UH-60 Black Hawk: Cost, Contracts & Timeline

Cost to the Government

Cost figures
Measure	Amount	Source
Program totals · 1
UH-60M program R&D totalIncludes UH-60M upgrade technologies within the SAR scope.	$780.4MThen-year $	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
Unit costs · 1
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftProgram average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price.	$19.702MThen-year $	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
Quantities · 2
UH-60M aircraft acceptedVariant-specific historical acceptances; excludes 264 HH-60M aircraft and eight development aircraft. Not current availability.	776U.S. only	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 31, 2019 executive summary
UH/HH-60M acquisition quantityEight development and 1,362 procurement aircraft across both variants.	1,370U.S. only	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
Operating costs · 1
Reimbursement / flight hourPublished billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership.	$4,094 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component	FY2026 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2026

Program totals · 1

UH-60M program R&D totalIncludes UH-60M upgrade technologies within the SAR scope.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
$780.4MThen-year $

Unit costs · 1

UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftProgram average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
$19.702MThen-year $

Quantities · 2

UH-60M aircraft acceptedVariant-specific historical acceptances; excludes 264 HH-60M aircraft and eight development aircraft. Not current availability.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 31, 2019 executive summary
776U.S. only
UH/HH-60M acquisition quantityEight development and 1,362 procurement aircraft across both variants.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
1,370U.S. only

Operating costs · 1

Reimbursement / flight hourPublished billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership.
FY2026 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2026
$4,094 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component

Earlier observations · 5

Superseded estimates and prices, each in its original scope and dollar basis.

Earlier cost observations
Measure	Amount	Source
Unit costs · 3
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftHistorical baseline.	$11.812MThen-year $	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure 2002 baseline
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftPrior annual estimate.	$19.725MThen-year $	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2018 SAR
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftProgram average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price.	$19.702MThen-year $	UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
Operating costs · 2
Reimbursement / flight hour¹	$4,630 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component	FY2025 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2025
Reimbursement / flight hour¹	$4,094 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component	FY2026 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2026

Unit costs · 3

UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftHistorical baseline.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure 2002 baseline
$11.812MThen-year $
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftPrior annual estimate.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2018 SAR
$19.725MThen-year $
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraftProgram average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price.
UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense · figure Dec 2019 SAR
$19.702MThen-year $

Operating costs · 2

Reimbursement / flight hour¹
FY2025 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2025
$4,630 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component
Reimbursement / flight hour¹
FY2026 aircraft hourly reimbursement rates, Other DoD Component column DoD Comptroller · figure FY2026
$4,094 / hrNominal $; Other DoD Component

¹Published billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership.

Utility and medical variants share the program

The SAR acquisition denominator includes UH-60M and HH-60M. Variant-specific acceptances are shown separately from the combined program quantity; a combined H-60 contract must not be treated as a purchase of only utility aircraft.

UH-60M Black Hawk December 2019 SAR, FY2021 budget Department of Defense

Contracts & purchasing · 1

Ceilings, options and purchase agreements are not spending and are never added together. Obligations are under Contracts.

Contracts and purchasing
Buyer → seller	Status	Value	Qty	Source
U.S. Army / Foreign Military Sales → SikorskyOptions allow up to 255 aircraft and approximately $4.4B. The 120-aircraft baseline and option ceiling are not separate orders.	Five-year baseline; approximately	$2.3B	120	Tenth H-60 multiyear contract, June 27, 2022 Lockheed Martin · figure Jun 27, 2022

Open research: Figures retain the date and scope of the original source. A historical count, cumulative delivery or procurement plan is not today’s mission-capable inventory.

What the government budgets and pays for this program, from budget justification books, appropriations, acquisition reports and contract announcements. Each figure states its dollar basis. What contractors were obligated is under Contracts.

Contracts$4.17B obligated since FY2008

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Contractors17

Lockheed Martin$2.64B 63%
GE Aerospace$590M 14%
RTX$544M 13%
Honeywell International$122M 2.9%
Moog$72.2M 1.7%
Northrop Grumman$67.7M 1.6%
Teledyne Technologies$58.5M 1.4%
L3Harris Technologies$41.9M 1.0%
Boeing$12.0M 0.3%
Amentum$8.5M 0.2%
Mercury Systems$4.5M 0.1%
BAE Systems$4.3M 0.1%

