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GAO Denies Sikorsky’s Protest Of Army’s Potential $7 Billion FLRAA Award To Bell

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, April 6th, 2023

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GAO Denies Sikorsky’s Protest Of Army’s Potential $7 Billion FLRAA Award To Bell

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied Sikorsky’s [LMT] protest of the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) award, clearing Bell [TXT] to move ahead on the potential $7 billion program. “In denying the protest, GAO concluded that the Army reasonably evaluated Sikorsky’s proposal as technically unacceptable because Sikorsky failed to provide the level of architectural detail required by the [Request for Proposal],” the agency wrote in its decision on Thursday. “GAO also denied Sikorsky’s various allegations about the…

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