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MCAS New River leads rollout of Marines new heavy lift helicopter
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The CH-53 King Stallion executing night vision goggle helicopter aerial refueling. (U.S. Navy/Dane Wiedmann)
29 Jun 2021
Teams from Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, have begun preparing for suitability and evaluation tests on the service s newest CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter, paving the way for the service to declare the aircraft operationally ready later this year.
The service is set to begin its official initial operational test and evaluation, or IOT&E, phase next month, the U.S. Navy said on Friday. The King Stallion is set to replace aging CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters; it will be able to lift twice as much as its predecessor and feature a wider cargo hold, while maintaining the same external footprint.
US Navy to purchase nine additional Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters
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King Stallion Summer: CH-53K to enter operational test in July
By Dan Parsons | April 23, 2021
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A fleet of four CH-53K King Stallions this summer will begin the final leg of testing for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift helicopter ahead of its entry to service in 2023, but work remains to ensure that milestone doesn’t slip to the following year.
The Marine Corps is in the final throes of wringing out its several engineering and manufacturing developmental 53K models ahead of initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) with aircraft representative of what Marines will fly. Marines now have their hands on three production aircraft and are training to fly and maintain them at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina.