Raytheon says in a June 27 release the Army-Air Force selection group that awarded the Joint Cargo Aircraft program contract to competitor L-3 Communications “either incorrectly measured” or failed to consider “crucial portions” of its proposal offering the C-295 for the new intratheater airlifter program. We reported yesterday that Raytheon had filed a protest on the JCA award selection of the C-27 Spartan. Raytheon also notes that it beat the L-3 price “by more than 15 percent.”
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.