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Beechcraft to present formal protest against Air Force contract award for Embraer aircraft

Wichita, USA - “We simply don’t understand they can justify spending more for what we consider to be less capable aircraft"

On Friday 8 March 2013 Beechcraft announced its intention formally protest to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) recent award of the Light Air Support contract to its Brazilian competitor, Embraer, which has won the tender with its A-29 Super Tucano aircraft (AVIONEWS). According to the Wichita-based company, an estimated 1400 jobs in Kansas and other states a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1150425
Rome, Italy, 03/08/2013 18:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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