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Army Lifts Bell’s ‘Stop Work’ Order On FLRAA After Unsuccessful Sikorsky Protest

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023

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Army Lifts Bell’s ‘Stop Work’ Order On FLRAA After Unsuccessful Sikorsky Protest

The Bell V-280 Valor. (Bell Flight)

The Army on Monday officially lifted its ‘stop work’ order for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the service’s Program Executive Office-Aviation confirmed, which follows the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) decision last week denying Sikorsky’s [LMT] protest of the contract award to Bell [TXT]. "We acknowledge and appreciate the GAO’s thorough review and decision to uphold our decision to award the FLRAA Weapon System Development contract to Bell Textron. We look forward to reviewing the full GAO report,"…

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