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Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. [1] As of 2024, it denotes a presidential transport helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One ( HMX-1 ) "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large new VH-92A Patriot and smaller VH-60N "White Hawk" .
VXX, officially the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program, is a procurement program to replace aging Marine One helicopters that transport the President of the United States. The current VH-3 helicopters have aging airframes, having entered service with United States Marine Corps Marine Helicopter Squadron One ( HMX-1 ) in 1963.
The Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92 Patriot [4] is an American helicopter operated in the United States Marine Corps' Marine One U.S. presidential transport fleet. It is a militarized variant of the Sikorsky S-92 and is larger than the former Marine One helicopters.
Three years after delays and cost overruns put an end to plans to replace the fleet of Marine One helicopters that ferry President Obama from place to place, the U.S. Navy's controversial VXX ...
An AW101 undergoing VH-71 testing near the Lockheed facility in Owego, New York. Delays and engineering issues plagued the VH-71's development. [31] By 2007, the estimated cost of developing and modifying the aircraft had risen by 40% to $2.4 billion and had passed the $4.2 billion expected for the production of the fleet. [32]
After the cancellation, the delivered helicopters were sold to Canada for $164 million, where they were used as source of spare parts for its fleet of AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant search-and-rescue helicopters. Separately, the Marine Corps had also conducted studies into the adoption of the EH101 as a fall-back option to the Bell-Boeing V-22 ...
HRS-1 Chickasaw Cargo helicopter; CH-43 Choctaw Cargo helicopter; CH-3 Sea King Cargo helicopter; UH-1N Twin Huey Utility helicopter; UH-1D/H Iroqouis "Huey" Utility helicopter; AH-1 Cobra "HueyCobra" Attack helicopter; VH-71 Kestrel replacement for Marine One VH-3D Sea King and VH-60N Nighthawk was cancelled in 2009; Mastiv RPV system UAV; RQ ...
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