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Air Force to Give Sierra Nevada Corp. a Sole-Source Contract for Light-Attack Planes, but Textron will Also Get an Award

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 1:37am

Air Force to Give Sierra Nevada Corp. a Sole-Source Contract for Light-Attack Planes, but Textron will Also Get an Award by Valerie Insinna - Defense News

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday stated its intent to sole source A-29 Super Tucanos from Sierra Nevada Corp. and Embraer. But a similar solicitation for Textron’s AT-6 Wolverine will be forthcoming, an Air Force spokeswoman confirmed.

 

The Air Force intends to put out a final solicitation to the SNC-Embraer team this month and will award a contract by the end of the fiscal year, according to a May 8 notice on FedBizOpps...

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