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New Marine One Axed
he Obama Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2010 defense budget ends funding for the controversial Presidential helicopter replacement program, the cost of which had ballooned to $13 billion for 28 VH-71 Kestrels. The VH-71 was based on a highly modified version of the three-engine AgustaWestland EH101, with Lockheed Martin serving as the prime contractor and system integrator and Bell as a maintenance subcontractor.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged that the current fleet of 30-year-old Sikorsky VH-3s that fly the President and other VIPs must be replaced, and he promised that the Pentagon would develop options for the FY11 budget.
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