After Sikorsky received a $1.3 billion contract for 12 CH-53K King Stallions, the company is “bullish” about the future and recently invested $4 million in one machine to support the production ramp, the company’s president said.

The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee does not have any major deviations from the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request.

The USMC has been working with the DOD's CAPE office to determine whether buying the CH-47 instead of the CH-53K King Stallion is a viable option.