
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Navy is awarding the contract for the next presidential helicopter in the weeks ahead, despite there being only one publicly known bidder in the competition. Capt. Dean Peters, the head of the presidential helicopter program office at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), said the service is concluding the process and will award the contract in May. “We are in the final stages of the approval process and the contract process and hope to be able to make…