---
title: "The H-60 Black Hawk Gunship Evolves With New Wings And Weapons"
date: "2026-04-20"
modified: "2026-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
  - name: "Jamie Hunter"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/jamie-hunter.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/air/the-h-60-black-hawk-gunship-evolves-with-new-wings-and-weapons"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "H-60"
  - "Helicopters"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Video"
tags:
  - "Army Aviation Warfighting Summit 2026"
---

# The H-60 Black Hawk Gunship Evolves With New Wings And Weapons

![Armed Black Hawk is shown off with new wings and weapons.](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/UH-60-stub-wings-werapons.jpg>)
*TWZ*

Sikorsky unveiled a new incarnation of its Armed Black Hawk helicopter at the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit in Nashville last week. *TWZ's* Jamie Hunter spoke with Sikorsky's Matt Isaacson about how this expands mission sets and provides greater flexibility for the Black Hawk, while minimizing the need for separate types with an air arm's H-60/S-70 fleet.

​Check out our full tour of the aircraft and its weapons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwfg2ZYlgs

*Contact the author: tyler@twz.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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