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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Nabs Contract For Nine CH-53K Helicopters With Option For More

Friday, June 25th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Nabs Contract For Nine CH-53K Helicopters With Option For More

A CH-53K King Stallion in pre-Initial Operational Test and Evaluation training with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) at Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky unit a $736 million contract on June 25 to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the Marine Corps along with an option for nine more aircraft. This is a Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Fiscal Year 2021 Lot 5 contract with deliveries of the aircraft set for December 2024 as part of an overall 200 helicopter program of record for the Marine Corps. Award of the option is possible…

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