
A consensus spending bill agreed to by U.S. House and Senate budgeters would fully fund military rotorcraft procurement programs and boost funding for Army helicopters and Marine Corps tiltrotors.The conference report on the 2019 Defense Appropriations Act approves a total $41 billion and change in aircraft procurement funding for the Air Force, Army and Navy, which includes the Marine Corps.Congress added several aircraft to the Army’s overall $4.3 billion aircraft procurement request, most of which are for the Army National…