FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- The first flight of the Marine Corps' CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter has been delayed until next year, Inside the Navy has learned. Samir Mehta, president of defense systems and services for CH-53K manufacturer Sikorsky, confirmed in an interview here on Tuesday that the target date for the flight has been delayed from late 2014 to the first half of 2015. The program has recently been hit by delays in producing and retesting some modified main rotor gearbox...
