DID - Sikorsky Tapped For CH-53K Support | Dutch Navy Buys Support Vessels For Air Defense Frigates | China To Unveil New Fighter

Americas Sikorsky Aircraft won a $35 million delivery order for the procurement of 57 actuator assemblies, 50 shut-off valves, six isolation valves, 57 pressure switches, seven thermal resistors, 28 prime pumps, 29 forward fairings, 13 aircraft skins, 15 fairings, 14 deicer boots, 10 bypass doors, 45 engines, 15 electrical harnesses, 10 center units, eight lowers, five exhaust blowers, six flow control valves, 50 mechanical actuators, 95 spring holders, eight centrifugal fans, and 28 particle separators in support of the CH-53K aircrafts. All work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity. Raytheon won a $20 million delivery order, which order provides engineering, management, technical, and acquisition support for the development of software corrections to address the capability defect packages for the V-22 avionics and flight control systems. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed by December 2026. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Europe The Netherlands plans to buy two support vessels that will act as sidekicks to its air-defense frigates, packing additional missiles to defeat swarms of anti-ship missiles and drones, for an investment in the […]

View the full article