S-70 Blackhawk export attempts

[Iranian F-14A]

I'm trying to compile a list of failed export orders over the years and right now I'm currently on the Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk. The series starts at S-70A-1 which would be the Deserthawk Saudi Arabia ordered, the S-70A-5 for the Philippines and then the S-70A-9 for Australia, but what about the numbers in between such as the S-70A-2,S-70A-3,etc? I'm not sure which is which but I think I rmember hearing that different models of the S-70 had been proposed to Germany,Algeria,Peru and Spain .I know Switzerland evaluated it but chose the AS-532. Any help in thise area would be much appreciated

 

[Stargazer]

I'm trying to compile a list of failed export orders over the years and right now I'm currently on the Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk. The series starts at S-70A-1 which would be the Deserthawk Saudi Arabia ordered, the S-70A-5 for the Philippines and then the S-70A-9 for Australia, but what about the numbers in between such as the S-70A-2,S-70A-3,etc? I'm not sure which is which but I think I rmember hearing that different models of the S-70 had been proposed to Germany,Algeria,Peru and Spain .I know Switzerland evaluated it but chose the AS-532. Any help in thise area would be much appreciated

Here is my own list of S-70 export versions. Some are probably missing but there's quite a lot here already.

However I couldn't say which of these were "failed" exports as you call them.

Model	Name	Date	Country	Qty.		Details
S-70A	BLACK HAWK	1978	United States			Military model for the export market.
S-70A	FIRE HAWK		United States			Firefighting variant of the UH-60L.
S-70A-1	DESERT HAWK	1990	Saudi Arabia	18		Royal Saudi Air Force, including one configured as VIP transport (or only 13?)
S-70A-1L	DESERT HAWK		Saudi Arabia	8		Aeromedical evacuation version for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Army Aviation Command
S-70A-2	BLACK HAWK	1989	Australia			Royal Australian Air Force
S-70A-3	BLACK HAWK		Spain
S-70A-4	BLACK HAWK		Switzerland	5		Flugwaffe (Air Force)
S-70A-5	BLACK HAWK	1987	China, Philippines	2		Philippine Air Force
S-70A-6	BLACK HAWK		Thailand	6		Utility version (or only 2?)
S-70A-7	BLACK HAWK		Peru
S-70A-8	BLACK HAWK		Brazil
S-70A-9	BLACK HAWK	1987	Australia	39		Australian Army Aviation Corps, includes 38 produced locally by Hawker de Havilland
S-70A-10	BLACK HAWK		Israel
S-70A-11	BLACK HAWK	1986	Jordan	3		Royal Jordanian Air Force
S-70A-12	UH-60J BLACK HAWK	1990	Japan	1		SAR model for JASDF/JMSDF (or 4 including 2 as kits?); also UH-60JA (1997)
	UH-60L BLACK HAWK	1989	United States	724		also VH-60L
S-70A-14	BLACK HAWK		Brunei	1		Royal Brunei Air Force, similar to the UH-60L but fitted out as a spiffy VIP transport.
S-70A-15	BLACK HAWK		Sweden
S-70A-16	BLACK HAWK		United Kingdom	1		Engine test bed for the Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca RTM 332
S-70A-17	YARASA		Turkey	12		Turk Jandarma Teskilati (police/paramilitary police forces), including 2 VIP machines
S-70A-18	UH-60P BLACK HAWK	1990	South Korea	3		Republic of Korea Army & AF (100 planned); slightly modified S-70L with minor avionics changes
S-70A-19	BLACK HAWK		United Kingdom	1		was to be built under licence in the UK by Westland as the WS-70; later cancelled
S-70A-20	BLACK HAWK		Thailand	2		VIP version for Thailand
S-70A-21	BLACK HAWK	1990	Egypt	6		Arab Republic of Egypt Air Force (or only 2?)
S-70A-22	BLACK HAWK		South Korea	3		Republic of Korea Army
S-70A-23	BLACK HAWK		Algeria			no details
S-70A-24	BLACK HAWK	1991	Mexico	6		Fuerza Aerea Mexicana (or only 2?)
S-70A-25	BLACK HAWK	1992	Morocco	2		Royal Gendarmerie (first batch)
S-70A-26	BLACK HAWK		Morocco	2		Royal Gendarmerie (second batch)
S-70A-27	BLACK HAWK	1992	Hong Kong	3		Government Flying Service (or only 2?)
S-70A-28	YARASA	1993	Turkey	20+		Turk Hava Kuvvetleri; also S-70A-28D (second batch) (60 + 30 ordered in all)
S-70A-29	BLACK HAWK		Hong Kong			no confirmation
S-70A-30	BLACK HAWK	1994	Argentina	1		Fuerza Aerea Argentina
S-70A-33	BLACK HAWK	1997	Brunei	4		Royal Brunei Air Force
S-70A-34	BLACK HAWK	1997	Malaysia	2		Tentara Udara Diraja Malaysia
S-70A-36	BLACK HAWK	1997	Brazil	4		Aviacao do Exercito Brasileiro
S-70A-37	BLACK HAWK	2000	Brunei	2		Royal Brunei Air Force
S-70A-39	BLACK HAWK	1998	Chile	1		Fuerza Aerea de Chile
S-70A-41	UH-60L BLACK HAWK	1992	Colombia	38		Fuerza Aerea Colombiana / PNdC
S-70A-42	BLACK HAWK	2002	Austria	9
S-70A-43	BLACK HAWK	2001	Thailand	3+		Royal Thai Army (9 total planned by 2009)
S-70A-50	PEACE HAWK > YANSHUF 2	1998	Israel	15		Israeli Defence Force/Air Force; means "owl"
S-70A-55	PEACE HAWK > YANSHUF 3	2001	Israel	24		Israeli Defense Force/Air Force
S-70B	VH-60N WHITE HAWK	1988	United States	9		US Marine Corps VIP Presidential transport
S-70B-1	HS.23 SEAHAWK		Spain	12		Fleet Air Arm, Spanish Navy
S-70B-2	SEAHAWK		Australia	16		Royal Australian Navy-Fleet Air Arm
S-70B-3	SH-60J SEAHAWK	1993	Japan	2		Anti-submarine version for the JASDF (+ 101 built locally?)
S-70B-4	SH-60F SEAHAWK		United States			United States Navy
S-70B-5	HH-60H SEAHAWK		United States			United States Navy (or HH-60J?)
S-70B-6	AEGEAN HAWK		Greece	16		Hellenic Naval Aviation military variant; blend of the SH-60B and F models.
S-70B-7	SEAHAWK		Thailand	6		Export version for the Royal Thai Navy Air Division
S-70B-8	YARASA		Turkey	12+		Turk Donama Havaciligi (16 or 17 ordered) (also found as S-70B-28)
S-70B-9	SEAHAWK		Australia			RAAF/AAAC
S-70C-1	BLUE HAWK		Taiwan	18		Republic of China Naval Aviation; also S-70C-1A
S-70CM-1	THUNDERHAWK		Taiwan	7		Republic of China Naval Aviation
S-70C(M)-2	BLUE HAWK		Taiwan	14		Search and rescue version for the Taiwanese Military
S-70C-2	BLUE HAWK		Brunei	1		VIP version for Brunei (or SAR?)
S-70C-6	SUPER BLUE HAWK		Taiwan			Republic of China Air Force
S-70C-II	HEI YING		China	24		People's Liberation Army Aviation Corps
S-70D-28	BLACK HAWK		Turkey	8		newly designed cockpit (or 30?)

