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Default 02-01-2005, 09:00 PM

heres a partial list of the countries that will be working on the poject

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract with a total estimated value of $1,788,697,873 for the system development and demonstration of the Presidential helicopter replacement (VXX). The SDD phase will consist of engineering design and integration activities for the various communications, navigation, and mission systems required for the Presidential Helicopter support mission. It also includes a comprehensive test and evaluation program, as well as production of the five aircraft that will introduce the initial operational capability in fiscal year 2009. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (31 percent); Amarillo, Texas (27 percent); Yeovil, United Kingdom (21 percent); Agusta, Cascina Costa, Italy (15 percent); Lynn, Mass (3 percent); Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (1 percent); Grand Rapids, Mich. (1 percent); and Denton, Texas (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured by a request for proposals; two firms were solicited and two offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-05-C-0030).

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