Regarding the CSAR-X award protests, the Government Accountability Office told the Daily Report Monday that it expects to receive a report from the Air Force in December and believes the GAO review will run right up to the established due date of late February. GAO still is carrying the Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin-Agusta Westland protests as separate cases—that could change. Meanwhile, an Air Force spokesman said the service would have no comment on the combat search and rescue aircraft award during the GAO review.
Anduril and General Atomics will develop their Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, beating out Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the service announced on April 24. But any of the non-selected companies can compete to actually manufacture the eventual design, the Air Force said.