STRATFORD, CT -- The 5,000th Black Hawk will join the assembly line at Sikorsky's sprawling production facility here later this year. It's a major milestone for a program that may have few of them left: The Army's final multiyear Black Hawk procurement order is scheduled to end in 2027, Sikorsky President Paul Lemmo told reporters Wednesday. In place of the Black Hawk, the Army intends to field the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, a contract for which Sikorsky is competing alongside...
