Proving to be underpowered, the development of the S-60 led to the larger, turbine-engined Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe military transport helicopter, and its civil S-64 Skycrane variant, which were already on the drawing board by the time the sole example of the S-60 crashed on 3 April 1961.
Terbukti underpowered, pengembangan menyebabkan S-60 yang lebih besar, turbin bermesin helikopter transportasi militer Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe, dan yang S-64 Skycrane varian sipil, yang sudah di papan gambar pada saat satu-satunya contoh S-60 jatuh pada tanggal 3 April 1961.