UH-60L Black Hawk

UH-60L Black Hawk (Utility helicopter) – 967

Manufacturer: Sikorsky Aircraft

First flight: 17 October 1974

Introduction: 1979

Produced: 1974-present

Number built: about 4,000

Unit cost: $21.3 million (avg. U.S. procurement, 2012)

Developed from: Sikorsky S-70

Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) with 2 crew chiefs/gunners

Capacity:

1,200 kg of cargo internally, including 11 troops or 6 stretchers, or 4,100 kg of cargo externally

Length: 19.76 m

Fuselage width: 2.36 m

Rotor diameter: 16.36 m

Height: 5.13 m

Disc area: 210 m²

Empty weight: 4,819 kg

Loaded weight: 9,980 kg

Max. takeoff weight: 10,660 kg

Powerplant: 2× General Electric T700-GE-701C turboshaft, 1,890 hp (1,410 kW) each

Performance

Never exceed speed: 357 km/h

Maximum speed: 295 km/h

Cruise speed: 278 km/h

Combat radius: 590 km

Ferry range: 2,200 km with ESSS stub wings and external tanks

Service ceiling: 5,790 m

Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s

Disc loading: 35.4 kg/m²

Power/mass: 158 W/kg

Armament

Guns:

2× 7.62 mm M240H machine guns; or

2× 7.62 mm M134 minigun; or

2× Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) GAU-19 gatling guns

Hardpoints: 4, 2 per ESSS stub wings and provisions to carry combinations of

Rockets: 70 mm (2.75 in) Hydra 70 rockets

Missiles: AGM-114 Hellfire laser guided missiles, AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles

Other: 7.62 mm, 12.7 mm, 20 mm, or 30 mm M230 gunpods

Bombs: Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system

UH-60M Black Hawk

Improved design wide chord rotor blades, T700-GE-701D engines (max 2,000 shp or 1,500 kW each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Management Systems (IVHMS) computer, and new glass cockpit. Production began in 2006. Planned to replace older U.S. Army UH-60s.