Hawker Beechcraft wants the Air Force to consider raising the safety standards of the ejection system on the 20 light attack aircraft that it plans to supply to Afghanistan while it refashions a request for proposals for that procurement contract. The Air Force is recasting the request for proposals after discovering, amid a high-profile lawsuit filed by Hawker, that the source selection process for the $355 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract did not meet Air Force standards. The service...
