Poland’s national police force has received its fifth Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk – the final helicopter from a 2022 order for two examples.

Built by Sikorsky’s Polish subsidiary PZL Mielec, the helicopters will be flown by the police service’s aviation unit.

PZL Mielec acceptance-c-Sikorsky

Source: Sikorsky

S-70i was accepted by the commander-in-chief of the Polish National Police, Major General Marek Boron (right)

Delivered in a full operational configuration, the contract also includes spare parts, ground support equipment and training.

Since their introduction to Polish police service in 2019, the Black Hawks have been used for counter-terrorism, search and rescue, border patrol, and disaster response missions.

Acceptance of the final helicopter by the police service marks the second contract to be completed in Poland by PZL Mielec in less than a month: on 19 November it handed over the final two of eight S-70is to the Polish armed forces.

Dominic Perry is deputy editor of Flight International but also contributes extensively to flightglobal.com. Although specialising in the coverage of the helicopter industry, he has written on most topics in aerospace – be they commercial, defence or business aviation. In addition, there has been an increasing focus on the decarbonisation of the industry and zero-emission flight initiatives.View full Profile

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