U.S. Navy CH-53K Program Faces Cost, Schedule Overruns

PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. — The U.S. Navy said May 18 that its new heavy-lift helicopter, the CH-53K, has run into cost and schedule problems. The service is not providing detailed dates or budget numbers yet. “I’m hesitant to throw numbers out,” program manager Capt. Rick Muldoon told...

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