By Marina Malenic The Army said yesterday that its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program has exceeded its $6.2 billion budget estimate by over 40 percent, triggering a mandatory Defense Department review of the effort. The Army notified Congress of the overrun on Tuesday night, service officials told reporters during a background briefing at the Pentagon yesterday. Under the Nunn-McCurdy cost-growth cap statute, the service must inform Congress of a 25 percent or greater program cost increase, and the Defense Department…
Pentagon To Decide Fate of Army Recon Helicopter In Wake of Massive Cost Growth
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