So EADS can build choppers here, because they don't compete with Boeing, eh?

EADS and Lockheed are going to build helicopters in the US. This is noteworthy mainly in that Boeing can't really protest it, or they likely would be.

EADS and Lockheed Martin will jointly develop three test helicopters to show the US Army what the next generation of armed scouts can do, the defense giants said Thursday.
Described as a "powerful, lethal and low-risk solution," the first prototype of the Armed Arial Scout 72X will be operational in late 2010.
"These aircraft will ensure the AAS-72X provides a fully capable, compliant Armed Aerial Scout solution for America's warfighters at the earliest possible date," EADS North America chief executive officer Sean O'Keefe said in a statement.
"It is part of a low-risk approach that combines mature, developed technologies with the proven UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter - which is in widespread service with the US Army."
The new helicopters would be produced at the Columbus, Missouri plant operated by EADS North America's subsidiary American Eurocopter, where the UH-72A is manufactured.

By: Brant