Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Heavy Lift Replacement (HLR)

Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost


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Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost


cheers
Boeing costs more than they said it would?

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Detail of the CTFD, Containerized Flight Training Device:

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Why is it that this has lost out overall as a model to the Chinook for foreign sales?

Slightly digressing, the German STH selection is not quite crystal clear as now it turns out the H-47 purchase is double the cost


cheers
Boeing costs more than they said it would?

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Shades of LM there?
 
Now that's begs one crazy question. Could a CH-53K lift a F-35B and then drop it midair - and then the F-35B flies away ?

No.

For this test, the F-35 was stripped down, including having the engine removed.

More prosaically, I'm not sure where the quick releases are in this rig but I suspect they're at the helo end of the harness. In which case you end up trying to fly a plane with several hundred pounds of heavy chain banging around in the airflow.
 
35 more CH-53K contracted (the first contract post FRP) with 8 for IDF (that will now have 12 on order) :


Notice how the unit cost (extrapolated only) has slightly nosed down.
 
Nice video, it has that funny frame rate effect where the rotors are hardly moving.
I do love videos like that...


New USN contract for 6 new LRIP King with support (550M$):

which puts LRIP cost-per-plane including support at $91.67mil.


35 more CH-53K contracted (the first contract post FRP) with 8 for IDF (that will now have 12 on order) :


Notice how the unit cost (extrapolated only) has slightly nosed down.
2700/35 = $77.14mil flyaway cost.

That's already $10mil less than one of the early claims on flyaway cost, a roughly 13% reduction.
 

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