The Navy's decision to award engineering study contracts for Increment 3 of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft to four contractors who already work on the plane has chafed some in industry who believe the program's pledge to open up competition for work on the aircraft hasn't come to fruition, according to industry sources. Naval Air Systems Command put out a broad agency announcement on Federal Business Opportunities Dec. 19 for an engineering study on the P-8A Increment 3 reference architecture, inviting...
