DoD official delays cargo strategy

Source URL: http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/11/15/Navigation/177/202881/DoD+official+delays+cargo+strategy.html
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The US Army’s Future Cargo Aircraft (FCA) programme has been delayed indefinitely following a last-minute intervention by the Department of Defense’s top acquisition official.

Meanwhile, Boeing has moved a step closer to formally joining the competitive phase of the programme, but as a partner to the C-27J proposal offered by Alenia/L-3 Communications joint venture Global Military Aircraft Systems (GMAS).

The army has told two bidding teams that the release of a request for proposals for the 33-aircraft, $1.3 billion FCA programme has been delayed by two months until 15 December. However, the open-ended nature of the intervention by Kenneth Krieg, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, leaves room for increased doubt.

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