Aircraft
Paris 2011: Sikorsky S-70i, Cyclone Lead International Push
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (Hall 3 D108) is displaying two helicopters at this year’s Paris Air Show that are key to expanding the company’s international footprint, executives said. The S-70i Black Hawk, exhibited outside the United Technologies Corp. chalet A344, is making its first appearance at a major international airshow. On the static line (F210) is the CH-148 Cyclone multi-mission helicopter Sikorsky is building for the Canadian Forces, another Paris debut.

First deliveries of the S-70i, a lower cost Black Hawk derivative assembled at Sikorsky’s PZL Mielec facility in Poland, are set to begin in the next several weeks to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior. The aircraft on display is one of six assembled and flight-tested to date at PZL Mielec, which Sikorsky acquired in March 2007.