WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. a contract worth more than $427 million, dealing a major blow to Wichita-based Beechcraft as it emerges from bankruptcy ...

Beechcraft Corp. plans to "protest" a contract awarded to a competitor, saying the Air Force chose a more expensive option and its decision puts 1,400 jobs in Kansas and other states in jeopardy.

Beechcraft’s move to file a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office comes two weeks after the Air Force awarded Sierra Nevada, based in Sparks, Nev., a contract to build 20 light air ...

Beechcraft will protest a $427 million contract award to a Sierra Nevada/Embraer team for a contract awarded by the US Air Force last week to supply light attack aircraft to Afghanistan's military.