The Corps is spending money to save on the CH-53 King Stallion
By: Shawn Snow   21 hours ago
The program office overseeing the Corps’ most powerful heavy lift helicopter, the CH-53 King Stallion, wants to put together a cost reduction team to help make the aircraft more affordable.
In early May, Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a contract for $4,494,545 to create a cost reduction team working on the CH-53K.
The contract was “for the procurement of support to establish initiative metrics, identify cost reduction ideas, and define and reports status on projects including opportunities to improve aircraft build schedule and maintainability,†according to the posting on the government’s business opportunities website.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/06/08/the-corps-is-spending-money-to-save-money-on-the-ch-53-king-stallion/
