In what would be a dramatic change, the Pentagon may have all of the new VH-71 presidential helicopters built overseas, dropping plans to build of most of them in the United States, InsideDefense.com has learned. A team comprised of Lockheed Martin, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron won the VH-71 contract in 2005, besting Connecticut-based Sikorsky, the incumbent maker of presidential helicopters. The VH-71 has been described as a U.S. version of the EH-101, which AgustaWestland builds in the United Kingdom...
