Air Force delays Huey recapitalization RFP release until summer

By Rachel Cohen / February 16, 2017 at 5:24 PM
The Air Force is pushing back its final RFP for the UH-1N Huey replacement effort from this month until sometime this summer, a service spokesman said this week, and will release a second draft request for proposals in April. The Air Force's original strategy aimed to procure an off-the-shelf helicopter, but companies responded saying they would be unable to meet the minimum requirements without adding non-developmental items, service spokesman Capt. Mike Hertzog said in a Feb. 16 statement. The service...

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