United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2004-08-10 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-293968.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2 P0b002ee18fd430d8 f:2939682 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2 B-293968.2 Comptroller General Decision Agency's evaluation and selection of higher rated proposals for awards, under the Small Business Innovation Research program, for research and development into a lightweight crashworthy aircraft seating system is reasonable where awardees proposed new and innovative research, which was the expressed purpose of the solicitation, while protester essentially proposed additional testing to validate a seat that had not proven crash-worthy in prior testing, failed to propose specific changes to materials or design to address the excessive forces recorded during prior testing, and did not otherwise propose any significant new research and development. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2.pdf GAO/B-293968.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293968-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-293968.2; Glatz Aeronautical Corporation, B-293968.2, August 10, 2004;