Air Force: All Huey competitors have mature designs; none meet baseline

By Rachel Cohen / February 24, 2017 at 9:41 AM
None of the companies interested in offering a replacement helicopter for the UH-1N Huey are currently able to put forth a product that meets all of the Air Force's requirements, a service spokeswoman confirmed to Inside the Air Force this week. Potential offerors are having issues with a variety of requirements, the spokeswoman said, declining to elaborate on which ones or what capabilities companies could add to compensate for the problems. Last week, the Air Force announced it would...

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