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The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest of a contract awarded in August to AeroVironment worth up to $990 million for the Switchblade loitering munition system, according to GAO's website.
The Army awarded the AeroVironment contract Aug. 27 in support of its lethal unmanned systems directed requirement aimed at equipping infantry battalions with loitering munition systems.
Mistral Inc, a company that produces tactical UAVs, including loitering munitions, filed a protest of the AeroVironment award on Sept. 6. Initially, the Army issued a stop-work order on the contract, however, that was lifted later in September.
The GAO denied Mistral’s protest on Dec. 13, according to the office’s protest database. Additional details were not immediately available.