 

[Pioneer]

Wow Stargazer2006 great effort !!!

Regards
Pioneer

 

[kenneth]

Regarding this list i have the following queries:

does the VH-60N originate from the S-70B or is it a hybrid A and B?

don't you think the Turkish designations S-70B-28 is a bit off given that the last S-70B model is the B-9?
and the Turkish S-70D-28? was there an S-70D? strange for me!

and moreover:
I have seen on another website (webmaster could not confirm this) the following anomalies regarding the S-70:

SOTAS test aircraft designation UH-60A SOTAS or YEH-60B SOTAS?

Early version of the Presidential Hawk designation: VH-60A or D, as other media give it as D?

Is there a Saudi Arabian S-70L (apart from the S-70A-1L)? is this designation being used again?

Wasn’t the S-70L designation used for the naval version of the Blackhawk which was later changed to S-70B?

Is there a Japanese UH-60J+?

keep up the good work

regards

 

[Kiltonge]

The Netherlands evaluated the S-70 during the early 1990s but selected Cougar instead. Don't know if Sikorsky allocated a designation.

The two UK S-70s received different model designations because they were delivered to two separate customers ( one to Rolls-Royce and one to Westland ) even though they collaborated closely on the technology for the WS-70.

The latter might explain the spurious "S-70L"; it seems that Westland christened their Saudi proposal as WS-70L as a combination of S-70 and UH-60L.

 

[Kiltonge]

Another 'failed' export was Portugal. Evaluated as part of SAR requirement

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/portugal-nears-sar-selection-24860/

but the competition was relaunched with specification for a large cabin, to which Sikorsky tendered the S-92 .

 

[JohnR]

Wasn't the WS70 intended to be supplied to the Saudi's, but the contract fell through?

Regards.

 

[Kiltonge]

Wasn't the WS70 intended to be supplied to the Saudi's, but the contract fell through?

Regards.

That's right. It juts petered-out in the early 1990s though, when Saudi started buying Desert Hawks directly from Sikorsky.

Here's one I had forgotten: Shorts had teamed-up with Sikorsky in 1985 and were offering the S-70 in competition to the WG.30 and Super Puma:

Westland is in competition with Aerospatiale, offering the AS.332 Super Puma, and Sikorsky, teamed with Shorts offering the S-70A Black Hawk for the RAF order.

Between 75 and 125 helicopters are required to meet a 1988 in-service date.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200475.html

That agreement only lasted a year or so. From 1986:

In addition, Shorts sought new areas of the home market, and new expertise when, at the last Farnborough Air Show, the
company signed a memorandum of understanding with Sikorsky to assemble and equip S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, should they be ordered by the RAF.

That MoU has now been superseded by Westland's link with Sikorsky and Fiat, and its grasp on a licence to produce Black Hawks.

A few years later and it was Westland offering the S-70 to the RAF!