Keep Obama's new copter safe and simple

There's a simple way of eliminating all of the recently reported cost increases in the U.S. presidential helicopter replacement program: Kill the more advanced version of the new copter and stick with the initial design.

Doing that would give U.S. President Barack Obama a much safer, more capable helicopter than he has today while accelerating the rate at which the whole presidential fleet is converted to modern rotorcraft.

In addition, terminating the high-cost version would reduce the price tag for the program back to its originally projected baseline of $6.8 billion.

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