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Army

Sikorsky Won’t Pursue Further Legal Action On Army’s FLRAA Award Decision

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

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Sikorsky Won’t Pursue Further Legal Action On Army’s FLRAA Award Decision

Sikorsky-Boeing's Defiant X

Sikorsky [LMT] will not pursue further legal action regarding the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) award decision, the company said Tuesday. The decision follows the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent denial of Sikorsky’s protest of the FLRAA award to Bell [TXT]. “We are disappointed with the Government Accountability Office decision and remain convinced that our Defiant X offering represented both the best value for the taxpayer and the transformational technology that our warfighters need to execute their complex…

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