UH-60 Black Hawk

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is the most-produced Western military helicopter: more than 5,000 built since the type first flew on October 17, 1974, in service with the US Army since 1979 and more than 35 nations. It was designed under the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System requirement to replace the UH-1 with a squad-carrying helicopter able to survive hits that destroyed its predecessor.

Sikorsky, part of Lockheed Martin since 2015, builds the current UH-60M in Stratford, Connecticut, with license production at PZL Mielec in Poland. The US Army's 2024 selection of the tiltrotor V-280 for part of the mission set turned the Black Hawk from a program with a defined successor into one planned to serve alongside it, with new UH-60M orders from Greece, Brazil and Romania signed in 2024 and 2025.

The Black Hawk family centers on the US Army's UH-60M, the US Air Force's combat rescue HH-60W and the S-70 models built for export customers.

First flown in October 1974 and in US Army service since 1979, the Black Hawk has been produced beyond 5,000 airframes, and new UH-60M orders from Europe, Asia and South America keep Sikorsky's line active alongside license production by PZL Mielec in Poland.