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Bush Says Army ‘Moving Quickly’ On Final Black Hawk, Apache Multi-Year Deals

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 4th, 2022

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Bush Says Army ‘Moving Quickly’ On Final Black Hawk, Apache Multi-Year Deals

A Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Army’s top acquisition official said Monday the service is “moving quickly” on the final multi-year contracts for UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters, adding he expects those deals to come together soon. “I think we’re moving quickly. And I expect those to come very soon now that we have the FY ‘22 funding in hand and the authorizing language from Congress,” Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said at the…

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