WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- The Navy will announce the winner of the VXX presidential helicopter competition on Wednesday, a service official said May 5. "The contract award will be announced on Wednesday," Rear Adm. Cindy Jaynes, program executive officer for air anti-submarine warfare, assault and special mission programs, told reporters here. "So stand by." A Sikorksy-Lockheed Martin team remains the sole bidder for the VXX program, as Boeing, a separate Bell-Boeing team and a Northrop Grumman-AgustaWestland team dropped out...
