Sikorsky S-70 тікұшақтарының отбасысы және қолданылуы

Family of medium transport/utility military helicopters

the civilian models and operators of the S 70 family, and is an overview of the whole family

The Sikorsky S 70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH 60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U. S. military service. New and improved versions of the UH 60 have been developed since. Civilian versions, and some military versions, are produced under various S 70 model designations.

The S 70 family was developed to meet a United States Army requirement to replace the UH 1 Iroquois family of utility medium lift helicopters in 1972. Three YUH 60A prototypes were constructed, with the first flying in October 1974. They were evaluated against the Boeing Vertol YUH 61A. The YUH 60A was selected for production, and entered service as the UH 60A Black Hawk with the U. S. Army in 1979. After entering service, the helicopter was modified for new missions and roles, including mine laying and medical evacuation. An EH 60 variant was developed to conduct electronic warfare and special operations aviation developed the MH 60 variant to support its missions. In the late 1980s the model was upgraded to the UH 60L, which featured more power and lift with the upgrade to the 701C model of the GE T700 engine. The improved UH 60M model was developed in the early 2000s. The S 70A Firehawk is a version of the S 70 designed for firefighting, rescue, medical evacuation, and external lift of bulky cargo and equipment. The Oregon National Guard was the first military organization in the world to add the Firehawk to its inventory; the Los Angeles County Fire Department was the first municipal organization. Another Firehawk aerial firefighting operator is the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) with the S 70i variant. The Army flies medical evacuation models configured as rotary winged medical suites. It also uses the S 70 for special operations by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers") at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, designated as the MH 60K. The Maple Hawk was a variant offered by Sikorsky to the Canadian Forces during a 1996 tender to replace the military's search and rescue helicopters.

On 5 August 2010, to support its counter narcotics and armed forces modernisation efforts, the US DSCA approved the Colombian government's request of additional 9 UH 60L (4 units allocated to the national police force). In 2017 March, the National Police of Colombia ordered 10 additional 2nd hand UH 60A helicopters that will increase their total to 19 helicopters in operation.

In 2018, Poland sign agreement to buy S 70i for Police aviation, to replace Mi 2 reaching the end of their safe flying life.

AH 60 Arpia III: Based on the UH 60H platform, is an indigenous development made by the Colombian Air Force, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) (Elbit Systems), and Sikorsky Aircraft. Main armament is Hellfire anti tank missiles and a GAU 21 machine gun on an indigenously developed turret. AH 60 Arpia IV: Based on the UH 60L, is an indigenous development made by the Colombian Air Force, IAI (Elbit Systems), and Sikorsky. Main armament is the Spike NLOS and a Nexter THL 20 gun turret. UH 60 Black Hawk: The basic military utility helicopter for the U. S. Army, with MH 60A, K, L, and M Special Operations variants. VH 60 White Hawk: The U. S. presidential transport helicopter, Marine One, used by the United States Marine Corps Marine Helicopter Squadron One
SH 60 Seahawk: Variant for anti submarine warfare, search and rescue, maritime patrol, all weather and day/night for the U. S. Navy. Sikorsky MH 60R Seahawk: A multimission maritime helicopter for the U. S. Navy
Sikorsky MH 60S, unofficially known as the "Knighthawk", maritime medium heavy lift helicopter for the U. S. Navy
HH 60 Pave Hawk: Heli rescue variant for search and rescue, MEDEVAC, and combat search and rescue use on day and night operations for the USAF. MH 60G Pave Hawk, Special Operations search and rescue helicopter variant for the U. S. Air Force. HH 60 Jayhawk: Variant for maritime patrol, interdiction, and search and rescue for the United States Coast Guard. The MH 60T Jayhawk is an upgraded version.

Sikorsky S 71 a proposed attack helicopter using dynamic components from the S 70. Sikorsky S 92 Civilian medium lift derivative of the S 70/H 60 with dynamic components based on S 70/H 60 components. The S 92 took its maiden flight on December 23, 1998, at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. H 92 Superhawk military version of the S 92. The Sikorsky CH 148 Cyclone is the H 92 version for the Canadian Armed Forces. Sikorsky VH 92 VIP transport version of the S 92.