Lockheed's Heavy-Lift Helicopter Is Sucking Up More Money, Time
- Pentagon asking Congress to shift $158 million for fixes
- Testing office cites its ‘multiple design deficiencies’
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Lockheed Martin Corp.’s King Stallion helicopter for the Marine Corps keeps growing costlier, with the Pentagon asking Congress to shift $158 million in funds to avert “significant delays” and a potential work stoppage on the heavy-lift chopper.
The previously undisclosed request to Congress this month to reprogram funds from other accounts is being sought to complete development of three software updates, finish flight testing and correct what the Pentagon’s combat testing office says in its latest assessment are “multiple design deficiencies discovered during early testing.”