List of Sikorsky S-70 variants

This is a list of versions of the Sikorsky S-70 military helicopter family, that entered service starting in the 1979. It is in service with 35 countries globally, and is commonly known as the UH-60 Black Hawk, the name from its biggest user the United States Army.

US military designations

  • YUH-60A prototype airframe [1]
  • YEH-60B specialized radar and avionics[1]UH-60A modified for the proposed Stand-Off Target Acquisition System including an underslung rotating sensor in a canoe fairing[2]
  • EUH-60L Army Airborne Command and Control[1]
  • GUH-60A non-flying Simulator[3]
  • JUH-60A Evaluation and testing craft[3]
  • YEH-60B prototype[3]

CH-60S

Source:[3]

EH-60

EH-60A

  • Specialized Jammer
  • A UH-60A modified for evaluation pursuant to the Quick Fix II EW Program. It was prepared for an AN/ALQ-151 multi-role tactical EW system, four dipole antennae were mounted in pairs on either side of the tailboom, and a deployable whip antenna was added beneath the aft section of the main cabin. The YEH-60A was equipped with the AN/ALQ-144 infrared countermeasures set and flare & chaff launchers and the standard AN/APR-39(V)1 receiver.[4]

EH-60B

  • EW prototype variant
  • Stand-Off Target Acquisition System (SOTAS) prototype.[4]

EH-60C

  • specialized equipment and antenna[1]
  • locate enemy signals traffic[4]
  • classify enemy signals traffic[4]
  • disrupt enemy signals traffic[4]

HH-60

HH-60 Jayhawk

HH-60 Pave Hawk

HH-60D Nighthawk

Canceled SAR[3]

  • Night Vision Goggle capable cockpit[2]
  • In Flight Refuelling[2]
  • ESSS[2]
  • IR jammer[2]
  • HIRSS exhaust suppressor[2]
  • rotor de-icing[2]
  • color weather radar[2]

HH-60G

Combat Rescue[1]

HH-60L

Modified UH-60L medevac[1]

HH-60M

Modified UH-60M medevac[1] "M" does not stand for Medical/ Medevac

HH-60W

Modified version of the UH-60M for CSAR. Entered service in 2020.

MH-60

MH-60A

FLIR[1]

  • Modified avionics and navigation[1]
  • in flight refueling probe[1]
  • T700-GE-701[1]

MH-60G

MH-60K

  • in flight refueling probe[1]
  • terrain following radar[1]
  • extra internal tanks[4]
  • pylon-mounted auxiliary tanks from HH-60[4]
  • uprated engines[4]
  • CRT cockpit[4]
  • Texas Instruments[2] FLIR[4]
  • In air refuelling<[4]
  • extra seating[4]
  • night vision imaging system[2]
  • moving map display[2]
  • OBOGS[2]
  • T700-GE-701C engines[2]
  • main rotor brake[2]
  • missile plume detection[2]
  • radar warning receiver[2]
  • chaff & flare dispenser[2]
  • IR jammer, radio jammer[2]
  • laser warning receiver[2]

MH-60L

  • 30mm chain gun[1]
  • 2.75" rocket pods[1]
  • M134D Gatling gun(door)[1]

MH-60R

Converted SH-60B[1]

MH-60S

  • SH-60 base with UH-60 2nd cargo door restored[1]
  • combat SAR[1]

MH-60T

  • Improved Jayhawk[3]

SH-60

SH-60F

  • inside ASW search, parred down SH-60B[2][3]

SH-60R

  • Redesignated as MH-60R, later.[3]

UH-60

  • UH-60A RASCAL - Rotorcraft Air Crew System Concept[1]
  • UH-60C[1]
  • UH-60E[1]
  • UH-60Q Medevac Dustoff - became HH-60A[1]

UH-60A

Source[1]

  • non assisted folding tail[2]
  • Exhaust suppression[5]
  • Tracor AN/ARN-148 Omega navigation system[2]

UH-60B

UH-60L

  • T700-GE-701c[1] 1940shp[6]
  • Revised Gearbox[1]
  • Revised Flight Control[1]
  • Electronics more emi resistant, particularly to German powerlines[6]
  • Instrumentation panel made NVG compatible[6]

UH-60M

  • New Avionics[1]
  • Composite Rotor w/ wider chord[1]
  • improved gearbox[1]
  • New cockpit instrumentation including IVHMS computer[1]
  • reinforced fuselage[1]

UH-60V

  • New avionics, UH-60L converted to glass cockpit. [1] In February 2024, the Army announced it would cancel further plans to upgrade remaining UH-60L's to the UH-60V standard, in favor of acquiring more new production UH-60Ms to shore up the industrial base for UH-60 production.[7]

VH-60

VH-60A
First designation for VH-60N[2]
VH-60D
Night Hawk VIP transport[1]
VH-60N
Presidential transport helicopter also known as Marine One[1]

Sikorsky internal model designations

S-70A

The S-70A is Sikorsky's designation for Black Hawk models produced for export.

