Program · United States · U.S. Marine Corps

CH-53K King Stallion

New-build heavy-lift helicopter replacing the Marine Corps CH-53E, built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company. The ACAT I program declared initial operational capability in April 2022, and the Marine Corps procurement objective is 200 aircraft.

ProductionU.S. Marine CorpsCH-53KKing Stallion

Contract obligations

$12.67B

Since FY2008 · 6 companies

Prime awards

169

Coded to this program

Contractors

Largest: Lockheed Martin

Contracts$12.67B obligated since FY2008

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Contractors6

Lockheed Martin$11.14B 88%
GE Aerospace$1.50B 12%
RTX$32.1M 0.3%
Mercury Systems$2.1M 0.0%
Moog$695K 0.0%
Northrop Grumman$431K 0.0%

Awards50

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								Conf.
Lockheed Martin	CH-53K MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL GEARBOX/MRH TOOLING.	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jan 28, 2026	$9.5M	$9.5M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	TDP NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING (NRE) ASSOCIATED WITH DELIVERING THE CH-53K MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT (MYP) TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE (TDP).	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 22, 2025	$22.3M	$22.3M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	POST SDD RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 24, 2025	$8.4M	$21.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 28, 2025	$15.5M	$15.5M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	PROCUREMENT OF 6 MAIN ROTOR DAMPERS AND GUIDES SHIPSETS.	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Nov 26, 2024	$7.6M	$7.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	AIS OBSOLESCENCE, PRE-CDR NRE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 17, 2024	$57.9M	$57.9M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Feb 27, 2024	$10.1M	$10.1M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MAIN GEARBOX ORGANIC REPAIR CONTRACT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 22, 2023	$79.7M	$79.7M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	CH-53K FRP LOT 9 AND OPTION FRP LOT 10 LONG LEAD ITEMS	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Dec 15, 2023	$3.92B	$10.75B	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	IMU OBSOLESCENCE REDESIGN NRE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 12, 2023	$45.0M	$45.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 26, 2023	$48.1M	$48.1M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 7, 2023	$17.1M	$17.1M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T408 IAF ENGINES AND COST REDUCTION INITIATIVES	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Apr 26, 2023	$673M	$571M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jan 4, 2023	$19.6M	$19.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	NRE AND QUALIFICATION TEST ASSETS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 28, 2022	$17.3M	$17.3M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	CH-53K HELICOPTER SPARE PARTS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 31, 2022	$36.4M	$36.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	IAF NRE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	May 19, 2022	$14.4M	$14.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	FY22 EARLY FRP TOOLING	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Apr 8, 2022	$75.7M	$75.7M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	GKN AFT TRANSITION ASSEMBLY & KITS	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jan 31, 2022	$30.8M	$30.8M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	ILS AND PRODUCTS LABOR SUPPORT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 22, 2021	$137M	$137M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	BFD/DCU OBSOLESCENCE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 22, 2021	$43.0M	$43.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	ALE SUPPORT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 21, 2021	$9.8M	$9.8M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	CH-53K FRP LOT 7 LONG LEAD ITEMS	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Dec 6, 2021	$3.43B	$3.43B	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	SDTA DEPLOYABLE, KITS & ASSOCIATED SEPM	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 23, 2021	$18.0M	$49.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	BLADE ASSEMBLY,MAIN	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 31, 2021	$157M	$157M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	TOOLING PROCUREMENT 2, FY21-FY23 TOOLING (LOT 5-6)	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 11, 2021	$18.7M	$18.7M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	INITIAL PRODUCTION - T-64 ENGINE CORES	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Mar 31, 2021	$37.0M	$37.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	LANDING GEAR,RETRAC	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Feb 23, 2021	$8.6M	$8.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	T-64 ENGINE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Nov 16, 2020	$12.4M	$12.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	LRIP LOT 1 DEPLOYABLE CONFIGURATION UPDATE	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 25, 2020	$29.9M	$29.9M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	FY20 PHASE 1-2 SPARES AND SUPPORT LABOR	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 15, 2020	$144M	$144M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	INTER-OPERABILITY TEST AND EVALUATION CONSUMABLE SPARES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 9, 2020	$7.4M	$7.5M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MTA PHASE II	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 11, 2020	$7.6M	$21.8M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	TANK,HYDRAULIC FLUI	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	May 27, 2020	$7.9M	$7.9M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	CH-53K LRIP LOT 5/6 LONG LEAD ITEMS	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Mar 26, 2020	$2.31B	$2.31B	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	MAIN GEARBOX SECOND SOURCING	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Feb 27, 2020	$9.2M	$9.2M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Collins Aerospace	NRE FOR PRODUCTION LINE STANDUP	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Feb 26, 2020	$17.2M	$14.9M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	LRIP 3 AIRCRAFT SPARES AND SUPPORT LABOR	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 20, 2019	$49.3M	$49.9M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	PRODUCIBILITY	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Aug 20, 2019	$13.8M	$14.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	TANK,HYDRAULIC FLUI	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jul 23, 2019	$9.9M	$19.7M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	DDSR PHASE II	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 2, 2019	$119M	$121M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	NRE, TEST ASSETS,&GEAR MANUFACTURING	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jul 2, 2019	$11.0M	$11.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Lockheed Martin	CH-53K PROVISIONING EFFORT.	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Dec 11, 2018	$21.6M	$37.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	LRIP 2 AIRCRAFT SPARES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Sep 20, 2018	$58.4M	$58.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	NON-RECURRING ENGINEERING AFFORDABILITY EFFORT	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	May 3, 2018	$7.7M	$8.0M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
GE Aerospace	LRIP LOT 1&2 INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT	U.S. Navy	Definitive Contract	Nov 16, 2017	$647M	$580M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	SUPPORTABILITY	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Jun 23, 2017	$9.6M	$9.6M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	IMU ACCELEROMETER	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	May 23, 2017	$14.3M	$14.3M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	SPARES	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Mar 24, 2017	$32.2M	$32.2M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported
Sikorsky	AIRCRAFT MATERIAL FOR CH-53K	U.S. Navy	Delivery Order	Feb 1, 2017	$22.4M	$22.4M	CH-53K King Stallion	Reported

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.