UH-60 Black Hawk

UH-60 Black Hawk

Infobox Aircraft
name= UH-60 Black Hawk


caption=UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
type=Utility helicopter
manufacturer=Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
first flight=1974
introduced=1979
retired=
status=Active service
primary user=United States Army
more users = Australian Army Republic of Korea Army Turkish Armed Forces
produced=1974-present
number built= 2,600+
unit cost=US$5.9 million
developed from = Sikorsky S-70
variants with their own articles = SH-60 Seahawk HH-60 Pave Hawk HH-60 Jayhawk

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift utility or assault helicopter derived from the twin-turboshaft engine, single rotor Sikorsky S-70.

The YUH-60A (S-70) was the winner of the United States Army Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in the early 1970s to replace the UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) family. It would go on to serve as the basis for variants in service with other branches of the US military.

Development

The Black Hawk was developed to meet a US Army Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) requirement for a UH-1 Iroquois replacement released in January 1972. [Leoni 2007, p. 39.] Four prototypes were constructed, the first (YUH-60) flying in October 1974, and evaluated against a rival Boeing-Vertol design, the YUH-61A. A Preliminary Evaluation was conducted in November 1975 prior to delivery of the prototypes to the US Army. The evaluation was conducted to determine if the aircraft could be operated safely by typical Army pilots. Three of the prototypes were delivered to the US Army in March 1976, and one was kept by Sikorsky for internal research. The Black Hawk was selected for production in December 1976. Deliveries of the UH-60A to the US Army began in October 1978 and the helicopter entered service in June 1979.Eden, Paul. "Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk", "Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft". Amber Books, 2004. ISBN 1904687849.]

In the late 1980s, the model was upgraded to the UH-60L (first production aircraft 89-26179) which featured more power and lift with the upgrade to the -701C model of the GE engine. The current production model (UH-60M) will extend the service life of the UH-60 design well into the 2020s, features still more power and lift and state of the art electronic instrumentation, flight controls and aircraft navigation control.

Design

The Black Hawk series of aircraft can perform a wide array of missions, including the tactical transport of troops, electronic warfare, and aeromedical evacuation. A VIP version known as the VH-60N is used to transport important government officials (e.g., Congress, Executive departments) with the helicopter's call sign of "Marine One" when transporting the President of the United States. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/vh-60.htm VH-60] , Global Security] In air assault operations it can move a squad of 11 combat troops with equipment or reposition the 105 mm M102 howitzer with thirty rounds of 105 mm ammunition, and a four-man crew in a single lift. Alternatively, it can carry 2,600 lb (1,170 kg) of cargo or sling load 9,000 lb (4,050 kg) of cargo. The Black Hawk is equipped with advanced avionics and electronics for increased survivability and capability, such as the Global Positioning System.

The UH-60 can be equipped with stub wings at top of fuselage to carry fuel tanks or possibly armament. The initial stub wing system is called external stores support system (ESSS). It has two pylons on each wing to carry two 230 gal and two 450 gal tanks in total. The ESSS can also carry 10,000 lb of armament such as rockets, missile and gun pods. The ESSS entered service in 1986. However it was found that with four fuel tanks it would obstruct the firing field of the door guns. The external tank system (ETS) with unswept stub wings to carry two fuel tanks was developed to alleviate the issue.Bishop, Chris. "Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk". Osprey, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84176852-6.]

The unit cost varies with the version due to the varying specifications, equipment and quantities. For example, the unit cost of the Army's UH-60L Black Hawk is $5.9 million while the unit cost of the Air Force MH-60G Pave Hawk is $10.2 million. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/h-60.htm H-60] , Global Security]

Operational history

The UH-60 entered service with the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in June 1979. [http://www.vectorsite.net/avs70_1.html Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk] , Vectorsite.net, 1 July 2006.] The UH-60 its first combat service in the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. UH-60As also served in the invasion of Panama in 1989. UH-60A and UH-60L Black Hawks participated in the Gulf War of 1991. Black Hawks saw action in Somilia, Haiti, and the Balkans in the 1990s. UH-60s continue to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Variants

The UH-60 comes in many variants, and many different modifications. The standard U.S. Army version can be fitted with the "External Stores Support System" (ESSS) [ [http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,,CLI1_DIV69_ETI561,00.html Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ] ] which provides wings that allow it to carry up to four external fuel tanks for extended range operations or a variety of weapons, [ [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/black_hawk/ Army Technology - UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky S-70A - Multi-Mission Helicopter ] ] while variants may have different capabilities and their respective equipment in order to fulfill different roles.

Utility variants

*UH-60A Black Hawk: Original U.S. Army version, carrying a crew of four [Citation
url=http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html
title=Black Hawk
publisher=U.S. Army Fact Files
accessdate=2008-09-13
] and up to 11 passengers. Equipped with T-700-GE-700 engines. [http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/412015l.htm DoD 4120-15L, "Model Designation of Military Aerospace Vehicles"] , DoD, 2004.] Produced 1977-1989.
*UH-60C Black Hawk: Modified version for C2 missions.

