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Defense still shops Sikorsky view story
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
PETER URBAN - - Connecticut Post
| The president's $419 billion defense budget includes money to buy 79 Black Hawk helicopter variants over the next fiscal year, an increase of 20 over the current year's order.
The defense funds, included in Bush's proposed $2.57 trillion budget announced Monday, was welcome news at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Conn., which recently lost a bid to build the next fleet of presidential helicopters that is worth an estimated $6.1 billion.
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