HH-60W Test Aircraft

摘要

The US Air Force will build five test versions of the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) before building the first of its $9.8 billion 112-aircraft production order. On January 31, Sikorsky announced the five new helicopters were added to the programme under a $200 million option added to the current engineering, manufacturing and development contract awarded to Sikorsky in June 2014. Work on the test helicopters is due to start this year, with deliveries starting in 2018 and flight testing in 2019. The five helicopters will also be used for initial operational test and evaluation. A CRH programme critical design review will take place this year; first production aircraft is to be delivered in 2021, with full-rate production being achieved in