Presidential helo builder chosen.On 28 January January: see month. the Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. was selected to build the new presidential helicopter helicopter, type of aircraft in which lift is obtained by means of one or more power-driven horizontal propellers called rotors. When the rotor of a helicopter turns it produces reaction torque which tends to make the craft spin also. (VXX). The Navy had previously identified the Sikorsky S-92 and the Lockheed Martin US-101 as the two inproduction aircraft types that would meet the requirements for a new presidential helicopter, and evaluated proposals from both companies. The VXX program will add new systems to the US-101 medium-lift helicopter, right, providing significant technology and performance improvements for the presidential helicopter fleet. The $1.7 billion contract will begin the program's system development and demonstration phase, and initial operating capability Noun 1. operating capability - the capability of a technological system to perform as intended performance capability capability, capableness - the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his for VXX is expected in FY2009. |
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