Sikorsky Flight Tests UH-60 Armed Black Hawk | Aviation

Offering some attack capability to the utility helicopter, the Armed Black Hawk is basically  a kit that can be strapped on existing operational or fresh production units.

Sikorsky has released a video of the UH-60 Armed Black Hawk, undergoing weapons-firing and validation drills at Yuma in Arizona, with the highlight being the chopper firing an AGM-114 Hellfire missile. Also carrying two-types of fixed forward-facing Gatling guns, the helicopter is shown engaging a variety of ground targets with the onboard weapons in the video.

The version has been rarely spotted since it was introduced and the video gives an interesting glimpse into the heavy strike capabilities that an upgunned Black Hawk can bring down to bear. Introduced to provide some of the attack helicopter capability to the widely-used utility helicopter, the Armed Black Hawk is basically a kit that can be strapped on existing Black Hawks or fresh production units.

The UH-60 Armed Black Hawk was developed by the UAE’s Abu Dhabi-based AMMROC (Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) and unveiled for the first time during an event on Jan. 22, 2019. Janes quoted Emirati reports saying that six Black Hawks have been modified for the purpose.