Overview

• Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, won a contract to build as many as 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps, the largest-quantity order for the aircraft to date.
• The agreement consolidates five production lots into a single procurement to stabilize pricing and streamline material flow across 267 U.S. suppliers in 37 states and 17 international suppliers in eight countries.
• The deal is designed to sustain thousands of jobs across Sikorsky’s nationwide industrial base while maintaining a consistent delivery cadence.
• Program officials say the structure enables bundled supplier purchases to lower unit costs and supports a predictable transition from the CH-53E to the CH-53K.
• Sikorsky reports 20 CH-53Ks delivered and 63 in production from earlier lots, with the Marine Corps’ Program of Record holding at 200 aircraft following a 2022 Full Rate Production decision.