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Air Force

Air Force Selection Of L3 For Compass Call Replacement Upheld By GAO

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 28th, 2017

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Air Force Selection Of L3 For Compass Call Replacement Upheld By GAO

An EC-130H Compass Call flies a training mission over Lake Mead, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last Friday denied a protest by Boeing [BA] over the selection of L3 Technologies [LLL] earlier this year for a new electronic-attack aircraft without hosting a competition.L3 is responsible for the current EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, which is a modified version of Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130 transport. L3 has responsibility under the new program to select a new airframe, which Boeing also objected due to a conflict of interest because one of the aircraft being…

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