The Senate Armed Services Committee is recommending fencing off funding for the EC-130H Compass Call recapitalization unless the Air Force conducts an open competition to acquire a replacement aircraft, but some Senate authorizers are still pushing for a sole-source option. The House version of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill approved $165.7 million for a new-start effort that would fund the Air Force's plan to sole-source the Compass Call recapitalization to Gulfstream. In May, the Air Force declared Gulfstream's...
