Sentence examples for helicopter program from inspiring English sources

Demise of Helicopter Program Means Hundreds of Jobs Lost in Owego, N.Y.

Last year, it lost a $39 billion Pentagon contract when the Comanche helicopter program was cancelled.

A1 Helicopter Program Is Cut The Pentagon announced the cancellation of the $38 billion Comanche helicopter program, a weapons system from the cold war era that was behind in development and became victim to rising concerns over military costs.

And we're going to have to fix it". Thus began the swift demise of the presidential helicopter program -- and with it the economic hopes of Owego.

Government sources said the Defense Department was canceling the multibillion-dollar RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program being developed by United Technologies and Boeing.

The helicopter program, initiated by the Bush administration after the terrorist attacks in 2001, had long been plagued by delays and cost overruns.

The hospital was justly proud of its Medevac helicopter program, burn and trauma units and no-expense-spared children's hospital, which opens this summer.

"This is not your typical factory," said Scot Magill, Tucson deployment production manager, who spent 29 years on the Apache helicopter program before joining SBInet.

But many observers say the helicopter program lacks widespread support in Congress that many other weapons have and the Pentagon may not have a difficult time scrapping it.

"He said, 'Yep.' " The Obama administration had promised sweeping reforms to clean up the Defense Department's contracting process, and the over-budget and behind-schedule helicopter program was an obvious target.

27: Lockheed Martin dismisses 225 in New York; cites lost business for Presidential Helicopter Program.