*UH-60L Black Hawk: UH-60A with upgraded T-700-GE-701C engines, improved durability gearbox, and additional vibration absorbers. [http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,,CLI1_DIV69_ETI561,00.html] Produced 1989-2007.

*UH-60M Black Hawk: Improved design wide chord rotor blades, T-700-GE-701D Engines (max 1,998 shp each), improved durability gearbox, Integrated Vehicle Management Systems (IVHMS) computer, and modern "Glass Cockpit" flight instrument suite. Planned to replace all UH-60A aircraft within the U.S. Army. [http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2265,00.html] Produced 2007-present.

*UH-60Q Black Hawk: UH-60A modified for medical evacuation. Aircraft since re-designated HH-60A.

pecial purpose

*EH-60A Black Hawk: Modified electrical system and stations for two electronic systems mission operators. (All examples of type have been taken back to standard UH-60A configuration.)
*YEH-60B Black Hawk: UH-60A modified for special radar and avionics installations, prototype for stand-off target acquisition system.
*EH-60C Black Hawk: UH-60A modified with special electronics equipment and external antenna. (All examples of type have been taken back to standard UH-60A configuration.)
*EUH-60L (no official name assigned): Modified with additional mission electronic equipment for Army Airborne C2.
*EH-60L Black Hawk: EH-60A with major mission equipment upgrade.

*HH-60L (no official name assigned): USA variant. UH-60L extensively modified with medical mission equipment. Components include an external rescue hoist, integrated patient configuration system, environmental control system, on-board oxygen system (OBOGS), suction, mechanical litter-lift system, drop-down ambulatory seats, with crew-chief and flight medic positions relocated to the back of the cabin. [http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,,CLI1_DIV69_ETI838,00.html]

*MH-60A Black Hawk: Modified with additional avionics, precision navigation system, FLIR and air-to-air refueling capability. Equipped with T-700-GE-701 engines.
*MH-60K Black Hawk: USA variant. Special operations modification, used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ("Night Stalkers") at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
*MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator (DAP): USA variant. Special operations modification, operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. [ [http://www.soc.mil/160soar/Blkhawk.shtml 160th's web page] ] It is capable of being armed with 30 mm chain gun and 2.75 inch rockets, as well as M134D gatling guns operated as door guns or fixed forward.
*HH-60M {no official name assigned}: USA variant. UH-60M with medical mission equipment.

*UH-60A RASCAL: NASA-modified version for the Rotorcraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory: $US25M program for the study of helicopter maneuverability in three programs, Superaugmented Controls for Agile Maneuvering Performance (SCAMP), Automated Nap-of-the-Earth (ANOE) and Rotorcraft Agility and Pilotage Improvement Demonstration (RAPID). [ [http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/D/archnas1570.html Science Blog, NASA] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20061126214709/http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Aeronautics/AC91-0712-15.html Image of UH-60A RASCAL first flight] (archived from [http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Aeronautics/AC91-0712-15.html the original] on 2006-11-26)]

*VH-60D Nighthawk: USMC variant. VIP-configured HH-60D, used for Presidential transport. T-700-GE-401C engines.
*VH-60N Whitehawk: USMC variant. Modified UH-60A with features from the SH-60B/F Seahawks. Used for Presidential and VIP transport. It entered service in 1988 and nine were delivered. [Leoni 2007, pp. 214-215.]

Export versions

*UH-60J Black Hawk: Export variant for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and Maritime Self Defense Force. Also known as the S-70-12. Made under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. [http://www.mhi.co.jp/aero/english/product_f/product_b07.html Mitsubishi Heavy Industries UH-60J page] ]
*UH-60JA Black Hawk: Export variant for the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force. Also made under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

*AH-60L Arpía III: Export version for Colombia, COIN attack version with improved electronics, firing system, FLIR, radar, light rockets and machine gun, developed by Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, Elbit and Sikorsky.
*AH-60L Battle Hawk: Export version unsuccessfully tendered for Australian Army project AIR87.
*UH-60P Black Hawk: Export version for the Republic of Korea, similar to UH-60L configuration.

See SH-60 Seahawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk, and HH-60 Jayhawk for other Sikorsky S-70 variants.

