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CSAR-X: Pentagon was pushing the USAF to favour Boeing
Washington, USA - The new deadline to put in a bid for the contract is April
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Aerospace Daily reports that as recently as 2006, the Pentagon was pushing the Air Force to skip open bidding for the 15 billion dollars CSAR-X helicopter contract, preferring a directed buy that would have favored Boeing Co.'s MH-47 Chinook. In a telephone interview, Pentagon acquisition chief John Young said he was critical of the entire CSAR-X development process prior to his appointment in...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099209
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency