Outsourcing America/President's Helicopters
The Pentagon has once again outsourced American jobs and this time it is for the Presidents fleet of Helicopters, from
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/business/28cnd-copter.html?hp&ex=1106974800&en=6ff90b663e4919ba&ei=5094&partner=homepage
"""The Pentagon today chose the Lockheed Martin Corporation and a group of international partners over an American-only team headed by the Sikorsky Aircraft Company to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters, perhaps the most prestigious aircraft contract in the world.
The $1.6 billion contract is not be the biggest ever handed out by the Pentagon, but it gives the winner global bragging rights and touches on the politically sensitive question of whether a president should be ferried around in a craft - known as Marine One when a president is aboard - that is made only in the United States or one that has some foreign parts, design and ownership.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/business/28cnd-copter.html?hp&ex=1106974800&en=6ff90b663e4919ba&ei=5094&partner=homepage
"""The Pentagon today chose the Lockheed Martin Corporation and a group of international partners over an American-only team headed by the Sikorsky Aircraft Company to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters, perhaps the most prestigious aircraft contract in the world.
The $1.6 billion contract is not be the biggest ever handed out by the Pentagon, but it gives the winner global bragging rights and touches on the politically sensitive question of whether a president should be ferried around in a craft - known as Marine One when a president is aboard - that is made only in the United States or one that has some foreign parts, design and ownership.
posted by Diane101 at Friday, January 28, 2005
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