Flying high: Lockheed wins presidential helicopter contract

The Washington Post
January 29, 2005 Saturday
SECTION: Metro; B03
HEADLINE: Metro; In Brief
THE REGION
....MARYLAND
....The U.S. Navy awarded a $40 million contract to a Chantilly firm to
build
a facility for construction of presidential helicopters at the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station in St. Mary's County, officials said yesterday.
Hensel Phelps Construction Co. will build the hangar facility and
Lockheed
Martin was given $1.7 billion to build 23 helicopters for the Marine
Corps,
said the office of Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.). Hoyer said that it was
one
of the largest construction projects in the Navy base's history and
that the
funding was a "very significant milestone" toward getting the facility
built. The Marine Helicopter Squadron transports the president, vice
president, other White House officials and foreign leaders. The two
types of
helicopters in the squadron need to be improved and receive updated
technology, Hoyer's office said...

Mike
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