L-3 Communications and Italian aircraft maker Alenia Aeronautica today won the Army and Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft program competition, securing a contract to build 78 aircraft over the next six years in a deal worth $2 billion, the Pentagon said in an announcement. Kenneth Krieg, the Pentagon acquisition executive, earlier today approved the selection of the industry team and a procurement plan that includes 25 percent fewer aircraft than the 104 twin-engine cargo fleet the two services had planned...
