This is a list of versions of the Sikorsky S-70 military helicopter family, that entered service starting in the 1979. It is in service with 35 countries globally, and is commonly known as the UH-60 Black Hawk, the name from its biggest user the United States Army. US military designations
YUH-60A prototype airframe YEH-60B specialized radar and avionics UH-60A modified for the proposed Stand-Off Target Acquisition System including an underslung rotating sensor in a canoe fairing EUH-60L Army Airborne Command and Control GUH-60A non-flying Simulator JUH-60A Evaluation and testing craft YEH-60B prototype
CH-60S Source:
EH-60
EH-60A
Specialized Jammer A UH-60A modified for evaluation pursuant to the Quick Fix II EW Program. It was prepared for an AN/ALQ-151 multi-role tactical EW system, four dipole antennae were mounted in pairs on either side of the tailboom, and a deployable whip antenna was added beneath the aft section of the main cabin. The YEH-60A was equipped with the AN/ALQ-144 infrared countermeasures set and flare & chaff launchers and the standard AN/APR-39(V)1 receiver.
EH-60B EW prototype variant Stand-Off Target Acquisition System (SOTAS) prototype.
EH-60C specialized equipment and antenna locate enemy signals traffic classify enemy signals traffic disrupt enemy signals traffic
HH-60
HH-60 Jayhawk
HH-60 Pave Hawk
HH-60D Nighthawk Canceled SAR Night Vision Goggle capable cockpit In Flight Refuelling ESSS IR jammer HIRSS exhaust suppressor rotor de-icing color weather radar
HH-60G Combat Rescue
HH-60L Modified UH-60L medevac
HH-60M Modified UH-60M medevac "M" does not stand for Medical/ Medevac HH-60W Modified version of the UH-60M for CSAR. Entered service in 2020.
MH-60
MH-60A FLIR Modified avionics and navigation in flight refueling probe T700-GE-701
MH-60G Pave Hawk
MH-60K in flight refueling probe terrain following radar extra internal tanks pylon-mounted auxiliary tanks from HH-60 uprated engines CRT cockpit Texas Instruments FLIR In air refuelling extra seating night vision imaging system moving map display OBOGS T700-GE-701C engines main rotor brake missile plume detection radar warning receiver chaff & flare dispenser IR jammer, radio jammer laser warning receiver
MH-60L 30mm chain gun 2.75" rocket pods M134D Gatling gun(door)
MH-60R Converted SH-60B
MH-60S SH-60 base with UH-60 2nd cargo door restored combat SAR
MH-60T Improved Jayhawk
SH-60
SH-60F inside ASW search, parred down SH-60B
SH-60R Redesignated as MH-60R, later.
UH-60 UH-60A RASCAL - Rotorcraft Air Crew System Concept UH-60C UH-60E UH-60Q Medevac Dustoff - became HH-60A
UH-60A
non assisted folding tail Exhaust suppression Tracor AN/ARN-148 Omega navigation system
UH-60B CRT cockpit New Engines
UH-60L T700-GE-701c 1940shp Revised Gearbox Revised Flight Control Electronics more emi resistant, particularly to German powerlines Instrumentation panel made NVG compatible
UH-60M New Avionics Composite Rotor w/ wider chord improved gearbox New cockpit instrumentation including IVHMS computer reinforced fuselage
UH-60V New avionics, UH-60L converted to glass cockpit. In February 2024, the Army announced it would cancel further plans to upgrade remaining UH-60L's to the UH-60V standard, in favor of acquiring more new production UH-60Ms to shore up the industrial base for UH-60 production.
VH-60 VH-60A First designation for VH-60N
VH-60D Night Hawk VIP transport
VH-60N Presidential transport helicopter also known as Marine One
Sikorsky internal model designations
S-70A The S-70A is Sikorsky's designation for Black Hawk models produced for export.
S-70A-1 Desert Hawk; variant for Saudi Arabian military S-70A-1L Saudi Desert Hawk Medevac variant
S-70A-5 Variant for Philippine Air Force
S-70A-9 Variant for Australian Army, licence-built by Hawker de Havilland
S-70A-11 Variant for Jordanian Air Force
S-70A-12 Search and rescue variant for Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
S-70A-14 Variant for Royal Brunei Air Force; one in civil use by the Government of Brunei
S-70A-16 Test model fitted with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engines
S-70A-17 Variant for Turkish military
S-70A-19 Designation for aircraft to be license-built by Westland Helicopters in the United Kingdom (Westland WS-70); most likely only one produced, registered as ZG468.
S-70A-21 Variant for Egyptian military
S-70A-24 Variant for Mexican military
S-70A-26 Variant for Moroccan military
S-70A-27 Variant for Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
S-70A-33 Variant for Brunei, used as civil transport by the governmentList of civil-registered Sikorsky S-70s in Brunei retrieved 17 October 2013
S-70A-42 Variant for Austrian Armed Forces
S-70B The S-70B (originally S-70L) is Sikorsky's designation for export versions of the Sea Hawk naval helicopter with folding main rotors and tail. India will acquire several S-70B for its navy.
S-70C S-70C Search and Rescue Variant for Republic of China Air Force
S-70C(M)-1/2 Export version for the Republic of China Navy, equipped with an undernose radar and a dipping sonar.
S-70i The S-70i is Sikorsky's designation of the UH-60M produced by PZL Mielec in Poland.
S-70 Unmanned Aircraft System ("U-Hawk") Modified UH-60L demonstrator converted into an uncrewed cargo drone by removing the cockpit and adding clamshell doors. The cockpit, pilot, and crew chief stations are removed allowing the full cabin space to be used for mission packages and increasing usable space by 25% compared to previous variants. The aircraft is capable of autonomous or fly-by-wire control and can be operated from a tablet-like device. It can self-deploy to a range of 1,600 nm with a total endurance of 14 hours without refueling; this can be extended through usage of internal fuel tanks. Payload capacity is 7,000 internal, 9,000 sling loaded, or 10,000 mixed, which is roughly comparable by weight to that of a crewed UH-60L. Configured for cargo, the aircraft can carry up to four Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (twice as much as standard UH-60 variants), or ammunition pods for the M270 and HIMARS rocket systems, or two canisters for the Naval Strike Missile. For direct engagements, the U-Hawk is designed to carry "launch quivers" of 24-50 "air-launched effects" munitions.
Non-US military designations
AH-60L Australian export model never produced
AH-60L Colombian Air Force Arpia III gunship version, equipped with FLIR, machine guns and rockets
UH-60J Designation used by JASDF and JMSDF
UH-60JA Licence-built by Mitsubishi for JASDF and JMSDF
SH-60J Japanese Version of SH-60B without Sonobuoy launcher. Licence-built by Mitsubishi for JMSDF.
SH-60K Upgraded from SH-60J (K stands for "Kai"), which has newer sensors and weapons. Manufactured by Mitsubishi.
HM-2 Designation used by Aviation of Brazilian Army
H.12 () Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70i.
H.PD.1 () Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70B-1.
H.LL.5 () Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the MH-60S.
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