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New Requirements Will Determine Boeing CSAR Entry

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Thursday, June 11th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] is awaiting the results of a new Defense Department analysis of the military's combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopter needs to determine whether it will again bid its CH-47 Chinook or will instead put its money on the V-22 Osprey when the Pentagon reopens the contest. The department is expected to release new requirements for a CSAR-X replacement helicopter by September. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a decision in April to terminate the Air Force effort to…

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