Black Hawks boost Ct.'s Sikorsky in post-9/11 wars

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — America's wars since the Sept. 11 attacks have been a boon for Connecticut's Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., the maker of Black Hawk helicopters.

The U.S. military has relied heavily on the workhorse helicopters to strike targets and ferry troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sikorsky's global sales more than doubled in five years — to $6.7 billion in 2010 — largely because of military business that includes the …