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By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 19th, 2016

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Sierra Nevada Wins $280M CBP Recompete of Multirole Enforcement AircraftCustoms and Border Protection has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) a potential $280.2 million contract to supply 12 more Multirole Enforcement Aircraft (MEA), which are used for ground surveillance, land and maritime interdiction for border and maritime security. SNC won the new contract after CBP recompeted the original MEA contract, which SNC previously won in 2009 to provide the first 12 aircraft. The MEA is a missionized Textron [TXT] Beechcraft Super…

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