WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Wednesday awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $1.2 billion contract to build six new US presidential helicopters to replace the current aging fleet of "Marine One" aircraft.

The effort to replace the 19 helicopters that transport the American president has dragged on for years, after a previous project led by Lockheed Martin was cancelled in 2009 over massive cost overruns.

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