# 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
* 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

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### 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-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

Source
* 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

### 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); none produced

#### 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

#### 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.

## 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