The $400M helicopter... with nuclear bomb proof kitchen
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The $400M helicopter... with nuclear bomb proof kitchen
Is this report accurate?
One of the new marine one EH-101 helicopters will cost more than the price of two of the existing Airforce One 747s???
Nuclear attack no time for a snack: Obama - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
This for adaption of an existing airframe!
Mickjoebill
One of the new marine one EH-101 helicopters will cost more than the price of two of the existing Airforce One 747s???
Nuclear attack no time for a snack: Obama - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
This for adaption of an existing airframe!
Mickjoebill
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"Mr Obama's comments come after he pledged to fight against "exotic projects that are years behind schedule and billions over budget" in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars service organisation."
Not to encourage thread drift , but what other rotary wing project falls into this catagory ?.
Not to encourage thread drift , but what other rotary wing project falls into this catagory ?.
The new helicopter was to be based on Lockheed's EH-101 aircraft, currently produced by a British-Italian partner
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To be fair to AW ( and even Bell Boeing ) there is only one recent Helicopter Procurement in the USA that has been on budget and on time. The Lakota .UH1 Whisky and Yankee are both late and overbudget , ARH Cancelled , Commanche Cancelled , CH53K now under a gag order . In fact the last succesful procurement before Lakota was Blackhawk. I don't believe that the most blame is with the manufacturer. Caveat Emptor .
They need to fix the process.
They need to fix the process.