U.S. Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy said on Wednesday that the Army will buy 10 percent fewer Boeing [BA] CH-47F Block II upgrades than planned to fund top modernization priorities, such as Long-Range Precision Fires, Future Vertical Lift (FVL) and the Next Generation Combat Vehicle. “We went through and did a thorough exercise on the aviation portfolio, and we have 10 percent more Chinooks today than we need so we continue through the buy on the FY 2020 for the conventional…
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