Sikorsky Can Deliver CH-53Ks To Israel Within Three Years

Credit: CH-53K: USMC
TEL AVIV–Sikorsky can deliver the first CH-53K heavy helicopter to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) 36 months after a contract is signed. The IAF is still weighing whether to purchase the 88,000-lb. rotorcraft or opt for Boeing’s 55,000-lb. CH-47. Last week, two senior IAF officers visited the Sikorsky...
Arie Egozi

Arie was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in political science and journalism. Later, he worked as a defense correspondent for Israel’s largest daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronot. He is the editor-in-chief of the Israeli homeland security website I-HLS.

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