By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress said he wants officials working on the over-budget VH-71 presidential helicopter replacement program to justify its continuation on Capitol Hill. House Armed Services Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) said he has asked committee staff to arrange a hearing that would include representatives from Sikorsky [UTX], which made the current presidential helicopter, and the Lockheed Martin [LMT]- Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-AgustaWestland team building the replacement VH-71…
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