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Sikorsky Cries Foul On Sole-Source Russian Helo Buy For Afghan Air Corps

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Friday, August 6th, 2010

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Sikorsky, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], has formally protested the Navy's plan to buy a small fleet of Russian-made helicopters on the grounds that U.S. manufacturers were excluded from bidding on the contract. Sikorsky has filed a protest against the decision by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to purchase Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters without allowing other suppliers to compete for the deal, the company said yesterday. It says that the Navy plan violates the Competition Contracting Act of 1984,…

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