It just ain’t gonna happen….
The last 15 years efforts to replace the OLD Sikorsky choppers have failed TWICE….
Costing US taxpayers roughly $2 Billion….
It REALLY is HUGE waste of money and time….
And shows the American Government at its worst….
All the President needs is helicopter to take him from point A to point B….
All the fancy stuff is unnecessary ….
And?
The same situation goes for the Air Force One replacement….
Which is ANOTHER few Billion of failure to get into service….
The new presidential helicopter has been demoted to backup duty because Lockheed Martin Corp. still can’t figure out how to keep it from scorching the White House’s South Lawn.
The VH-92 Patriot is landing only on paved runways for now, flying missions with White House officials or Secret Service staff instead of carrying President Joe Biden. The problem is down to an issue first identified in 2018 — the helicopter’s spinning rotors and engine exhaust sometimes scorch the grass where it lands….
Note….
Silly question?
WTF don’t they just build a DECK for the thing to land on?????
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