Awards50

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								Conf.
Sikorsky	UES II KITS	U.S. Army	Delivery Order	Dec 18, 2025	$26.1M	$26.1M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	UH-60 UPTURNED EXHAUST SYSTEM II KITS	U.S. Army	Delivery Order	May 12, 2025	$29.6M	$29.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	UES II KITS (P/N 70070-95213-013)	U.S. Army	Delivery Order	Mar 5, 2025	$26.9M	$26.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN:INTERMEDIATE GEARBOX/GEARBOX,ACCESSORY NSN:1680-01-492-1441/1615-01-527-8175 PN:70357-06300-044/70351-08001-050	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Sep 26, 2024	$20.5M	$20.5M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BOA ORDER AGAINST SAC BOA	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Sep 19, 2024	$62.3M	$62.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	SPARES NSN2840-01-692-2620	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 8, 2023	$34.2M	$34.2M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	SPARES, NSN: 2840-01-515-3538	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 8, 2023	$22.7M	$22.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	UNIQUE MODIFICATION OF FOUR UH-60M BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL THAILAND ARMY (RTA)	U.S. Army	Definitive Contract	Nov 16, 2023	$21.6M	$21.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Pratt & Whitney	GAS TURBINE POWER UNIT	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Oct 18, 2023	$28.6M	$28.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation	LTC ORDER	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Aug 10, 2023	$20.7M	$20.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Collins Aerospace	NOUN: DISPLAY UNIT NSN: 7025-01-617-2005 PART NUMBER: 822-3029-001	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	May 17, 2023	$22.2M	$22.2M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	SPARES	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	May 8, 2023	$53.7M	$53.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: SPINDLE,HEAD,ROTARY NSN: 1615016943180 PN: 70102-08200-073	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Apr 26, 2023	$28.9M	$28.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	ORDER LTC	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Apr 20, 2023	$53.6M	$53.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	SPARES	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 7, 2022	$40.3M	$40.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: BLADE, MAIN ROTOR NSN: 1615-01-106-1903 PN: 70150-09100-043	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Sep 6, 2022	$52.2M	$52.2M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN:BLADE, ROTARY WING NSN:1615-01-6918821 PN:70070-10052-041	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Aug 19, 2022	$37.8M	$37.8M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	CSM - SPARES	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jun 24, 2022	$72.3M	$72.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	SPARES NSN: 2840-01-515-3538 NOUN: ROTOR,TURBINE,AIRCR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Apr 15, 2022	$22.1M	$22.1M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE, MAIN ROTOR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Sep 20, 2021	$29.3M	$29.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	DO AGAINST SAC LTC	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jun 25, 2021	$22.0M	$22.0M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: BLADE, ROTARY WING NSN: 1615-01-546-1148	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 18, 2020	$34.0M	$34.0M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	COLD SECTION MODULE	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Nov 30, 2020	$23.5M	$23.5M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: BLADE,MAIN ROTOR NSN: 1615-01-106-1903 PN: 70150-09100-043	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Feb 27, 2020	$130M	$130M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	NOUN: COLD SECTION MODULE NSN: 2840-01-284-4013 PN:6071T25G01	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Feb 14, 2020	$74.4M	$74.4M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 200 TRANSMISSION, MECHAN IN SUPPORT OF BLACKHAWK.	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Feb 11, 2020	$64.3M	$64.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	DELIVERY ORDER SPRRA1-20-F-0070, NSN 2840-01-513-3538, PART NUMBER 3048T90G01, QTY 240 EACH	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 26, 2019	$34.7M	$34.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	MAINTENANCE AND OVERHAUL OF THE ROTARY WING BLADE IN SUPPORT OF THE UH-60 BLACKHAWK.	U.S. Army	Delivery Order	Dec 18, 2019	$32.3M	$32.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE,ROTARY WING, 1615-01-546-1148 180 EACH	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 4, 2019	$33.6M	$33.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
GE Aerospace	EXTENSION ASSY, MAI, NSN: 1615-01-634-0170, 75 EACH	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Nov 25, 2019	$23.5M	$23.5M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	TRANSMISSION, MECHAN	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jul 1, 2019	$20.6M	$20.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: TRANSMISSION,MECHAN NSN: 1615-01-538-9786 PN: 70351-48100-042	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Mar 5, 2019	$42.1M	$42.1M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE,ROTARY WING NSN: 1615-01-546-1148 MFR PART NUMBER: 70150-09200-041	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jan 8, 2019	$41.9M	$41.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NSN: 1615-01-106-1903, PART NUMBER: 70150-09100-043 BLADE,MAIN ROTOR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jan 7, 2019	$66.8M	$66.8M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	DO AGAINST SAC LTC X MISSION	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Dec 20, 2018	$18.9M	$18.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE,ROTARY WING NSN: 1615-01-113-8188 MFR PART NUMBER: 70101-31000-043	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Oct 9, 2018	$19.4M	$19.4M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	TRANSMISSION, MECHANICAL	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Aug 16, 2018	$42.1M	$42.1M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	LTC ORDER	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Aug 16, 2018	$19.8M	$19.8M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	MULTIPLE NSN'S FOR SPARES	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Aug 14, 2018	$25.0M	$25.0M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	TRANSMISSION, MECHANICAL	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jun 29, 2018	$22.6M	$22.6M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE,ROTARY WING NSN: 1615-01-546-1148 MFR PART NUMBER: 70150-09200-041	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jun 27, 2018	$27.9M	$27.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	1615-01-113-8188 70101-31000-043 BLADE,ROTARY WING	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Feb 23, 2018	$23.3M	$23.3M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	1615-01-106-1903 70150-09100-043 BLADE,MAIN ROTOR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Jan 12, 2018	$66.8M	$66.8M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	ROTARY WING BLADE NSN 1615-01-546-1148 FOR THE UH-60 BLACKHAWK	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Nov 30, 2017	$27.9M	$27.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	OVERHAUL/UPGRADE, CATAGORY IV, MAIN ROTOR BLADE, 414 EA	U.S. Army	Definitive Contract	Aug 31, 2017	$51.8M	$51.8M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	ONE TIME BUY FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 240 EACH BLADE ROTARY WINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE UH 60 BLACKHAWK WEAPON SYSTEM.	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	May 12, 2017	$23.7M	$23.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE, MAIN ROTOR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Apr 11, 2017	$54.1M	$54.1M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	BLADE, MAIN ROTOR	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Nov 2, 2016	$43.1M	—	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	NOUN: BLADE, ROTARY WING NSN:1615015461148 PN: 70150-09200-041	Defense Logistics Agency	Delivery Order	Sep 27, 2016	$63.9M	$63.9M	UH-60 Black Hawk	Reported
Sikorsky	DELIVERY ORDER, W58RGZ15D0110-0003, IS ISSUED IN SUPPORT OF US ARMY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OVERHAUL OF 250 UH-60M ROTARY WINGS.	U.S. Army	Delivery Order	Jun 24, 2016	$18.7M	$18.7M	UH-60 Black Hawk	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.

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