Origins and Development The Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk is an American medium transport utility helicopter developed in the ...

Two years later, Sikorsky Aviation won the bid to supply utility helicopters for the U.S. Army, and the first production Black Hawk variant, the UH-60A, entered service in 1979.

In 2024 the service committed to expanding UH-60M buys, but a formal deal has yet to emerge. Sikorsky has proposed an 11th multi-year production contract that would extend UH-60 production to 2032.

The tiltrotor is part of the Army's plan to modernize its aging fleet of military helicopters. The Army plans to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk with the MV-75 by the 2030s.