Presidential Helicopter Support Facility Eyeball

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29 June 2008

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FIRST TEST VEHICLE ARRIVES -- The first VH-71 Presidential Helicopter test vehicle lands at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Nov. 2, 2005. Test vehicle one is being used to train pilots and maintainers with the new platform. In the background is the framing of the new Presidential Helicopter hangar and support facility. U.S. Navy photo by Jim Jenkins.
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http://midatlantic.construction.com/news/industry/archive/0504.asp
April 2005
Hensel Phelps Lands $84.4 Million Naval Contract
CHANTILLY, VA - Hensel Phelps Construction of Chantilly, Va., was recently awarded the $84.4 million design-build contract for the new Presidential Helicopter Support Facility at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland.
The project represents one of the largest construction projects in the Navy base's history. It will house the Marine Corps' new Marine One Helicopter Squadron. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 2006.
The 213,000-sq.-ft. support facility will include a hangar deck, stripping and painting aircraft areas, parking apron, taxiway access and an adjoined support building. Located on a separate site, a new Air Traffic Control Tower will be constructed along with a small building renovation.
The project architects are Giuliani Associates Architects of Washington, D.C., and HNTB Architecture of Washington. Thornton Tomasetti-Cutts of Washington, D.C. is the structural engineer. M.C. Dean of Dulles, Va., is the electrical engineer and Southland Industries of Dulles is the mechanical engineer.
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First Presidential Test Helo Arrives at Pax River
FUTURE MARINE ONE – The first VH-71 Presidential
Helicopter test vehicle taxis in front of the new air traffic control tower
being built to help augment the requirements needed to test and evaluate
the Presidential Helicopter program’s aircraft. U.S. Navy photo by Jim Jenkins.
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The facility was constructed to support testing and deployement of the new presidential helicopter, VH-71 Kestrel, a variant of the AgustaWestland EH101, is being developed to replace the United States Marine Corps' Marine One Presidential transport fleet. It is being produced by the Lockheed Martin-led "US101 Team" of Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter.

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http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/airforce/VH-71_Begins_US_Flight_Testing100014761.php
VH-71 Begins US Flight Testing
Jan 11, 2008
Patuxent River, Md.: The first two VH-71 helicopters built for the President of the United States have entered the flight test phase with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
The Navy-owned test vehicles, TV-2 and TV-5, arrived at NAS Patuxent River in November and December, respectively, aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane from AgustaWestland’s facility in Yeovil, England. The government and industry integrated test team will use the aircraft primarily for structural and propulsion testing, and pilot training.
TV-2 and TV-5 are the first of four test aircraft built for the initial phase of the VH-71 program known as Increment One.
Two more Increment One aircraft, TV-3 and TV-4, will undergo additional assembly and missionization at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, NY prior to being transferred to NAS Patuxent River this year for testing of the avionics and mission systems.

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Presidential Helicopter Support Facility

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Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD
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This might be a VH-71 or TV1 at Patuxent.
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http://pao.navair.navy.mil/press_releases/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&Press_release_id=3380&site_id=25 FIRST TEST VEHICLE ARRIVES -- The first VH-71 Presidential Helicopter test vehicle lands at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Nov. 2, 2005. Test vehicle one is being used to train pilots and maintainers with the new platform. In the background is the framing of the new Presidential Helicopter hangar and support facility. U.S. Navy photo by Jim Jenkins. Above and Below Hi-rez Source
http://midatlantic.construction.com/news/industry/archive/0504.asp April 2005 Hensel Phelps Lands $84.4 Million Naval Contract CHANTILLY, VA - Hensel Phelps Construction of Chantilly, Va., was recently awarded the $84.4 million design-build contract for the new Presidential Helicopter Support Facility at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. The project represents one of the largest construction projects in the Navy base's history. It will house the Marine Corps' new Marine One Helicopter Squadron. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 2006. The 213,000-sq.-ft. support facility will include a hangar deck, stripping and painting aircraft areas, parking apron, taxiway access and an adjoined support building. Located on a separate site, a new Air Traffic Control Tower will be constructed along with a small building renovation. The project architects are Giuliani Associates Architects of Washington, D.C., and HNTB Architecture of Washington. Thornton Tomasetti-Cutts of Washington, D.C. is the structural engineer. M.C. Dean of Dulles, Va., is the electrical engineer and Southland Industries of Dulles is the mechanical engineer. Hi-rez First Presidential Test Helo Arrives at Pax River FUTURE MARINE ONE – The first VH-71 Presidential Helicopter test vehicle taxis in front of the new air traffic control tower being built to help augment the requirements needed to test and evaluate the Presidential Helicopter program’s aircraft. U.S. Navy photo by Jim Jenkins. __________ The facility was constructed to support testing and deployement of the new presidential helicopter, VH-71 Kestrel, a variant of the AgustaWestland EH101, is being developed to replace the United States Marine Corps' Marine One Presidential transport fleet. It is being produced by the Lockheed Martin-led "US101 Team" of Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter.
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Source http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/airforce/VH-71_Begins_US_Flight_Testing100014761.php VH-71 Begins US Flight Testing Jan 11, 2008 Patuxent River, Md.: The first two VH-71 helicopters built for the President of the United States have entered the flight test phase with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The Navy-owned test vehicles, TV-2 and TV-5, arrived at NAS Patuxent River in November and December, respectively, aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane from AgustaWestland’s facility in Yeovil, England. The government and industry integrated test team will use the aircraft primarily for structural and propulsion testing, and pilot training. TV-2 and TV-5 are the first of four test aircraft built for the initial phase of the VH-71 program known as Increment One. Two more Increment One aircraft, TV-3 and TV-4, will undergo additional assembly and missionization at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, NY prior to being transferred to NAS Patuxent River this year for testing of the avionics and mission systems.
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