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Pentagon

AAR Corp. Settles False Claims Act Investigation by DOJ for $11 Million

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

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AAR Corp. Settles False Claims Act Investigation by DOJ for $11 Million

An AAR Airlift Group S-61 in 2011 at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika Province in Afghanistan

The Wood Dale, Illinois-based AAR Corp [AIR] and its Melbourne, Fla.-subsidiary, AAR Airlift Group Inc., have agreed to pay the federal goverment more than $11 million after a False Claims Act (FCA) investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) into AAR's maintenance of nine Sikorsky [LMT] S-61 helicopters used by U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) for moving troops and supplies in Afghanistan and U.S. African Command. "The knowing failure to comply with contractual obligations is unacceptable, particularly when such violations raise…

Congress

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Army

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