The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest filed by Sikorsky that challenged the award of the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) development contract to Bell Textron. The contract, which is valued at approximately $7.1 billion if all options are exercised, was given to Bell for its V-280 Valor tiltrotor last December. Sikorsky filed its protest later that month citing issues with the evaluation of both its own proposal and Bell’s.
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