Topic: 3 Firms Revise Helicopter Bids

Team Infidel

Seattle Times
January 8, 2008
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and United Technologies' Sikorsky revised their bids to build a new combat search-and-rescue helicopter in an Air Force competition that has been twice delayed by losers' protests.
Lockheed and Sikorsky challenged Boeing's November 2006 win of the $10 billion contract, saying the Air Force overlooked support costs for the aircraft. The Air Force reconsidered its original award after the Government Accountability Office supported the protests in February.
None of the companies indicated when the military will pick a winner. The contract calls for 141 new helicopters, Boeing said Monday in a statement.
Officials for Boeing, Lockheed and Sikorsky also declined to provide details on their companies' new offers.

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