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2018-09-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Air Force awards $2.4B contract for new helicopters to guard nukes

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ...Yeah, THAT was only about 15 years overdue. And expect the Usual Suspects to throw a hissy and drag this out another couple years while the birds deteriorate even further.

If SAC were still around we'd have had them in service PDQ.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-09-26 05:14|| 2018-09-26 05:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I look for the contract to be a consolidation prize to Boeing in compensation for big LM numbers.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-26 09:20|| 2018-09-26 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Kinda pricey at $28.3M each. The support package better last into the next century. UH-60M/S-70 is about $12M each to the Army and 50% more powerful, not to mention more damage resistant. Maybe the Italians are pricing in leather pilots' seats.

Posted by Snakes Peacock6563 2018-09-26 09:43|| 2018-09-26 09:43|| Front Page Top

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