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 | | In addition, Colt challenges the Army's determination that FN is a responsible contractor claiming that the Army failed to consider information that FNMI was delinquent on a substantial number of its current contracts, lacked financial capacity, and had quality deficiencies. |
 | | Colt alleges that the Army in bad faith deliberately chose to ignore the "performance risks" associated with the FN award, and that the Army awarded the contract to FN simply to deny the award to Colt. |
 | | Colt's ACR is most the conservative, being merely a flattop M16-variant with an improved hydraulic buffer, a more ergonomic collapsible stock, and the muzzle brake/compensator/flash hider assembly designed by Reed Knight. |
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