photo by Mike Cameron Senator Patrick Leahy, D announced Thursday, June 28, 2007 that the
Goodrich manufactoring facility in Vergennes is being awarded $32 million in
U.S. Army and Navy contracts.
A $6.9 million U.S. Army contract will go toward construction and installation
of Integrated Vehicle Health Management Systems kits and hardware to
support the monitoring of the Army’s Blackhawk helicopter fleet currently in
action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A total of $25.1 million in U.S. Navy contracts will go towards building two
two systems that use a series of monitors and sensors to help pilots check the
status of their helicopter’s operational systems.
Senator Leahy, who helped secure the funding, is a senior member of the
Senate’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
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