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Army Wins Appeal Against Leonardo Lawsuit Blocking UH-72 Sole-Source Contracts

S. L. Fuller

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

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Army Wins Appeal Against Leonardo Lawsuit Blocking UH-72 Sole-Source Contracts

UH-72A Lakota Photo: U.S. Army

The Army has won an appeal against Leonardo’s lawsuit attempting to block its pursuit of sole-source contracts for Airbus’ UH-72 Lakota helicopters.The U.S. Court of Appeals announced its decision Tuesday reversing a 2016 court decision in a lawsuit filed by defense contractor Leonardo, then known as AgustaWestland, which claimed the Army must allow for open competition before acquiring more Lakota helicopters for its training fleet. “We hope that the appellate court’s ruling today will finally end a two-year saga of one…

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