Helikopter - Obama får ny maskin

Muligens OK å fly i denne fra Det Hvite Hus til Dulles, men støyen fra denne helikoptertypen skaper store problemer her til lands rundt Sola og Flesland. Maskinen er etter min mening feilkonstruert. Den burde hatt 5 hovedrotorblader. Sikorsky har hatt problemer med leveransen av tilsvarende helikoptertype til Canada. Også denne gang må Sikorsky være forberedt på problemer, noe som skjedde under den første runden med presidenthelikoptrene som ble vunnet av Agusta Westland med AW101. Spec`en ble stadig endret og presidenten selv stoppet prosjektet. Nå er kontrakten spesielt tilrettelagt for Sikorsky. Kanskje AW kan være glade for det.

Sikorsky Aircraft lands $1.24 billion deal to build presidential helicopters


The U.S. Navy on Thursday announced Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. with facilities just west the Chester County Airport in Sadsbury, has been selected to build the next fleet of Marine One helicopters for the use by the president of United States.

With the selection comes a $1.24 billion engineering and manufacturing development contract to modify, test and deliver six FAA-certified S-92 helicopters and two trainer simulators to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Covering a period of performance into late 2020, the fixed-price incentive firm contract is the initial step to providing by 2023 a VXX presidential helicopter replacement fleet totaling 21 operational aircraft.

"We are honored by this news and the vote of confidence in the Sikorsky team and the proven S-92 platform," said Sikorsky President Mick Maurer in a news release. "For 57 years, our company has been trusted with the critical responsibility of building and supporting a safe and reliable helicopter fleet for the president of the United States. We are proud of our record and the bright future for our company. We stand ready to deliver the next Marine One, the world's most advanced executive transport