Navy looks to enter five-year block buy for CH-53K engines

By Nick Wilson / March 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
The Navy's fiscal year 2025 budget request looks to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for CH-53K helicopter engines in a five-year deal expected to save approximately $125 million, according to budget documents . Published Monday, the budget request aims to purchase up to 321 engines from FY-25 to FY-29 for the King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter program under this five-year, fixed-price contract. The total contract costs will amount to about $1.7 billion, according to the document. “This MYP strategy has...

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