increased flexibility and capability for distributed operations over legacy aircraft. The center hook has a 36,000 lb capacity, while the two other hooks can each carry 25,200 lbs. The CH-53Ks external cargo system combined with the CH-53K’s power generates moving more heavy cargo with less sorties.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 7, 2018 / PRNewswire / -- The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion completed an external lift of a 36,000-pound payload at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, achieving a maximum weight on the single center point cargo hook.

Apr 26, 2016 · The CH-53K King Stallion is equipped with single, dual and triple external cargo hook capability that will allow for the transfer of three independent external loads to three separate landing zones in support of distributed operations in one single sortie without having to return to a ship or other logistical hub.

Sep 15, 2020 · Upon landing at an austere airfield, cargo on a 463L pallet from a A400M or C-130J can transload directly into a CH-53K on the same pallet providing for a quick turnaround and allowing the CH-53K to deliver the combat resupply, humanitarian assistance supplies or disaster relief material to smaller land zones dispersed across the operating area.