Tue, Sep 09, 2008
Seahawk Variant To Be Delivered In Q1 2009
Another week... another first flight for a new Sikorsky
helicopter. The helomaker announced Monday it recently completed
the first flight of a Naval Hawk S-70B helicopter. This initial
helicopter was built at the Sikorsky HAWK WORKS at Schweizer
Aircraft.
The aircraft -- a variant of the S-70 Seahawk line -- achieved
first flight on August 28 and is expected to be delivered to an
international military customer in the first quarter of 2009, after
an engineering flight test program. The identity of the customer
was not disclosed.
The MDCC, branded by Sikorsky as the HAWK WORKS, is the primary
completion center for Sikorsky’s military helicopter
derivatives. Helicopters requiring customized configurations for a
range of specialized missions are completed at the MDCC
facility.
"This is a very exciting and busy time here," said HAWK WORKS
General Manager Randy Simpson. "We have been eagerly awaiting our
first flight and look forward to many more milestones here at the
MDCC."
The MDCC is part of Schweizer Aircraft Corporation, which is a
subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Construction of the MDCC
started in November 2006, and the first aircraft was inducted
in October 2007. Currently the MDCC has S-70B helicopters, UH-60L
helicopters and MH-60S helicopters on site.
Numerous programs are either in production or in the planning
stages at the Schweizer location. This initial flight is the first
of many scheduled to take place at the MDCC.
As ANN reported, Sikorsky recently marked the
first flights of the company's X2 Technology Demonstrator and
UH-60M Upgrade Black Hawk.
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