Sikorsky

The Sikorsky Training Academy (STA) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of providing world-class Black Hawk training for pilots and maintainers across the globe. Since its inception in 2014, STA has trained more than 1,600 students from more than 16 countries, making significant strides in the helicopter training industry.

“Holding that tablet was almost surreal—it was hard to believe I actually had a 22,000 lb Hawk under my control.” —Chief Mike Deacon, Air Tactical Group Supervisor, HLCO Rain and Sikorsky collaborated to bring government, fire agency, and investment representatives to observe the advanced technologies enabling autonomous rapid wildfire response. This is what some of those leaders shared with us after commanding a Black Hawk? helicopter flying with Sikorsky’s MATRIX? flight autonomy and Rain mission autonomy to perform multiple autonomous water drops. For more reactions to the joint demonstration of autonomous aerial wildfire response:? ?? watch this video on YouTube https://lnkd.in/gwE7y3zS ?? read an update on our website? https://lnkd.in/gub5jeGB ?? “There’s definitely a space for autonomous aircraft and what Rain is doing.” —Assistant Chief Tim Perkins, Orange County Fire Authority. ??“We need technology like this to stop the fire that is coming from the wildlands, that is moving toward communities in fire prone lands.” —Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, U.S. Fire Administration. ????????“This technology that we used to think of as being on the horizon, it’s here, it’s available, and it’s there for the taking. So we need to give our firefighters the best of what we’ve got.” —Genevieve Biggs, Director, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Wildfire Resilience Initiative. We are indebted to the many people who carved time in their schedules to attend our demonstration, including Kate Dargan Marquis, Nancy Pfund, Jake Harris, Colonel Trent Mills, Ph.D, and many others.

When an avalanche on Mount Korab in Albania stranded two injured Swiss skiers at 7,200 feet, the Kosovo Force (KFOR) Medevac crew was called in to help. Five deployed Rhode Island National Guardsman and their UH-60 Black Hawk, designed for safe and reliable operations at high altitudes, successfully hoisted everyone to out and transported them to medical care. ?? Read more about this daring rescue:

Congratulations to the U.S. Coast Guard on the commissioning of Air Station Ventura! There is no better realization of Igor Sikorsky’s dream for the helicopter than the life-saving mission of the United States Coast Guard. ??Learn More: https://bit.ly/40TpuFc

By leveraging 20 years’ worth of maintenance data collected from more than 300 aircraft and 2.4 million flight hours, we can confidently increase the scheduled inspection intervals for S-92? helicopters from 375 flight hours to 500 hours, and from 750 flight hours to 1,000 hours. This increase will allow our operators to safely keep aircraft in service longer between inspections, mitigating downtime and maximizing availability for the fleet. ??Learn more: https://lmt.co/3YR8Cg1

The next phase in Idaho Army National Guard modernization efforts began on Oct. 23, with the arrival of a new HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter at Gowen Field.

Watch as an autonomous Black Hawk takes flight to battle a fire—no pilot required! In partnership with Rain, we’ve harnessed a network of advanced sensors to locate a fire, alert the Black Hawk and send it on a mission to scoop up water and put out the flames—all on its own in minutes. When a wildfire ignites, every second counts.

More than 125 Black Hawk operators from around the world joined us in Connecticut for the second Black Hawk Operators Conference to discuss the Black Hawk of today – and for the next 50 years. ??Learn More: https://lmt.co/3YKehW5

Great to see the S-92 on CNBC’s “Mad Money.” The offshore oil industry counts on the S-92 to bring personnel, equipment, food and supplies safely and reliably to some of the hardest to reach places around the world. Learn more about this best-in-class helicopter: https://lmt.co/3YlbVLS

The Hellenic Armed Forces is adding 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to its Army fleet. This deal significantly improves self-defense and bolsters interoperability within the nation and with NATO allies. ?? Learn more: https://lmt.co/4fqVPrf