Air Force to Give Sierra Nevada Corp. a Sole-Source Contract for Light-Attack Planes, but Textron will Also Get an Award by Valerie Insinna - Defense News
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday stated its intent to sole source A-29 Super Tucanos from Sierra Nevada Corp. and Embraer. But a similar solicitation for Textron’s AT-6 Wolverine will be forthcoming, an Air Force spokeswoman confirmed.
The Air Force intends to put out a final solicitation to the SNC-Embraer team this month and will award a contract by the end of the fiscal year, according to a May 8 notice on FedBizOpps...