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Air Tractor Files New GAO Protest Against Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment

Air Tractor Files New GAO Protest Against Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment
An AT-802L Longsword is on display during the 2018 International Special Operations Forces week in downtown Tampa, Fla., May 22, 2018. The Special Operations Forces Industry Conference during ISOF is the premier conference for the SOF community to interact with vendors and to collaborate on delivering new technology to warfighters. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barry Loo)

One of the original participants in the Air Force’s 2017 light attack experiment has filed a second protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), criticizing the service’s decision to procure a small number of two separate off-the-shelf aircraft by the end of the year. Air Force Materiel Command Gen. Arnold Bunch confirmed Nov. 21 that Air Tractor Inc. had filed a new protest in a Defense Writer’s Group event in Washington, D.C. Per the GAO website, the protest was filed…

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