Aircraft · Air
UH-60M Black Hawk
Medium-lift utility helicopter for air assault, command, and medical evacuation missions.
by Sikorsky
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Photo: U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Army) · Full-frame resize and WebP re-encoding from the DVIDS-hosted government photo; no crop.
Timeline
No milestones recorded for UH-60M Black Hawk yet. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.
Cost to the Government
Helicopters · Sikorsky / Lockheed Martin
UH-60M Black Hawk
Utility helicopter program whose reported acquisition totals also include the HH-60M medical variant.
UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraft
$19.702M
2019-12 SAR · Then-year USD
Program average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price.
Department of Defense ↗UH-60M aircraft accepted
776
2019-12-31 executive summary · U.S. only
Variant-specific historical acceptances; excludes 264 HH-60M aircraft and eight development aircraft. Not current availability.
Department of Defense ↗UH/HH-60M acquisition quantity
1,370
2019-12 SAR · U.S. only
Eight development and 1,362 procurement aircraft across both variants.
Department of Defense ↗UH-60M program R&D total
$780.4M
2019-12 SAR · Then-year USD
Includes UH-60M upgrade technologies within the SAR scope.
Department of Defense ↗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.
Operations & sustainment
Reimbursement / flight hour
$4,094 / hr
FY2026 · Nominal USD; Other DoD Component
Published billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership.
DoD Comptroller ↗Cost over time · 5 observations
Each row retains its original scope and dollar basis. Changing quantities, service life and inflation can change the estimate without changing the price of building one unit.
| Observation | Measure | Amount | Dollar basis | Evidence |
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| 2002 baseline | UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraft Historical baseline. | $11.812M | Then-year USD | Department of Defense ↗ |
| 2018-12 SAR | UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraft Prior annual estimate. | $19.725M | Then-year USD | Department of Defense ↗ |
| 2019-12 SAR | UH/HH-60M average procurement / aircraft Program average includes utility and medical aircraft; not a UH-60M-only flyaway price. | $19.702M | Then-year USD | Department of Defense ↗ |
| FY2025 | Reimbursement / flight hour Published billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership. | $4,630 / hr | Nominal USD; Other DoD Component | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2026 | Reimbursement / flight hour Published billing rate for use by another DoD component. It is not the fully burdened cost of ownership. | $4,094 / hr | Nominal USD; Other DoD Component | DoD Comptroller ↗ |
Contracts & purchasing · 1 records
Award values, ceilings and purchase agreements have different meanings. These records are not added together as total spending.
2022-06-27 · Five-year baseline; approximately
U.S. Army / Foreign Military Sales → Sikorsky
$2.3B · 120 units in scope
Options allow up to 255 aircraft and approximately $4.4B. The 120-aircraft baseline and option ceiling are not separate orders.
Lockheed Martin ↗
International buyers
No international purchase documented in this review.
Coverage & 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.
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.