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Rep. Bartlett Says VH-71 Contractor Wants To Build 14 Aircraft Under Fixed Price Contract

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Friday, June 5th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein and Emelie Rutherford Just days after the Navy officially ended Lockheed Martin's [LMT] VH-71 helicopter program, one lawmaker is hoping to salvage the effort with a proposal to build 14 of the Increment I aircraft under a fixed-price contract. Additionally, there is now a question as to whether Defense Secretary Robert Gates had the power to terminate the presidential helicopter effort, said Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R- Md.). Bartlett, a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC),…

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