Aircraft Data Sheet: WS-70 Blackhawk (1987)

First flight:
Rotor diameter:	16.36m/53ft 8ins
Length:	19.76m/63ft 8ins
Max weight:	9,979kg/22,000lb
Max speed:	293kph/158knots
Power:	Two 1,870shp/1,394kW, General Electric T-700-GE-701C turboshafts
Accommodation:	Two crew plus 20 troops
No Built:	One example built

A direct result of the Sikorsky association was an agreement that Westland would build the Blackhawk under licence, for supply to a Middle-East customer. A single aircraft was built and flown, but events were overtaken by the outbreak of the Gulf War after which the requirement had changed.