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Tender for the new helicopter of US' presidential helicopter restarted

Washington, USA - AgustaWestland-Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky and Boeing compete for the contract

The US Navy restarted the VXX Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program by issuing a final request for proposals. The interested firms have to respond by August 1st, 2013. The Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) said that it intends to award a fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract with production options by mid-2014. During the EMD phase, the winning contractor...

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Rome, Italy, 05/23/2013 11:44
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