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Old 14th Jan 2020, 23:11
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The Sultan
 
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CTR,

From the reported govt comments the general impression I got was the FLRAA will be accelerated to pick two to continue soon with down select in 2022/23 rather than 2025. If this ends up being the case I don’t see how anyone but Bell can get something in the air and demoed with the required flight spectrum (if a flight evaluation is even still going to be a requirement). If this is the case I expect to see Boeing banging on Bell’s door asking/demanding to be a partner and LM saying doing the avionics is good enough.
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