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03-01-2009, 08:52 PM
According to the article an entire file of "Marine One" Obama's presidential helicopter were found in Tehran Iran.
Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, said, ”We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One,which is the president's helicopter."
The company was able to trace the file back to its original source.
"What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, MD had a file sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One," Boback said.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18818589/detail.html
Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, said, ”We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One,which is the president's helicopter."
The company was able to trace the file back to its original source.
"What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, MD had a file sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One," Boback said.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18818589/detail.html
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03-01-2009, 09:44 PM
Is this what you are referring to?
WASHINGTON -- Although it stands ready and willing, Sikorsky Aircraft won't likely get a chance to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters despite massive cost overruns plaguing the current program, aerospace analysts say. In 2005, the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a fleet of 28 presidential helicopters at an estimated cost of $6.1 billion.
Since then, the price tag has jumped to $11.2 billion.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., raised the issue last week with President Barack Obama, noting that the new helicopter would cost as much as Air Force One.
Obama offered that the current Sikorsky presidential helicopter seemed "perfectly adequate" to him and acknowledged the $11.2 billion price tag is "an example of the procurement process gone amok." Obama vowed "to fix it," but exactly what that will mean for the current Lockheed Martin program or for Sikorsky remains to be seen.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNN that he had discussed the Marine One program with the president two weeks ago and both were surprised at the cost.
"The president talked to the secretary of defense and, I think, as he said to Sen. McCain, we don't need any new helicopters at the White House," Gibbs said.
The message to Defense Secretary Robert Gates was that the contract should be on hold.
http://www.connpost.com/ci_11808240?source=rss
WASHINGTON -- Although it stands ready and willing, Sikorsky Aircraft won't likely get a chance to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters despite massive cost overruns plaguing the current program, aerospace analysts say. In 2005, the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a fleet of 28 presidential helicopters at an estimated cost of $6.1 billion.
Since then, the price tag has jumped to $11.2 billion.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., raised the issue last week with President Barack Obama, noting that the new helicopter would cost as much as Air Force One.
Obama offered that the current Sikorsky presidential helicopter seemed "perfectly adequate" to him and acknowledged the $11.2 billion price tag is "an example of the procurement process gone amok." Obama vowed "to fix it," but exactly what that will mean for the current Lockheed Martin program or for Sikorsky remains to be seen.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNN that he had discussed the Marine One program with the president two weeks ago and both were surprised at the cost.
"The president talked to the secretary of defense and, I think, as he said to Sen. McCain, we don't need any new helicopters at the White House," Gibbs said.
The message to Defense Secretary Robert Gates was that the contract should be on hold.
http://www.connpost.com/ci_11808240?source=rss
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