Sikorsky S-92 (original) (raw)

The S-92 is a twin-engine medium-lift helicopter for the civil and military helicopter market developed from the S-70 Black Hawk. The military version was marketed as the H-92 Superhawk. The naval variant CH-148 Cyclone was ordered by Canada.

The mockup was first unveiled in 1992 and the prototype first flew on December 23, 1998.
First deliveries of the S-92A production model took place in 2004 and Sikorsky rolls out their 200th S-92 on 2013.

The S-92 GWE (Gross Weight Expansion) with an extra 1200 lbs / 544 kgs of payload begun operations in October 2015.

In 2016, the global fleet of 275 helicopters, surpassed the one million flight hours.

In March 2019 was launched the second generation S-72B optimized for offshore missions.