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Sierra Nevada Urges Air Force To Move Forward With LAS Aircraft Selection

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

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Sierra Nevada Corp. is urging the Air Force to issue a plan and timeline for moving forward with the Afghanistan Light Air Support (LAS) contract aircraft selection process, according to a company statement. In the statement issued yesterday, the company asks the service to “move expeditiously,” make use of the information it received under its original source selection and maintain the high standards for aircraft performance in the original request for proposal. “Given the current situation: An Air Force review…

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