According to Reuters news service, the Air Force has asked the Government Accountability Office to review its decision upholding protests by Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky over the award of the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program to Boeing. GAO managing general counsel Michael Golden told Reuters USAF “filed a request for reconsideration.” Boeing officials said this week that a recompetition would be unfair to them. Lockheed maintains that USAF used old data in its original evaluation. The Air Force, of course, does not want to delay the program start.
Earlier this spring, the 388th Fighter Wing proved just 12 Airmen can operate an F-35 contingency location, refueling and rearming the fighters at spots across Georgia and South Carolina. The demonstration, part of exercise Agile Flag 23-1, marks yet another proof of concept for the Air Force’s plan to send…