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Boeing Announces MH-139 Follow-On Contract Day Before Legislator’s Revelation of Nunn-McCurdy Breach

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Boeing Announces MH-139 Follow-On Contract Day Before Legislator’s Revelation of Nunn-McCurdy Breach
An MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Eglin AFB, Fla. on April 5. The U.S. Air Force said that the "aircrew performed approaches to the field for austere landing tests, part of developmental testing for the aircraft" (Air Force Photo)

In another curious case of industry timing, Boeing [BA] said on Apr. 29 that the U.S. Air Force had awarded the company a $178 million contract for seven MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters for ICBM missile field protection to lift the total on contract to 26. A day later, an Air Force fiscal 2025 budget hearing before the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel (HAC-D) revealed that the MH-139, like the next generation Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, has breached Nunn-McCurdy…

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