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GAO Denies Raytheon Protest Over L-3 Team Win For Joint Cargo Aircraft Program

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Monday, October 1st, 2007

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By Ann Roosevelt The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Sept. 27 denied a protest by Raytheon [RTN] over the potential $2 billion Army-Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program won by a team led by L-3 Communications [LLL]. L-3, Finmeccanica's Alenia North America, Boeing [BA] and Global Military Aircraft Systems offered the C-27J Spartan. "With the protest hurdle cleared, we're moving full bore toward delivering the first aircraft," Jason Decker, L-3 Communications spokesman, told Defense Daily. The first delivery will be…

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