Operators

Sikorsky offered the design in the defense market, leading to its purchase by over 20 other countries. It is currently in service with the militaries of:

;AUS;AUT
* 9 S-70A-42 Black Hawk;BHR;BRA;COLMore than 90 in current service
*Colombian Air Force (UH-60A/L and AH-60L Arpia III)
*Colombian Army
*National Police;CHL;EGY;ISR;JPN
*Japan Air Self-Defense Force
*Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
*Japan Ground Self-Defense Force;JOR;KOR;MAR
* 2 in service by Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie;MEX
*Mexican Air Force
*Policia Federal Preventiva;PHI
* Presidential Air Wing (civilian version S-70);PRC;SAU;THA
* 7 S-70A in Royal Thai Army service ;TUR
* 20 S-70A, 28 S-70A-17, 30 S-70A-28, 48 S-70A-17/S-70A-19 Black Hawk ;USA
* United States Army (UH-60 Blackhawk versions)
* Customs and Border Protection
* Drug Enforcement Administration

pecifications (UH-60L Black Hawk)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=copter
jet or prop?=prop
ref=Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes,cite book| last = Gunston | first = Bill | title = The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes | publisher = London: Aerospace Publishing Ltd | date= 1995 | id = ISBN 1-56619-908-5 ] US Army Fact File, [ [http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html Black Hawk fact file] , US Army.] Frawley [Frawley, Gerald. The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003. Aerospace Publications, 2002. ISBN 1-875671-55-2.]

crew=2 pilots (flight crew)
capacity=2,640 lb of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers, or 8,000 lb (UH-60A) or 9,000 lb (UH-60L) of cargo externally
length main=64 ft 10 in
length alt=19.76 m
span main=53 ft 8 in
span alt=16.36 m
height main=16 ft 10 in
height alt=5.13 m
area main=2,260 ft²
area alt=210 m²
empty weight main=10,624 lb
empty weight alt=4,819 kg
loaded weight main=22,000 lb
loaded weight alt=7,375 kg
max takeoff weight main=24,500 lb
max takeoff weight alt=11,113 kg
more general=
engine (prop)=General Electric T700-GE-701C
type of prop=free-turbine turboshafts
number of props=2
power main=1,800 hp
power alt=1,340 kW
never exceed speed main=193 knots
never exceed speed alt=222 mph, 357 km/h
max speed main= 159 kt
max speed alt= 183 mph, 295 km/h
max speed more=
cruise speed main= 150 kt
cruise speed alt= 173 mph, 278 km/h
cruise speed more=
range main=
range alt=
range more=
combat radius main=368 mi
combat radius alt=320 nmi, 592 km
ferry range main=1,380 mi
ferry range alt=1,200 nmi, 2,220 km
ferry range more=
ceiling main=19,000 ft
ceiling alt=5,790 m
climb rate main=700 ft/min
climb rate alt=3.6 m/s
loading main=7.19 lb/ft²
loading alt=35.4 kg/m²
power/mass main=0.192 hp/lb
power/mass alt=158 W/kg
more performance=

armament=
* Guns: 2× 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M60 machine guns or M134 miniguns(The Army is now replacing the M60 machine gun with the M240H machine gun.)cite web|url=https://peosoldier.army.mil/portfolio/sw/csw/M240H_7.62mm%20MG_AV.pdf|title=M240H 7.62mm Machine Gun (Aviation Version)|publisher= [https://peosoldier.army.mil U.S. Army PEO Soldier] |accessdate=2007-04-08]
* Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system. See UH-60 Armament Subsystems for more information.
* Can be equipped with 2x GAU-19 .50 in (12.7 mm) gatling guns.Fact|date=August 2008

ee also

aircontent
related=
* Sikorsky S-70
* HH-60 Pave Hawk
* HH-60 Jayhawk
* SH-60 Seahawk
* Piasecki X-49

similar aircraft=
* Boeing-Vertol YUH-61
* UH-1 Iroquois
* Mil Mi-8/Mil Mi-17
* NHI NH90

lists=
* List of helicopters
* List of active military aircraft of the United States

see also=
* US Helicopter Armament Subsystems

References

* Leoni, Ray D. "Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. ISBN 978-1-56347-918-2.

External links

* [http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html Black Hawk U.S Army fact file]
* [http://www-rucker.army.mil/helicopters/blackhawk.html Army Aviation Training Center (at Ft. Rucker) UH-60A Black Hawk page]
* [http://www.sikorsky.com/sik/products/military/black_hawk/index.asp Sikorsky Aircraft's BLACK HAWK page]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/uh-60a.htm UH-60A] , [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/h-60.htm H-60] , [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/ah-60l.htm AH-60L] and [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/s-70.htm Sikorsky S-70] on GlobalSecurity.org
* [http://www.hawkonline.us H-60 Series aircraft photos and info on HawkOnline.us]
* [http://www.doppeladler.com/oebh/luftfahrzeuge/blackhawk.htm S-70A-42 Black Hawk of the Austrian Army]
* [http://www.helis.com/programs/uttas.php UTTAS program, origin of the Black Hawk]
* [http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/109343/uh-60a-blackhawk.html Military.com with data on range extending devices]
* [http://www.hawkworld.org/ Black Hawk Training courses and Equipment]


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