The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61.
O Exército designou o prototipo como YUH-60A e seleccionou ao Black Hawk como gañador do programa en 1976, despois de competir co Boeing Vertol YUH-61.