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Navy Kicks Off AOA For Greyhound Replacement Effort

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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The Navy has begun the process of finding a replacement for its venerable C-2A Greyhound carrier resupply aircraft, soliciting industry for input into an upcoming analysis of alternatives focused on the next variant of that platform. The request for information, issued by the warfare analysis and integration directorate at Naval Air Systems Command last week, will feed into an AOA exploring potential solutions to meet “operational need for an aircraft carrier based aircraft capable of performing the [carrier onboard devlivery]…

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