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It was only a few years ago that the Department of Defense (DoD) seemed almost incapable of bringing a new rotary wing program to fruition. In rapid succession three major new procurements were terminated: the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, the VXX Presidential Helicopter and the Combat Search
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Date:
11/13/2012
In April, 2009 as part of his effort to change the culture in the Department of Defense, Secretary Robert Gates cancelled the competition for the VH-71, a new presidential helicopter. The preceding competition produced a vehicle that was overdesigned and way overpriced. As Gates said at the time,
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Date:
5/5/2011
The Boeing Company disclosed today that it intends to be a bidder in the competition to build a next-generation presidential helicopter. It said it had purchased the rights to build a domestic version of the AgustaWestland EH101 helicopter -- the same rotorcraft that Lockheed Martin offered in
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Date:
6/7/2010
Last April, the Secretary of Defense canceled the program to acquire a new generation of presidential helicopters. The cost of the program had skyrocketed largely as a result of requirements added on to the program after the contract had been awarded. The vehicles themselves, the US101, based on
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Date:
3/15/2010


