Score one for Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft Company, as
those manufacturers attempt to overthrow the selection of Boeing
for a lucrative USAF contract. On Thursday, the Government
Accountability Office sided with protests lodged by the two companies in
June, and recommended the Air Force allow revised
proposals in its competition for a new combat search and rescue
helicopter.
Low On Gas? Nearest Pump Just Ahead... At 8,000 Feet
When running on empty, a driver pulls into a station, pays,
selects a fuel type, inserts the nozzle into the vehicle and fills
their tank. A Marine Corps pilot, on the other hand, radios to
another aircraft for support, and ascends 8,000 feet into the
clouds at speeds of 200 knots to hook up to an 85-foot tube,
trailing from either wing of a supporting aircraft.
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