The VH-92A, also called a “White Top” due to its notable white and green livery
11 November 2021: Sikorsky is recently awarded a contract to manufacture a total of 23 VH-92A Presidential Helicopters for US Marine Corps. The next helicopter is due for delivery later this year. With this contract, Sikorsky will continue its legacy of 63 years of transporting the president and vice president of USA for decades to come. The contract was signed on 5th February 2021 by US Navy for five aircraft as the final lot of VH-92A presidential helicopters to be delivered in 2023. Currently final modification on 12 production aircraft is being carried out at the Stratford, Connecticut and Owego facilities in New York.
Paul Lemmo, President, Sikorsky said, “This contract to build more presidential helicopters shows our customer values Sikorsky’s proven record of supporting this no fail mission for decades and is confident in our ability to innovate and deliver this next generation aircraft flying the president well into the future. This aircraft has a special place in the hearts of our employees who treasure the legacy and look forward to watching the new White Top enter service.”
Col. Eric Ropella, PMA-274 presidential helicopter program manager said, “The program remains on budget and within our planned aircraft delivery schedule. The award of this last lot of VH-92A aircraft solidifies the importance of the Marine Corps no-fail mission especially as we move into the next phase of government testing this year.”
The VH-92A program ensures long-term affordability and maintainability by utilizing the FAA certified Sikorsky S-92 aircraft which has industry leading reliability and availability. The S-92 aircraft is modified for the VH-92A mission based on government-defined requirements. The S-92 fleet surpassed 1.7 million flight hours in 2020 and averages 14,400 hours of safe flight per month.
