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USA: Government-Lockheed tensions over helicopters

Center tussle: 7 billion dollar tender won by Bell-Textron

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected to the sender the appeal made by the American Defense Group Lockheed Martin against the award procedure of the "Future Long Range-Assault Aircraft" (Flraa). The tender, worth 7.1 billion dollars, ended with the award to the Bell-Textron company of the maxi-order for the production of military helicopters, defeating the Sikorsky company (controlled...

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