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Budget Delay Is Biggest Threat To Readiness, Modernization, Army Leaders Tell Quad A

James T. McKenna

Thursday, April 27th, 2017

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Budget Delay Is Biggest Threat To Readiness, Modernization, Army Leaders Tell Quad A

Apache Helicopter with the Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) above the main rotor. Photo: Boeing

NASHVILLE—Key U.S. Army aviation modernization initiatives will grind to a halt as soon as this week if Congress fails to enact and submit for President Trump’s signature a Fiscal 2017 defense budget by Friday at midnight, leaders of that service told the annual gathering of the Army Aviation Association of America in Nashville on Thursday.Those initiatives include technology-maturation and risk-reduction work by two competing teams on the Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and an analysis of alternatives for Capability…

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