Air Force to make two CCA awards today

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Slife said today that the service intends to award Collaborative Combat Aircraft contracts to two vendors.

“This afternoon the Air Force will be announcing two option awards to vendors that have been part of our CCA increment 1 acquisition program that has been underway now for some time,” he said at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The five companies vying for the contract are: Anduril, Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

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