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Air Force Collects Bids For Another CSAR Competition

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio The Air Force was scheduled to reel in another set of bids for its Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter effort yesterday. Boeing [BA] initially won the $10 billion contract for 141 aircraft in November 2006. But competitors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Sikorsky [UTX] have twice filed protests with the Government Accountability Office that led the Air Force to revisit its decision for the HH-60G Pave Hawk replacement. The Air Force anticipates awarding the development contract by…

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