Manufacturer catalog

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a United States rotary-wing aircraft builder best known for military and maritime helicopters, including the MH-60S Seahawk attached to this catalog.

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Founded by Igor Sikorsky in 1923, the company moved through early seaplane and aircraft work before becoming one of the defining U.S. helicopter manufacturers.

Sikorsky is now operated as Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. Its catalog connection here is the MH-60S Seahawk, a U.S. Navy multi-mission helicopter used for shipboard combat support, logistics, recovery, and maritime operations.

Military helicoptersNaval helicoptersCommercial helicoptersRotary-wing sustainment

Notable Systems

MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, Multi-mission maritime helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

MH-60S Seahawk

Multi-mission maritime helicopter

U.S. Navy multi-mission maritime helicopter based on the UH-60L Black Hawk and listed by the Navy with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, as contractor.

Sources: MH-60S Seahawk

H-60 Black Hawk and Seahawk families

Lockheed Martin's SEC acquisition note described Sikorsky helicopter products including H-60 Black Hawk and MH-60R Seahawk military helicopters.

Sources: Lockheed Martin 2015 Sikorsky Acquisition Note

CH-53K and H-92

The same acquisition note listed CH-53K and H-92 among Sikorsky military helicopter products, alongside commercial S-76 and S-92 lines.

Sources: Lockheed Martin 2015 Sikorsky Acquisition Note

Manufacturer History

  1. Sikorsky Aero Engineering formed

    Igor Sikorsky formed Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation in New York with a group of immigrant backers.

    Sources: Sikorsky Company Timeline

  2. Move to Stratford

    Sikorsky moved production to Stratford, Connecticut, to expand seaplane work along the Housatonic River.

    Sources: Sikorsky Company Timeline

  3. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation name adopted

    The historical timeline records the company name change to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in December 1934.

    Sources: Sikorsky Company Timeline

  4. Helicopter production company separated

    After a production contract for the R-4 helicopter, Vought-Sikorsky was separated and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation was restored as the helicopter business.

    Sources: Sikorsky Company Timeline

  5. North Main Street headquarters

    Sikorsky moved its headquarters to an 800,000-square-foot plant on North Main Street in Stratford.

    Sources: Sikorsky Company Timeline

  6. Lockheed Martin acquisition completed

    Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft, making Sikorsky a wholly owned subsidiary and retaining headquarters in Stratford.

    Sources: Lockheed Martin Completes Acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft, Lockheed Martin 2015 Sikorsky Acquisition Note

Successors
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company
Website links
Sikorsky official pageLockheed Martin acquisition releaseSikorsky company timeline

