洛克希德·马丁旗下的西科斯基公司于4月15日宣布，正式推出量产版“武装黑鹰”套件。该套件旨在扩展该机型的作战能力，使其能够涵盖空中机动突击、近距支援、医疗后送、情报监视与侦察（ISR）以及战术运输等多种任务。
模块化配置与灵活性
根据西科斯基公司的说明，UH-60（S-70）武装黑鹰的操作员可以在“近距支援”或“精确打击”这两种量产套件中进行选择。这些套件可在三小时内根据任务需求完成重新配置。相关能力可以在飞机生产初期进行集成，也可以在后期通过模块化武器挂翼进行升级。
火力配置方案
在这种配置下，每位飞行员可以操作安装在两个外部挂翼上的四个武器站。每个挂翼都可以配备12.7毫米固定机枪、7管或19管海德拉70火箭巢，或者空对地导弹。此外，飞行员还可以控制安装在机舱窗口的两挺向前射击的7.62毫米迷你机枪。
长期服役规划
这些新能力的开发是确保黑鹰直升机服役至2070年代的战略组成部分，旨在提供一支具备突击、运输和支援功能的现代化机队。西科斯基表示，这些套件可通过对外军事销售（FMS）或直接商业销售（DCS）渠道获得。对外军事销售由洛克希德·马丁公司支持，直接商业销售选项则由波兰的PZL Mielec提供支持。
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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