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Air Force To Compete ICBM-Patrol Helo Contract: Sources

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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The Air Force will open a competition to procure a new fleet of helicopters for patrolling the nation's ICBM fields later this year, sources familiar with the effort said recently. The service's acquisition executive, David Van Buren, had said earlier this month that he plans to recommend an acquisition strategy for the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform (CVLSP) program to senior Pentagon acquisition officials "by the end of March" (Defense Daily, March 2). Top Air Force brass--including the head of…

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