
At last week's U.S. Air Force Association conference at National Harbor, Maryland, the eyes of Boeing [BA] officials had a knowing glint when they discussed the Boeing-Leonardo bid of the MH-139 to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of Bell UH-1N Hueys.Industry observers had predicted that a variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk would secure the win, and Bell parent company Textron [TXT] decided to beg off the competition last year because officials there believed it was geared toward a…