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The four engineering development model\u00a0helicopters have completed more than 450 flight hours in testing at Sikorky&#8217;s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach.<br\/><br\/> The Marine Corps plans to buy 200 CH-53K, manufactured by Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky, to replace the CH-53E Super Stallion and are predicted to be able to lift three times as much with a 12-inch-wider cabin, according to Sikorsky. The first six of the 200 are under contract and scheduled to start delivery next year, Lockheed Martin said.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acquisition program is under heavy scrutiny from Congress as its total cost has increased from $26.1 billion to $27.7 billion as of April, <a class=\"\" title=\"Link: null\">according to Defense News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This increase in causing Marine Corps officials to struggle to put the program in context when the Air Force\u2019s largest aircraft program, the F-35, is predicted to cost less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Defense News reported that Col. Hank Vanderborght, program manager for U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy heavy lift helicopters, said the program saw a 21 percent increase since 2006\u2019s baseline. 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