It's not just transportation, it's a Command and Control node for the president. If it's not close to him, it's amzing what has to be set up for the one and only CinC (and his staff).
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USMC Executive Flight Detachment (HMX-1 and Presidential Helo)
- Thread starter JZAB
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It's not just transportation, it's a Command and Control node for the president. If it's not close to him, it's amzing what has to be set up for the one and only CinC (and his staff).
http://www.thebudgetgraph.com/site/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1
For those interested in the budget talk above check out this link.
For those interested in the budget talk above check out this link.
Somehow, I envision the official USAF retort to a proposal along these lines to include the words "cold" and "hell" somewhere within a 25 page document - the first of which devoted largely to a ref list.
I'm sure they will make sure the Prez has a solid, safe ride.
(yes I know that this isn't the Prez's standard ride, nor is it going to replace the VH-3)phrogpilot73
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Hmm, I think you may be right - as my workload just increased about tenfold, and PDR tasks are put to the side temporarily...
xgrafcorex
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i know you posted it a few months ago, but i'm getting an error trying to look at that link. only the defense industry daily link worked..and to read the rest, i have to subscribe.
The LUH and ARH were supposed to be quick of the shelf purchases as well. We see how that is going. The Army had the ECS removed from the LUH. Now it is going to cost more to get it put back in. The Army isn't the smartest bunch when it comes to procurement.
Nothing about these problems are new. The difference is that "back in the day" the prices were small time (relatively speaking) compared to various fixed wing projects. All that changed (as our Army friends well know) with the death of the Comanche.
Having said that, -71 is uglier than most simply because of the eye-watering $$/airframe and the added political football of the EH-101 being a foreign-born aircraft.
Having said that, -71 is uglier than most simply because of the eye-watering $$/airframe and the added political football of the EH-101 being a foreign-born aircraft.
Official Navy News Release
Another Presidential Test Helicopter Takes to the Air
NAVAIR PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- Test Vehicle 3, the third helicopter built for the VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program, made its initial flight Feb. 27 in Yeovil, England marking the fourth helicopter to enter flight test.
TV-3 is due to arrive at the Presidential Helicopter Support Facility here on Mar. 17 and will then travel to Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, N.Y. for final assembly and mission systems integration. TV-3 will be the first vehicle tested that is outfitted with mission systems.
Once missionized TV-3 will join the other three test vehicles, TV-1, TV-2 and TV-5 already in flight testing that have accumulated more than 650 total hours of flight test.
As a missionized aircraft, TV-3 will be able to validate in-flight data, which has previously only been evaluated in laboratories. One additional test vehicle is scheduled for flight testing and missionization after TV-3 before the initial lot of production aircraft are delivered to Patuxent River.
With fuel system testing already complete, VH-71 flight test officials are currently concentrating on satellite communications and high-powered FM Radio testing with tail rotor and flight load survey testing on the horizon.
In addition to forward movement on flight testing of Increment 1 test vehicles, which currently meet or exceed all key performance parameters, a parallel and concurrent effort supporting the flight test program is the Systems Integration Lab currently operational at the Presidential Helicopter Support Facility.
The SIL consists of test benches used to evaluate individual subsystems currently in development. A larger SIL facility at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, NY includes a master systems bench -- a full-scale functional mockup of the VH-71 cockpit and cabin. The systems integration laboratories allow VH-71 program engineers to test VH-71 avionics and mission systems prior to installation aboard the aircraft.
Another Presidential Test Helicopter Takes to the Air
NAVAIR PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- Test Vehicle 3, the third helicopter built for the VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program, made its initial flight Feb. 27 in Yeovil, England marking the fourth helicopter to enter flight test.
TV-3 is due to arrive at the Presidential Helicopter Support Facility here on Mar. 17 and will then travel to Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, N.Y. for final assembly and mission systems integration. TV-3 will be the first vehicle tested that is outfitted with mission systems.
Once missionized TV-3 will join the other three test vehicles, TV-1, TV-2 and TV-5 already in flight testing that have accumulated more than 650 total hours of flight test.
As a missionized aircraft, TV-3 will be able to validate in-flight data, which has previously only been evaluated in laboratories. One additional test vehicle is scheduled for flight testing and missionization after TV-3 before the initial lot of production aircraft are delivered to Patuxent River.
With fuel system testing already complete, VH-71 flight test officials are currently concentrating on satellite communications and high-powered FM Radio testing with tail rotor and flight load survey testing on the horizon.
In addition to forward movement on flight testing of Increment 1 test vehicles, which currently meet or exceed all key performance parameters, a parallel and concurrent effort supporting the flight test program is the Systems Integration Lab currently operational at the Presidential Helicopter Support Facility.
The SIL consists of test benches used to evaluate individual subsystems currently in development. A larger SIL facility at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, NY includes a master systems bench -- a full-scale functional mockup of the VH-71 cockpit and cabin. The systems integration laboratories allow VH-71 program engineers to test VH-71 avionics and mission systems prior to installation aboard the aircraft.