The catalog facet uses the legacy legal-style name Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, while current public branding is Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. This profile keeps both names as aliases to avoid duplicate builder catalog pages.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Sikorsky Official PagePublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Official Sikorsky page used for current branding, website, and broad vertical-lift manufacturer context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Lockheed Martin Completes Acquisition of Sikorsky AircraftPublisher: Lockheed Martin | Note: Documents Lockheed Martin's completed acquisition, current Sikorsky branding, Stratford headquarters retention, and rotary-wing business context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Lockheed Martin 2015 Sikorsky Acquisition NotePublisher: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Note: Regulatory filing note states Sikorsky became a wholly owned Lockheed Martin subsidiary and identifies major military and commercial helicopter product lines. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Sikorsky Company TimelinePublisher: Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives | Note: Historical timeline used for founding, legacy names, Stratford moves, and key company milestones. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MH-60S SeahawkPublisher: United States Navy | Note: U.S. Navy fact file identifies the MH-60S mission set, specifications, deployment date, and contractor as Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Aerial View of the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft FactoryPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and reuse source: Commons identifies the 1947 Stratford factory image as a U.S. Navy work in the public domain, directly related to Sikorsky's aircraft factory history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, Anti-submarine warfare and utility helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs1955 Vietnam WarSikorsky SH-3 Sea KingAnti-submarine warfare and utility helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is the U.S. Navy H-3/S-61 maritime helicopter family built around twin turboshaft engines, an amphibious boat hull, dipping sonar, and carrier-deck folding features. Designed as a Cold War anti-submarine platform, it also became a rescue, utility, minesweeping, astronaut-recovery, and presidential-transport airframe, with direct Vietnam War combat-search-and-rescue documentation and later U.S. Navy service lasting until the last operational UH-3H retirement in 2009.
Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk, Autonomous cargo utility helicopter UAS, Aircraft & UAVs2015 Various ConflictsSikorsky S-70UAS U-HawkAutonomous cargo utility helicopter UASBuilt in: United StatesThe Sikorsky S-70UAS U-Hawk is a 2025 autonomous UH-60L Black Hawk conversion that removes the cockpit, adds clamshell doors and a rear ramp, and turns the helicopter into a cargo-first UAS. Sikorsky said it completed the redesign in 10 months and showed payload options ranging from palletized cargo to a HIMARS rocket pod and Naval Strike Missile loads; no direct conflict use or public first-flight confirmation was found in sources checked through July 4, 2026.
CH-53K King Stallion, Heavy-lift transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2015 Various ConflictsCH-53K King StallionHeavy-lift transport helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion is the U.S. Marine Corps' new-build heavy-lift transport helicopter for replacing the CH-53E Super Stallion. Built by Sikorsky as a Lockheed Martin company, it reached Marine Corps initial operational capability in April 2022, entered full-rate production in December 2022, and is being fielded for ship-to-shore assault support, heavy equipment movement, degraded-visual-environment operations, and distributed maritime logistics.
SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, LAMPS Mk III naval helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs1990 Gulf War, 2003 Iraq WarSH-60B Seahawk helicopterLAMPS Mk III naval helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe SH-60B Seahawk is the U.S. Navy's LAMPS Mk III shipboard helicopter, built around a Sikorsky airframe and mission systems for frigate, destroyer, and cruiser detachments. Navy, GAO, and USNI sources frame the aircraft as the helicopter element of an anti-submarine and anti-surface ship system, with Desert Storm surveillance use, later Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments, and torpedoes, Penguin missiles, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and crew-served guns documented in the SH-60B record.
CH-148 Cyclone, Maritime helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2015 Various ConflictsCH-148 CycloneMaritime helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone is Canada's shipboard maritime helicopter, a military derivative of the S-92 built by Sikorsky for Royal Canadian Air Force detachments embarked on Royal Canadian Navy warships. Canadian sources describe it as a day/night, all-weather platform for surface and subsurface surveillance, search and rescue, tactical transport, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, with operational deployments under NATO assurance, maritime-security, and sanctions-monitoring missions.
Black Hawk helicopter, Medium-lift military utility helicopter family, Aircraft & UAVs1991 Somali Civil War, 1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force +3 moreBlack Hawk helicopterMedium-lift military utility helicopter familyBuilt in: United StatesThe Black Hawk is Sikorsky's twin-engine medium-lift military utility helicopter family, developed from the U.S. Army's 1972 UTTAS requirement and fielded from 1978-79. The cataloged family covers utility, special-operations, armed, and HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue variants, with directly documented use from the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu to NATO combat search and rescue over Kosovo, U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Black Hawk missions during the Russia-Ukraine war.
MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, Multi-mission maritime helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +4 moreMH-60S Sea Hawk helicopterMulti-mission maritime helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe MH-60S Sea Hawk is a U.S. Navy multi-mission helicopter derived from the Black Hawk/Seahawk family for shipboard logistics, search and rescue, special warfare support, mine-countermeasures, and armed maritime missions. NAVAIR describes the aircraft as sharing the MH-60R common cockpit while replacing legacy H-46D, H-3, and HH-1N roles; during Operation Epic Fury in the 2020 United States-Iran Conflict, MH-60S aircraft were documented aboard USS Abraham Lincoln handling flight-deck movements, cargo transport, and at-sea support.
VH-92A Patriot, Presidential transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVsVH-92A PatriotPresidential transport helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe VH-92A Patriot is Sikorsky's FAA-certified S-92A derivative for the U.S. presidential lift mission, fitted with government mission systems, executive transport accommodations, and communications equipment for HMX-1 and White House Military Office tasking. The 23-aircraft program completed delivery in August 2024 and is replacing the VH-3D and VH-60N fleet through a phased transition rather than documented armed-conflict service.
MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, Primary anti-submarine and surface warfare helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2023 Red Sea CrisisMH-60R Seahawk helicopterPrimary anti-submarine and surface warfare helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe MH-60R Seahawk is the U.S. Navy's shipboard anti-submarine and surface-warfare helicopter, built around dipping sonar, sonobuoys, radar, electronic-support sensors, and precision air-to-surface weapons. NAVAIR describes it as the replacement for the SH-60B and SH-60F, while Red Sea reporting documents U.S. Navy Seahawk combat use against Houthi boats and a later MH-60R counter-UAV engagement.
Nomad, Rotor-blown-wing VTOL UAS family, Aircraft & UAVs2015 Various ConflictsNomadRotor-blown-wing VTOL UAS familyBuilt in: United StatesThe Sikorsky Nomad is a U.S. family of twin-proprotor, rotor-blown-wing VTOL uncrewed aircraft developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for runway-independent operations. Public sources reviewed through July 2026 show Nomad as a development and demonstration family using MATRIX autonomy, with intended reconnaissance, light attack, contested logistics, maritime, communications-relay, and civil-response missions rather than confirmed conflict fielding.
B-7328 rescue helicopter, Search-and-rescue helicopter, Aircraft & UAVsB-7328 rescue helicopterSearch-and-rescue helicopterBuilt in: United StatesB-7328 is a Sikorsky S-76C++ search-and-rescue helicopter operated by China Rescue's Donghai rescue force. Local reporting says the East China Sea Second Rescue Flying Team added B-7328 in 2011, and later rescue reports place the helicopter in typhoon, engineering-vessel, and medical-evacuation responses from Xiamen and Fujian-area bases. Sikorsky's S-76C++ data describes the type as a twin-engine helicopter with an 11,700-pound maximum gross weight, 155-knot cruise speed, and 411-nautical-mile range.
SH-60 Seahawk helicopter, Shipboard maritime helicopter family, Aircraft & UAVs1990 Gulf War, 2003 Iraq War +1 moreSH-60 Seahawk helicopterShipboard maritime helicopter familyBuilt in: United StatesThe SH-60 Seahawk is the U.S. Navy's shipboard H-60 maritime helicopter family, spanning legacy SH-60B/F and HH-60H aircraft and the MH-60R/S successors now used from cruisers, destroyers, littoral combat ships, carriers, and other aviation-capable vessels. Navy and NAVAIR sources describe a family built around anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, search and rescue, mine countermeasures, cargo lift, special operations support, and maritime force protection.
MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator, Special operations gunship helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs2026 United States-Venezuela ConflictMH-60L Direct Action PenetratorSpecial operations gunship helicopterBuilt in: United StatesThe MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator is a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment gunship conversion of the UH-60L/MH-60 Black Hawk, trading troop-carrying capacity for modular cannons, rockets, guided missiles, sensors, and night-raid support. Venezuela conflict reporting documents DAP Black Hawks in U.S. special operations use, while also noting that current operational DAPs are MH-60M airframes derived from the same mission configuration.