CH-53K King Stallion
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The CH-53K King Stallion is a U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift cargo helicopter designed to carry larger payloads over longer distances with advanced avionics and improved performance compared to earlier CH-53 variants.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CH-53K King Stallion canonical | 2 |
| Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8405079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CH-53K King Stallion Context triple: [CH-53E Super Stallion, successor, CH-53K King Stallion]
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A.
CH-53 Sea Stallion
The CH-53 Sea Stallion is a heavy-lift military transport helicopter used primarily by the U.S. Marine Corps for troop movement, cargo transport, and assault support missions.
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B.
CH-53E Super Stallion
The CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift transport helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for moving troops, vehicles, and equipment in demanding combat and support operations.
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C.
CH-53G
The CH-53G is a heavy-lift military transport helicopter variant of the Sikorsky CH-53, operated primarily by Germany for tactical airlift and support missions.
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D.
CH-47F Chinook
The CH-47F Chinook is a modernized, twin-engine, tandem-rotor heavy-lift military helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo movement, and battlefield support operations.
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E.
CH-47 Chinook
The CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor heavy-lift military helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo movement, and battlefield support operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CH-53K King Stallion Target entity description: The CH-53K King Stallion is a U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift cargo helicopter designed to carry larger payloads over longer distances with advanced avionics and improved performance compared to earlier CH-53 variants.
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A.
CH-53 Sea Stallion
The CH-53 Sea Stallion is a heavy-lift military transport helicopter used primarily by the U.S. Marine Corps for troop movement, cargo transport, and assault support missions.
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B.
CH-53E Super Stallion
The CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift transport helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for moving troops, vehicles, and equipment in demanding combat and support operations.
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C.
CH-53G
The CH-53G is a heavy-lift military transport helicopter variant of the Sikorsky CH-53, operated primarily by Germany for tactical airlift and support missions.
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D.
CH-47F Chinook
The CH-47F Chinook is a modernized, twin-engine, tandem-rotor heavy-lift military helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo movement, and battlefield support operations.
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E.
CH-47 Chinook
The CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor heavy-lift military helicopter widely used for troop transport, cargo movement, and battlefield support operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy-lift cargo helicopter
ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ |
| avionics |
digital flight control system
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fly-by-wire flight controls ⓘ glass cockpit ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Sikorsky CH-53 family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canCarry |
external sling loads
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internal cargo ⓘ troops ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| cruiseSpeed | about 160 knots ⓘ |
| designedFor |
expeditionary operations
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operations in hot and high conditions ⓘ shipboard operations ⓘ |
| developmentStart | 2000s ⓘ |
| engineModel | General Electric T408 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| feature |
composite rotor blades
ⓘ
enhanced survivability systems ⓘ improved cargo handling system ⓘ triple-redundant fly-by-wire system ⓘ wider cabin than CH-53E ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2015-10-27 ⓘ |
| intendedOperator | Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 2022 ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 7 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sikorsky Aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumExternalLift |
27200 lb
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about 12300 kg ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight |
39000 kg
ⓘ
approximately 88000 lb ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | King Stallion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| predecessor | CH-53E Super Stallion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission | heavy equipment transport from ship to shore ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programName | CH-53K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| range | over 460 nautical miles ⓘ |
| role |
assault support
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cargo transport ⓘ heavy-lift transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| secondaryMission |
disaster relief
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humanitarian assistance ⓘ personnel recovery ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailRotorBlades | 4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CH-53K King Stallion Description of subject: The CH-53K King Stallion is a U.S. Marine Corps heavy-lift cargo helicopter designed to carry larger payloads over longer distances with advanced avionics and improved performance compared to earlier CH-53 variants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion