Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we discover the evolution of the U.S. Marine Corps’ legendary CH-53 heavy-lift ...

Helicopter performance can be very deceiving. Large, fat and ungainly choppers can also be super-fast and highly maneuverable, even compared to their streamlined little cousins. The Sikorsky H-53 ...

The Marine Corps' new heavy-lift helicopter, intended to play a vital role in the service's plans for sea-based operations in the Pacific, just wrapped up its sea trials and will tackle hot-weather ...

After more than 40 years of service, the Marine Corps retired the aging CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during a "sundown ceremony" Feb. 10 at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. "From ...

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. says it's proceeding to the next phase in developing a new generation of the Marines' workhorse CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter. The Stratford helicopter maker, a unit of United ...

The CH-53K King Stallion completed a two-week period of sea trials in the Atlantic earlier this month. This was the first opportunity to see the aircraft working in a modern naval environment. Testing ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $59.7 million contract for support to forward-looking infrared systems aboard CH-53 Sea Stallion and V-22 Osprey aircraft. Raytheon will work on the ...

The CH-53E Sea Stallion is the US military's largest and most powerful helicopter, capable of carrying a Humvee like handbag. But even the Stallion's seven chopping blades can't scare away US Marine ...

The CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter is on track to enter arsenals around the world within the next few years — but it’ll cost militaries a pretty penny. Marine Corps officials announced ...

CH-53E Super Stallion Crashes in California: Four Casualties Reported. Harrier Lost in Africa, Pilot Ejected. The U.S. Marine 3rd Aircraft Wing has reported that a CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --General Electric Aviation has been awarded $157.7 million by the Navy for support of the T64 aircraft engine. Work on the contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is ...

AFGHANISTAN (HawaiiNewsNow) - Six U.S. Marines have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, according to NATO military command in Kabul. U.S. officials say the helicopter, a CH-53D ...