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Lockheed Successfully Tests Future VH-92A Presidential Helicopter

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 15th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully flight tested its VH-92A helicopter on July 28, signaling a major step towards becoming the next Marine One aircraft used to transport the president.The company’s Sikorsky VH-92A will enter service in 2020, after signing a $1.24 billion contract in May 2014 to produce two test aircraft and four production aircraft as part of the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program.Two flights were conducted at the Sikorsky plant in Stratford, Connecticut, according to a Lockheed statement on Aug. 3.…

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