The Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk is a twin-engine, four-blade, medium-lift utility and assault helicopter developed by Sikorsky for the U.S. Army as the current production-standard version of the UH-60 Black Hawk family. Developed from 2001 and first flown on September 17, 2003, it introduced two 1,994 shp General Electric T700-GE-701D engines, wide-chord composite rotor blades, an improved durability gearbox, digital flight controls and a four-screen glass cockpit to restore payload and high-and-hot performance lost as earlier UH-60 variants gained weight. With a maximum gross weight of 22,000 lb (9,979 kg), the UH-60M can carry an 11-soldier U.S. Army infantry squad, lift up to 9,000 lb (4,082 kg) externally, cruise at up to 151 knots (280 km/h) and reach 276 nmi (511 km) on internal fuel without reserve. Read full technical review at this link...
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| Full-rate production was authorized in June 2007; the first unit was equipped in February 2008; and the UH-60M has since become the principal new-production Black Hawk for U.S. Army air assault, troop transport, cargo lift, and general-support missions. |