The Air Force will throw open the CSAR-X combat search and rescue helicopter competition, long delayed by protests, to a new round of bids, the service's top acquisition executive said in September.rnSue C. Payton in a press briefing, said USAF had been in contact with the CSAR-X competitors—Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky—and with Congress to make sure that all parties understand how the program is to proceed. A final version of "amendment five" of the original request for proposals was to be released by early November.rnUnlike the previous attempt to restart the bidding process, the contractors can add whatever information they want to their proposal, including new test and cost data, Payton reported.
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