US EditionArmy Awards Sikorsky $43M Contract to Equip Black Hawk with Digital Backbone
The $43 million contract will enhance Black Hawk helicopters with airframe upgrades and a digital system for unmanned aerial system integration, supporting rapid capability updates.
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Army awards Sikorsky $43M contract to equip Black Hawk with digital backbone
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky a $43 million contract to equip the Black Hawk helicopter with a "digital backbone" capability that will allow for unmanned systems to be integrated, the company announced Wednesday. The contract will also include enhancement of the helicopter’s airframe as well as development of requirements and architecture “using model-based systems engineering,” according to a company press release. Th…
Sikorsky lands Army contract to modernize Black Hawk helicopters to carry and launch drones
The Army has given Sikorsky a $43 million contract to modernize the service’s UH-60 Black Hawks with capabilities that will enable the helicopters to carry and launch unmanned aerial systems, the company announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin-subsidiary Sikorsky will integrate a digital backbone capability to support integration of Army drones known as launched effects that can be deployed from larger airborne or ground-based p…
Improvements "will give U.S. Army soldiers a greater advantage in areas such as the Indo-Pacific," Hamid Salim said.
As part of the efforts to modernize its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet, the U.S. Army (US Army) awarded a new $43 million contract to the firm Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, opening up interesting possibilities for the future in terms of capabilities. The agreement focuses on two key areas: the improvement of the fuselage structure and the development of a digital backbone network that would facilitate the rapid integration of unm…
Sikorsky wins $43M US Army Black Hawk modernization deal
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $43 million US Army contract to kick off the next phase of Black Hawk modernization, the company announced on August 20, 2025. The deal will fund engineering efforts focused on upgrading the airframe, developing a digital backbone for faster systems integration, and laying the groundwork for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) deployment from the helicopter. “This contract allows us to implement ne…
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