May 18 (UPI) --Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has received a $37.6 million contract for the refurbishment and overhaul of 381 UH-60 tail rotor blades, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.

Aviation Blade Services, Inc. ("ABS"), based in Kissimmee, Florida, is best known for its expertise in the UH-60 Blackhawk rotor blade, as well as the Sikorsky, S-55, S-58, S-61, S-62, S-64 ...

“The smoke was so thick, you couldn’t see anything—but you could hear the blades of the helicopter.” The UH-60 Black Hawk wasn’t built to land amid a raging wildfire, but it was built ...

and rotor blades. This isn't just a reset, though. This is how the Army upgrades the existing fleet of early 1980s-era UH-60 A-models to the most recent L-model configuration. They're not new ...

Defense major Lockheed Martin Corp. 's LMT business unit, Sikorsky Aircraft, recently secured a contract from the U.S. Army for the overhaul of 381 UH-60 tail rotor blades. Work related to this is ...

(Spc. Andrew Valenza/N.Y. Army National Guard) Two supervisors at the Corpus Christi Army Depot have been arrested and charged with falsifying data on the main rotor blades for Army UH-60 Black ...

Besides the twin turboshaft engines and hydraulically assisted flight controls, the following features contribute to the UH-60's maneuverability. Four-bladed rotor system - Rotor blades are wider ...

The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is the U.S. Army ... The titanium-cored rotor blades are resistant to AAA (anti-aircraft artillery) fire up to 23mm and are equipped with pressurized sensors ...