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Sikorsky said this clears the way for the company to begin offering production proposals for customers to convert existing Black Hawk helicopters or order new production aircraft in the armed configuration. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies.
The companies said the testing phase was conducted to establish the safe operation of the weapons and weapons management system, as well as to gather data on the systems. An optical missile, a laser-guided rocket, and a 20-mm turreted gun were all fired successfully. The demonstrator configuration also includes Elbit cockpit displays, a Mission Management system with Digital Map, Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) and ANVIS/HUD helmet systems with cueing capabilities integrated into the avionics suite. The demonstrator completed its first flight on Sept. 9, 2008 at the Elbit Systems' Cyclone facility in Israel.
Sikorsky Aircraft and the government of Israel signed a memorandum of understanding in September 2005. Elbit Systems, based in Haifa, Israel, was selected to be the sub-systems supplier in February 2006 through an RFP process that was initiated in December 2005.
More than 3,000 Black Hawk helicopter variants have been delivered to 27 governments worldwide since 1978, accumulating more than 9 million combined flight hours.
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