Team US101 Comments On Decision
The US Navy has decided to delay its decision on selecting the
supplier for the new Marine One Presidential transport helicopter.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced it has indefinitely postponed
its decision on whether Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft or
challenger Lockheed Martin will clinch the high-profile
manufacturing deal. The Navy, which oversees the program, was
scheduled to announce its decision May 1, just four months after
receiving bids for the contract, which Sikorsky has held
exclusively since 1957. The competition between Sikorsky and
Lockheed Martin’s team, which includes European conglomerate
AgustaWestland, has become politically charged amid election year
debate over loss of American manufacturing to overseas markets.
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