Understandable; the Air Force's decision to buy 21 UH-60Ms as op loss aircraft in parallel with drafting the CRH specs did send a fairly strong signal as to its preference.
It'll be interesting to see whether the service has the confidence to proceed with the program, or whether fear of legal action (and/or GAO review) will cause yet another rewrite of the specs and associated delay in replacing the 60Gs.
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