Started development of next-generation presidential helicopter over 128 billion yen

The next presidential helicopter (common name:Marine OneThe US Navy, who was in the process of choosing a manufacturer to be responsible for the development of the helicopter manufacturing companySikorsky · AircraftAnnounced that it has chosen to be a development maker of the new Marine One. Marine One is the codename of the presidential helicopter used only when the president got in.

Navy awards presidential helicopter replacement contract | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation
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About 1.25 billion dollars (about 128 billion yen) will be paid to Sikorsky · Aircraft, which was chosen to develop Marine One, as a development fee, but contract form isFixed price incentive fee (FPIF)As a contract, "purchaser pays the actual cost within the upper limit price decided by the contract to the supplier" and not all the development costs given are used.

Navy led the next presidential helicopter projectDean · Peters"As a result of emphasizing development costs as much as the installed technology, we decided to choose Sikorsky for the development of Marine One," the plan filed by Sikorsky said, "Using development costs efficiently" It is the closest to our policy of cautious use of technology ", explaining why Sikorski was chosen as a developer of Marine One.


Sikorsky already developed aircraftS-92We plan to develop six helicopters for testing by introducing special equipment inside as the base. Four of them may be used for naval military operations.

In addition, the current US president helicopter currently owned by the US Marine Corps has 11 VH-3Ds and 8 VH-60N helicopters. The use of VH - 3D began in 1974, and VH - 60N was used since the 1980 's. The top of the image below shows VH - 3D and the other one is VH - 60N.


This is Marine One to take off from the White House, which was taken on 26th May 2013.

ByRon Cogswell

President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama who will board the currently operating Marine One. Completion of the new-type next-generation president helicopter has been completed in 2023, and it seems that the possibility that both will not ride a new Marine One is unlikely.

ByU. S. Embassy New Delhi