The CH-53K is the United States Marine Corps’ heavy lift replacement for the CH-53E. The most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense, the CH-53K is a new-build helicopter that will expand the fleet’s ability to move more material, more rapidly throughout the area of responsibility using proven and mature technologies.
The current recurring flyaway cost for the CH-53K is just under $91.6 million per aircraft, Maj. Jay Hernandez, a Marine Corps spokesman, told Marine Corps Times. For comparison, the F-35′s current recurring flyaway cost is $77.9 million per aircraft. The goal is to eventually get that cost down to $87 million per aircraft ― the price that the Corps expected to pay in 2017.
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