FlyingToaster

If you're referring to the CVLSP, there was, hence tacking the word "common" on the front. Unfortunately it would appear a contractor (take your pick, my guess is EADS/AW) caught wind and wanted a piece of the pie. Maybe someone could explain the difference between an RFP and RFI, but somehow it looks like that "need" for a bidding process spilled over into the HH-60G recap as well- https://www.shephard.co.uk/news/rotorhub/usaf-releases-hh-60-recap-rfi/9692/ https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d2ae69629b4ff8b952201d70857f8929&tab=core&_cview=1 That pushes the contract award date out to 2013 and the IOC of only 8 new aircraft to 2018. Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of a "recap" and remove any reasoning for a new CSAR-X? Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with the latter, but wasn't the whole point to get new helos ASAP for the guys who are/have been downrange for the last 10 years?