Rotorcraft
Sikorsky Shelves S-92B
Sikorsky maintains commitment to civil market while shelving, delaying upgrade programs.
Sikorsky S92A
(Photo: Ian Whelan)

Sikorsky senior executives continued to voice the company’s support of the civil market, even as they announced on Tuesday the shelving of the S-92B program and moved the anticipated certification date of its A+ upgrade for the helicopter into 2025, some three years later than originally planned.

As a result, deliveries of A+ kits ordered today would not happen until 2026. While several helicopters in the installed fleet of more than 300 S-92s have nearly reached their 30,000-hour life limit, Sikorsky has no plans to extend it. And, while Sikorsky continues to take orders for new S-92s, it cannot deliver one for at least two to three years.

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