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Hegseth Directs Army Scrap ‘Outdated’ Systems, Cuts Include JLTVs, AH-64Ds, Gray Eagles

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 1st, 2025

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Hegseth Directs Army Scrap ‘Outdated’ Systems, Cuts Include JLTVs, AH-64Ds, Gray Eagles

AM General's JLTV A2 on display at the 2023 AUSA conference in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Army to cut “outdated weapon systems” as part of a new “comprehensive transformation strategy,” with the service’s leaders confirming plans to cancel procurement of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Humvees, the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter and Gray Eagle drones. Hegseth’s memo outlines a series of initiatives aimed at ensuring the Army prioritizes “defending our homeland and deterring China in the Indo-Pacific region,” to include accelerating fielding of unmanned systems and launched effects and service…

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