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the CT-based Sikorsky Army has lost a $1.3 billion Black Hawk replacement contract
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Connecticut-based Sikorsky lost a $1.3 billion contract to build an aircraft that will replace the Army’s fleet of Black Hawk helicopters
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failing to win over Pentagon brass with its Defiant-X prototype in partnership with Boeing.
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The contract was instead awarded to Texas-based Bell, which aims to build its own V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft.
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Recognizing the long-term importance of the Black Hawk replacement program to the Connecticut economy
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the Connecticut General Assembly approved incentives for Sikorsky if it landed the deal.
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Gov. Ned Lamont says the results are “disappointing” for Sikorsky and parent company Lockheed Martin
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which at last report had more than 8,000 employees in Connecticut in Bridgeport,Stratford ,Trumbull and Shelton.
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Lamont said in a statement that ” a legacy Connecticut company with one of the best-trained workforces in the world Sikorsky is
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and as leadership takes the time to review their bids to better understand the Army’s decisions, we stand by them and their employees.
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