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Presidential VH-92A Helicopter On Track To Complete Development

By Woodrow Bellamy III

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

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Later in 2018, the VH-92A presidential helicopter program will complete an operations assessment before heading to a decision in mid-2019 on whether to proceed to the acquisition phase of the program, the Marine Corps officer managing the program said the week of April 8.Negotiations are ongoing to acquire 21 total helicopters, contingent on the VH-92A achieving milestone C status, Col. Eric Ropella, the program manager, said in a briefing at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference at National Harbor in…

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