Sikorsky Delivers S-70i™ Black Hawk Helicopters to Launch Customer

Sikorsky has delivered three S-70™ Black Hawk helicopters to an undisclosed customer. The helicopters — assembled, completed to customer specifications, and flight tested at Sikorsky’s production facility in Mielec, Poland — are the first-ever deliveries of the international variant of Sikorsky’s iconic Black Hawk helicopter. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

The three medium-lift aircraft are among six S-70i Black Hawk aircraft assembled and flight tested at PZL Mielec since the Polish company became part of U.S.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in 2007.

They departed Poland’s Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport inside an Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo aircraft following a week of flight acceptance activities in the skies over Poland.

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