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Navy/USMC

U.S. Navy To Issue MQ-25 Tanker Solicitation

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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U.S. Navy To Issue MQ-25 Tanker Solicitation

The X-47B is refueled in flight over the Chesapeake Bay April 22. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to release a solicitation for the MQ-25 Air System Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Program to Boeing [BA], General Atomics [GA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC], according to a May 26 notice on FedBizOpps.The notice explains the solicitation for the MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) will only be issued to those four companies based on laws allowing limited competition when “there are only a limited number of responsible sources and no…

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