Lockheed’s Prez Helo VH-92 DROPS In Cost, But…

Lockheed’s Prez Helo VH-92 DROPS In Cost, But…
Lockheed’s Prez Helo VH-92 DROPS In Cost, But…

Wait for it — the costs of Lockheed Martin’s Presidential Helicopter Replacement program, known as the VH-92, have come down 2.4 percent, about $123 million to $5.06 billion, and it appears on schedule. But — you knew there’d be a but.

Marine One, Take 2: No New Bright Ideas!

Marine One, Take 2: No New Bright Ideas!
Marine One, Take 2: No New Bright Ideas!

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.: The new presidential helicopter made its first flight in December, the Marine Corps colonel in charge of the program revealed this morning. That was only seven months after contract award, a stark contrast to the multi-year delays that killed the previous program, the VH-71. But don’t get too excited. No miracles are…

The Pentagon’s 12 Deadly Sins, Or How DoD Blew an Historic Chance To Recapitalize

Washington: Lists can be fun and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments issued a doozie today, listing the dozen big programs killed by the Pentagon and their value at time of death. “Over the past decade at least a dozen major programs were terminated without any operational systems being fielded. The sunk cost of…