Uh-60m Upgrade Program

CAAS - Common Avionics Architecture SystemFADEC - Full Authority Digital Electronic ControlFBW - Fly-By-WireLRIP - Low Rate Initial ProductionPEO - Program Executive OfficeWEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 29, 2008 - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

Today successfully completed the first flight of its UH-60M Upgrade BLACK HAWK helicopter. The UH-60M Upgrade is currently the only fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft in flight test development within the Department of the Army. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

(NYSE:UTX).In a test flight that lasted approximately 60 minutes, Sikorsky Chief Test Pilots Mike Skaggs and Steve Silder maneuvered the aircraft through a variety of exercises including hover, forward flight, and a hover turn. The test flight was conducted at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach facility in Florida.Sikorsky President Jeffrey P. Pino said today's milestone represents a major step forward in the company's continuing efforts to provide the U.S. Military with superior technology.'

The UH-60M Upgrade will reduce pilot workload, increase lift, offer better protection and enhance survivability,' said Pino. 'The next generation of BLACK HAWK helicopters is ideally suited for its mission and will provide a safer, more responsive, deployable, versatile and effective weapon system for the Army.' Neil Thurgood, Utility Helicopter Project Manager for the U.S. PEO Aviation office, said, 'Today's first flight of the UH-60M Upgrade aircraft, with fly-by-wire technology represents the next step in providing the U.S. Military the best capability to execute its mission.

This aircraft contains dramatic technological advances, yet retains and improves on the proven design of the world's most capable and robust utility helicopter.' Thurgood added, 'The U.S. Army Utility Helicopters Project Office and Sikorsky Aircraft remain committed to the right technologies, equipment and support infrastructure to empower our most important customer, the soldier. The UH-60M Upgrade demonstrates the balance Sikorsky and the U.S.

Army have applied to address both current and future needs. Today's achievement is the result of dedicated effort and hard work by the entire Upgrade Program Team.' The UH-60M BLACK HAWK has become an integral part of the U.S. Army's command and control system, providing brigade commanders with real time digital situational awareness and command and control options.

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When you are too cheap to replace and rebuild the legacy Lima fleet into Mike models, give em a glass cockpit. It will look kinda the same.Northrop Grumman will provide a scalable, fully integrated mission equipment package for the UH‑60L cockpit and will replace the older analog gauges with digital electronic instrument displays. The new designation for this upgraded aircraft will be UH-60V. The system virtually replicates the newer UH‑60M pilot-vehicle interface, providing a common training environment.Northrop Grumman's design solution has already been demonstrated through a flight test on a UH-60L helicopter. The system features a centralized processor with a partitioned, modular operational flight program with an integrated architecture that enables new capabilities through software-only solutions rather than hardware additions.

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The architecture maximizes the UH-60L platform performance and reliability while minimizing total life cycle cost. The system is also smaller in size, lower in weight and requires less power than legacy processing systems.' We are committed to this critical upgrade program that will prolong the life of the UH-60 while keeping warfighters safer by enhancing their situational awareness,' said Ike Song, vice president, Situational Awareness Systems, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. 'Our integrated mission avionics solution is built on mature, proven technology and an open architecture approach for superior performance, affordability, growth potential and reliability.' The next generation avionics system is aligned with the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE ™) standard and supports integration of off-the-shelf software and hardware, enabling rapid insertion of capabilities while reducing cost and risk for system integration and upgrades.