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Wynne: Revised CSAR-X Solicitation Expected By End of October

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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

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The Air Force anticipates issuing a revised solicitation for its next-generation combat-search-and-rescue helicopter, the CSAR-X, by the end of next month, the service's top official said at the Air Force Association's 2007 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C. Air Force Michael Secretary Michael Wynne told reporters that the Air Force does not intend to change the requirements for the new rescue platform, which will replace the service's aging HH-60G Pave Hawks next decade. "That would be…

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