See Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Crazy Expensive New Helicopter That Costs More Than F-35
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2018
- See Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Crazy Expensive New Helicopter That Costs More Than F-35 - The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion is a large, heavy-lift cargo helicopter currently being developed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Marine Corps. The design features three 7,500 hp engines (50% more powerful than CH-53E’s engines), new composite rotor blades, and a wider aircraft cabin than previous CH-53 variants. It will be the largest and the most powerful helicopter in the U.S. military. The projected price of a King Stallion will be $122 million a piece, a figure more than Lockheed Martin’s most recent published price of $95 million for the F-35A. The CH-53K is scheduled to completely replace the current CH-53E Super Stallion by 2030.
The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps' latest heavy-lift helicopter, is finally ready for production. After years of development, it will relieve the Corps' 40-year-old CH-53E. Just one problem: The King Stallions will end up costing $138.5 million apiece-even more expensive than the notoriously costly F-35.
The CH-53 series dates back to the 1960s, when they were used by the Marine Corps in Vietnam and the Air Force for combat search and rescue. The current edition, CH-53E Super Stallion, was introduced in 1974 and still serves in the Marines today.
The latest upgrade is called the CH-53K King Stallion and can carry a 27,000-pound load slung underneath up to 110 miles in "high and hot" conditions (think Afghanistan). That's enough lift to carry two armored Humvees or a LAV-25 light armored vehicle, and more than three times the capacity of its predecessor, the CH-53E. It can carry Humvees, two 20,000 pound pallets, or infantry internally. The helicopter has new gearbox technologies that took more than 10 years to develop, introducing delays and adding to the cost significantly. King Stallion also features fly-by-wire controls, an all-glass cockpit, powerful new engines, and advanced 4th-generation composite rotors.
It's also phenomenally expensive, at $31 billion for 200 helicopters. Between March 2016 and April 2017, the total acquisition cost of the helicopters rose 6.9 percent. Each CH-53K will now cost $138.5 million, up from $131.2 million one year ago. As of 2013, research and development costs were responsible for about a quarter of the CH-53K program's overall cost. By contrast, the Marine Corps vertical takeoff and landing version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B, costs $122.8 million each.
The original CH-53E helicopter cost $14.7 million each in 1977. Adjusted for inflation, those same helicopters would cost $61 million in 2017. Meanwhile, the estimated cost of the CH-53K has more than doubled in 14 years, from $56 million in 2003 (adjusted for inflation) each to $138.5 million.
It's a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, though. The numbers for the CH-53E are strictly for the aircraft themselves, while the number for the CH-53K includes everything from research and development to spare parts and the purchase of the helicopter itself. The unit cost of the CH-53K would be about one third cheaper if development costs were not factored in, making it about $96 million each. Still, there's no doubt the CH-53K is a seriously expensive helicopter.
The Marine Corps plans to buy 200 CH-53Ks over a 13-year period. Overseas sales could drive down prices; Japan also has CH-53Es and may be interested in upgrading. Germany is also reportedly interested in the CH-53K. In the meantime, as Bloomberg quotes one congresswoman, the CH-53K costs "a heck of a lot of money."
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Background music just a tad too loud!
I have been told the bigger the chopper the easier to fly. Computers of course. Here l am putting around a safari 400. I am jealous
А этот монстр на удивление легко смотрится ...супер Сикорский подтверждает свое имя ...
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Ready to deploy by 2019. Nice.
Wrong not ready to deploy till 2023
Stop the music and talk slower please
Just a thought, I know it’s not practical but it would be awesome if they could fit this thing with like a dozen gun stations and rockets and stuff and he could be a huge ass attack chopper. It would be an AH-53K!
A Chaps too big of a profile. It would just too easy to hit. It could maybe be used as a munitions carrier or something for guided weapons and such though.
For all of that they would just give it a AH1 chaperon!
Awesome hooyah hc4 hm14 hm15
That's a great day for a trucker made money and got a free wash:)
That air refueling just looks like the epitome of things that shouldn't be done🤣 fuel line and rotor blades, heavy load whats the worst that could happen?
These big bois fly around my house a lot
🚁 but big version
🏠 👆look! Ch53!
An American giving statistics about an American built helicopter using the metric system. Why ?
The MH-53K King Stallion never saw combat, thr MH-53E has seen combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mi-26 payload 20 tons, cost $25 million per unit :)
As a retired Marine, I think this money well spent. The Corps is the most frugal of the big 4 over the years. I know the two most expensive programs as this and the F35B but the Corps goes decades with nothing new. These will last until my grandson retires from the Corps (he's 4) and the F35B was a joke overall with a single platform being forced on to everyone to "save money" (I guess the F111 lesson wasn't strong enough). The Corps has proven time and again, give them the equipment they need and the mission is as good as done. They will keep these flying forver with high operation tempo in nasty environments. We will get our money worth.
What is this music called?
Sounds like generic filler-rawk
your background music is annoying, I can't hear your voice clearly
Not ready to deploy till 2023 as the Marine Corps Times has reported. And this is a Turkey. Costs Way to much and costs Way too much to keep flying. And the environment has become extremely lethal to missiles. Its a target. Retired Aviator, with Th 53 time, combat and many other platforms and environments, many deployment s. Planning war gaming, purchasing. As of now Sept 2020 production slowed to a crawl due to many problems, some brass reconsider ing.
Exserlant wot more could you ask for
Cheap at twice the price!
The claim In the title is false as a king stallion only cost 90 million (at most) and the f22 costs about 150 million
Read the title again. And read wiki as well, for the actual price.
That's a ridiculous thumbnail. No helicopter ever built can haul an Abrams, even the Mi-12 only did 44 tons.
Huh? That's a humvee dude.
What? That wasn't a tank
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What for this idiotic music?!
Music sounds like G.I. Joe sound track
Would be nice if yall talk in pounds and mph etc etc...this aint Europe geesh!
I'm from the UK and I detest metric!
China-Russia heavy lift helicopter will cost 50 million dollars and carry 70 soldiers. cost
Call it "nit-picky", but it's disappointing to watch a video detailing U.S. Military aircraft performance in "kilometers/hours" and "kilograms", when these aircraft (and the majority of the worlds military and civilian aircraft) ALWAYs use "knots" and "pounds" in their flight instruments, indicators and performance charts, especially those produced in the U.S. and used by the U.S. Military! How aggravating (and stupid!)
It is called the International System of Units...