A new presidential helicopter will have Tarrant County ties.
As the White House builds a large granite landing pad for a Sikorsky VH-92A Patriot helicopter, Fort Worth-area aircraft workers will play a small role in improving the operational efficiency of the next-generation, vertical-lift presidential aircraft with the code name Marine One.
Lockheed Martin Corp. and its subsidiary, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., were awarded a $107 million contract by Maryland-based Naval Air Systems Command in July to design, test and integrate improved main rotor blades for the aircraft. The new VH-92A blades will be designed to increase aircraft operational performance…