The U.S. Air Force is invoking a clause in the Competition in Contracting Act to override a stop work order for the Afghan LAS contract.
Hawker Beechcraft had challenged again the decision to award the contract to Sierra Nevada Corp. and Embraer. Work is frozen when a protest is filed with the GAO, however, the U.S. Air Force said an override of that work-stoppage is for the “best interests of the United States or unusual and compelling circumstances.”
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