{"id":416016,"date":"2026-08-25T06:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:46:26","slug":"production-of-presidential-helicopter-to-occur-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416016\/","title":{"rendered":"Production of presidential helicopter to occur in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction for a presidential helicopter will partially take place in Fort Worth, according to a J<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Contracts\/Contract\/Article\/4561887\/contracts-for-july-31-2026\/\">uly 31 contract<\/a> from the Department of War.<\/p>\n<p>The award for over $107 million will provide for the design, testing, and integration of rotor blades for a VH-92A presidential helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>The contract was awarded to aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Though based in Connecticut, Sikorsky also operates in Grapevine.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the work will be done in Stratford, Connecticut, and West Palm Beach, Florida, though 2% of the work will be performed in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>The VH-92A, will replace the current fleet of presidential helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, President Donald Trump displayed part of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-shows-off-multimillion-dollar-white-house-helipad\/story?id=135782264\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multimillion dollar helicopter landing pad<\/a> on the south lawn of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the award, $18.4 million had been obligated.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STAFF_Maven_Navarro.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Maven Navarro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maven Navarro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Maven Navarro is a local news reporter at the Star-Telegram. She covers Fort Worth and Tarrant County.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction for a presidential helicopter will partially take place in Fort Worth, according to a July 31 contract&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-416016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}