S-70A-1
Desert Hawk; variant for Saudi Arabian military
S-70A-1L
Saudi Desert Hawk Medevac variant
S-70A-5
Variant for Philippine Air Force
S-70A-9
Variant for Australian Army, licence-built by Hawker de Havilland
S-70A-11
Variant for Jordanian Air Force
S-70A-12
Search and rescue variant for Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
S-70A-14
Variant for Royal Brunei Air Force; one in civil use by the Government of Brunei[1][8]
S-70A-16
Test model fitted with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engines
S-70A-17
Variant for Turkish military
S-70A-19
Designation for aircraft to be license-built by Westland Helicopters in the United Kingdom (Westland WS-70); most likely only one produced, registered as ZG468.[9]
S-70A-21
Variant for Egyptian military
S-70A-24
Variant for Mexican military
S-70A-26
Variant for Moroccan military
S-70A-27
Variant for Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
S-70A-33
Variant for Brunei, used as civil transport by the government[8]
S-70A-42
Variant for Austrian Armed Forces

S-70B

The S-70B (originally S-70L) is Sikorsky's designation for export versions of the Sea Hawk naval helicopter with folding main rotors and tail. India will acquire several S-70B for its navy.[10]

S-70C

S-70C
Search and Rescue Variant for Republic of China Air Force
S-70C(M)-1/2
Export version for the Republic of China Navy, equipped with an undernose radar and a dipping sonar.

S-70i

The S-70i is Sikorsky's designation of the UH-60M produced by PZL Mielec in Poland.

S-70 Unmanned Aircraft System ("U-Hawk")

Modified UH-60L demonstrator converted into an uncrewed cargo drone by removing the cockpit and adding clamshell doors.[11][12] The cockpit, pilot, and crew chief stations are removed allowing the full cabin space to be used for mission packages and increasing usable space by 25% compared to previous variants.[11] The aircraft is capable of autonomous or fly-by-wire control and can be operated from a tablet-like device.[11] It can self-deploy to a range of 1,600 nm with a total endurance of 14 hours without refueling; this can be extended through usage of internal fuel tanks.[11] Payload capacity is 7,000 internal, 9,000 sling loaded, or 10,000 mixed, which is roughly comparable by weight to that of a crewed UH-60L.[11] Configured for cargo, the aircraft can carry up to four Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (twice as much as standard UH-60 variants), or ammunition pods for the M270 and HIMARS rocket systems, or two canisters for the Naval Strike Missile.[11] For direct engagements, the U-Hawk is designed to carry "launch quivers" of 24-50 "air-launched effects" munitions.[11]

Non-US military designations

AH-60L
Australian export model never produced[1]
AH-60L
Colombian Air Force Arpia III gunship version, equipped with FLIR, machine guns and rockets [1]
UH-60J
Designation used by JASDF and JMSDF[1]
UH-60JA
Licence-built by Mitsubishi for JASDF and JMSDF[1]
SH-60J
Japanese Version of SH-60B without Sonobuoy launcher. Licence-built by Mitsubishi for JMSDF.
SH-60K
Upgraded from SH-60J (K stands for "Kai"), which has newer sensors and weapons. Manufactured by Mitsubishi.
HM-2
Designation used by Aviation of Brazilian Army[1]
H.12
(Thai: ฮ.๑๒) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70i.[13]
H.PD.1
(Thai: ฮ.ปด.๑) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70B-1.[13]
H.LL.5
(Thai: ฮ.ลล.๕) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the MH-60S.[13]

References

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  9. ^"Photo Library - Sikorsky WS-70 Blackhawk". APBIC, Air-Britain. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  10. ^Choudhury, Santanu (6 December 2014). "India Chooses Sikorsky for $1 Billion Military Helicopter Deal". Wall Street Journal.
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