洛克希德·马丁旗下的西科斯基公司于4月15日宣布，正式推出“武装黑鹰”武器套件。这些新型套件旨在扩展该型直升机的作战能力，包括空中机动突击、近距离火力支援、医疗撤离（MEDEVAC）、情报监视与侦察（ISR）以及战术重型运输。
据公司介绍，UH-60（S-70）“武装黑鹰”的用户可从近距离支持或精确打击两种“生产就绪型套件”中进行选择。根据具体任务，这些套件可在三小时内完成重新配置。相关火力提升既可以在新机制造时集成，也可以随后通过模块化武器支架进行升级。
西科斯基副总裁兼总经理里奇·本顿表示：“新型‘武装黑鹰’套件让战士能够拥有一架全能战机：地面部队可以快速更换商用生产的套件，实现单一平台的角色转换。”
根据西科斯基的配置方案，每名飞行员可操作安装在两个外部机翼上的最多四个武器挂点。每个机翼可配备固定式12.7毫米机枪、7发或19发“九头蛇-70”火箭弹发射巢，或空对地导弹。此外，飞行员还可以控制安装在客舱窗口的两挺7.62毫米前射机枪。
这些新功能的推出是为了确保“黑鹰”直升机在2070年代前仍能保持高度的实战意义，提供涵盖突击、运输和支援的综合机队能力。西科斯基表示，该套件可通过对外军售（FMS）或直接商售（DCS）途径获得。
Sikorsky's new production-ready kits are intended to enable one Black Hawk aircraft to perform air-assault, close-support, medevac, ISR, and tactical lift missions. (Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company)
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, on 15 April announced the production of Sikorsky ‘Armed Black Hawk' kits designed to expand the aircraft's capabilities to include airmobile assault; close support; medical evacuation; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and tactical lift.
UH-60 (S-70) Armed Black Hawk operators will be able to select from close support or precision strike “production-ready kits”, which can be reconfigured in three hours contingent on the mission, according to the company. Tthe capabilities can be integrated at the onset or upgraded later via modular armament wings.
“The new Armed Black Hawk kits give warfighters one aircraft that can do it all: a single ... platform where ground units can quickly switch out the commercially-produced kits,” Sikorsky Vice President and General Manager Rich Benton said in a 15 April Sikorsky statement.
According to Sikorsky, the configuration enables each pilot to operate up to four weapon stations housed on two external wings. Each wing is capable of equipping a mix of a fixed 12.7 mm gun, 7 or 19‑shot Hydra 70 rocket pods, or air‑to‑ground missiles. The pilots can also control two forward-firing 7.62 mm miniguns mounted at the cabin windows, Sikorsky said.
The new capabilities are part of a push to ensure the Black Hawk remains in operation through the 2070s, delivering a fleet capable of assault, transport, and support functions.
Sikorksy said that the kits are available via Foreign Military Sale (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sale (DCS), with LMS backed by Lockheed Martin and DCS options backed by PZL Mielec in Poland.
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