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Payton: Air Force Expects First C-5 RERP Production Contract In Early 2008

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Monday, October 1st, 2007

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By Michael Sirak The Air Force expects that the forthcoming process of recertifying the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) for continuation will conclude by the end of January, the service's acquisition executive said last week. This will allow the service to sign a production contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to proceed with the initiative before the company's fixed-priced proposal expires at the end of February. "We believe that we can be through the analysis of this with a…

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