USN VXX certification deadline pressured

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The US Navy (USN) says a “high-pressure scheduleâ€Â￾ to deliver the first next-generation presidential helicopter unit in fiscal year 2009 is being complicated by airworthiness certification demands and overlapping airframe and system development schedules, but that it is confident of avoiding potential logjams in delivering the Lockheed Martin/AgustaWestland VH-71A.



http://www.flightinternational.com/Article...+pressured.html

 

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The US Navy (USN) says a “high-pressure scheduleâ€Â￾ to deliver the first next-generation presidential helicopter unit in fiscal year 2009 is being complicated by airworthiness certification demands and overlapping airframe and system development schedules, but that it is confident of avoiding potential logjams in delivering the Lockheed Martin/AgustaWestland VH-71A.
http://www.flightinternational.com/Article...+pressured.html

wel the hell is Wrong with Sikorsky!? Can someone explain to me why in the HELL we need to go tot the Italians for our PRESIDENTIAL helicopter?
God, the leathernecks at HMX-1 HAVE GOT TO BE GOING NUTS OVER THIS!