The Air Force expects to spend over $1 billion in its effort to rebid the combat-search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) replacement helicopter contract, according to a top acquisition official for the service. "There is a monetary impact, where the Air Force has lost just over a billion dollars between fiscal year 2006 and '13 for this program," Maj. Gen. Scott Gray, the director of global reach programs in the Air Force acquisitions office, said during a recent Pentagon briefing. The Air Force awarded…
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