Sikorsky Backlog a Record, but Sales Decline
Sikorsky president Mick Maurer said that the decrease in orders from the U.S. government was the main cause of the company's 9-percent drop in sales last year.
Sikorsky president Mick Maurer said that the decrease in orders from the U.S. government was the main cause of the company's 9-percent drop in sales last year.

For Sikorsky, 2013 was a mixed bag, according to company president Mick Maurer, who gave his company’s year-end summary presentation this morning. While the company reached a record backlog of more than $15 billion, it also recorded an 8-percent drop in sales, to $6.3 billion, the decrease driven largely by a drop-off in U.S. government orders on both the OEM side and the aftermarket side last year.