List of Sikorsky S-70 variants

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 ^[1]
• YEH-60B specialized radar and avionics^[1] UH-60A modified for the proposed Stand-Off Target Acquisition System including an underslung rotating sensor in a canoe fairing^[2]
• EUH-60L Army Airborne Command and Control^[1]
• GUH-60A non-flying Simulator^[3]
• JUH-60A Evaluation and testing craft^[3]
• YEH-60B prototype^[3]

CH-60S

Source:^[3]

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.^[4]

EH-60B

• EW prototype variant
• Stand-Off Target Acquisition System (SOTAS) prototype.^[4]

EH-60C

specialized equipment and antenna^[1]

• locate enemy signals traffic^[4]
• classify enemy signals traffic^[4]
• disrupt enemy signals traffic^[4]

HH-60

HH-60 Jayhawk

HH-60 Pave Hawk

HH-60D Nighthawk

Canceled SAR^[3]

• Night Vision Goggle capable cockpit^[2]
• In Flight Refuelling^[2]
• ESSS^[2]
• IR jammer^[2]
• HIRSS exhaust suppressor^[2]
• rotor de-icing^[2]
• color weather radar^[2]

HH-60G

Combat Rescue^[1]

HH-60L

Modified UH-60L medevac^[1]

HH-60M

Modified UH-60M medevac^[1] "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^[1] Modified avionics and navigation^[1] in flight refueling probe^[1] T700-GE-701^[1]

MH-60G

• Pave Hawk^[3]

MH-60K

in flight refueling probe^[1] terrain following radar^[1]

• extra internal tanks^[4]
• pylon-mounted auxiliary tanks from HH-60^[4]
• uprated engines^[4]
• CRT cockpit^[4]
• Texas Instruments^[2] FLIR^[4]
• In air refuelling<^[4]
• extra seating^[4]
• night vision imaging system^[2]
• moving map display^[2]
• OBOGS^[2]
• T700-GE-701C engines^[2]
• main rotor brake^[2]
• missile plume detection^[2]
• radar warning receiver^[2]
• chaff & flare dispenser^[2]
• IR jammer, radio jammer^[2]
• laser warning receiver^[2]

MH-60L

• 30mm chain gun^[1]
• 2.75" rocket pods^[1]
• M134D Gatling gun(door)^[1]

MH-60R

Converted SH-60B^[1]

MH-60S

• SH-60 base with UH-60 2nd cargo door restored^[1]
• combat SAR^[1]

MH-60T

• Improved Jayhawk^[3]

SH-60

SH-60F

• inside ASW search, parred down SH-60B^[2][3]

SH-60R

• Redesignated as MH-60R, later.^[3]

UH-60

• UH-60A RASCAL - Rotorcraft Air Crew System Concept^[1]
• UH-60C^[1]
• UH-60E^[1]
• UH-60Q Medevac Dustoff - became HH-60A^[1]

UH-60A

Source^[1]

• non assisted folding tail^[2]
• Exhaust suppression^[5]
• Tracor AN/ARN-148 Omega navigation system^[2]

UH-60B

• CRT cockpit^[2]
• New Engines^[2]

UH-60L

• T700-GE-701c^[1] 1940shp^[6]
• Revised Gearbox^[1]
• Revised Flight Control^[1]
• Electronics more emi resistant, particularly to German powerlines^[6]
• Instrumentation panel made NVG compatible^[6]

UH-60M

• New Avionics^[1]
• Composite Rotor w/ wider chord^[1]
• improved gearbox^[1]
• New cockpit instrumentation including IVHMS computer^[1]
• reinforced fuselage^[1]

UH-60V

• New avionics, UH-60L converted to glass cockpit. ^[1] 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.^[7]

VH-60

VH-60A

First designation for VH-60N^[2]

VH-60D

Night Hawk VIP transport^[1]

VH-60N

Presidential transport helicopter also known as Marine One^[1]

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^[1][8]

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.^[9]

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 government^[8]

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.^[10]

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.^[11][12] 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.^[11] The aircraft is capable of autonomous or fly-by-wire control and can be operated from a tablet-like device.^[11] 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.^[11] 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.^[11] 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.^[11] For direct engagements, the U-Hawk is designed to carry "launch quivers" of 24-50 "air-launched effects" munitions.^[11]

Non-US military designations

AH-60L

Australian export model never produced^[1]

AH-60L

Colombian Air Force Arpia III gunship version, equipped with FLIR, machine guns and rockets ^[1]

UH-60J

Designation used by JASDF and JMSDF^[1]

UH-60JA

Licence-built by Mitsubishi for JASDF and JMSDF^[1]

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^[1]

H.12

(Thai: ฮ.๑๒) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70i.^[13]

H.PD.1

(Thai: ฮ.ปด.๑) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the S-70B-1.^[13]

H.LL.5

(Thai: ฮ.ลล.๕) Royal Thai Armed Forces designation for the MH-60S.^[13]