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Army

Speakes: Congress’ Approval Key For New Armed Reconnaissance Helo Plans

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Monday, January 12th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The future of the Army's troubled Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) effort relies on Congress' willingness to fund a revised program along with upgrades to the legacy OH-58 Kiowa Warrior fleet, a senior service official said last Friday. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs Lt. Gen. Stephen Speakes said since the service canceled the over-budget ARH contract with Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] last October the Pentagon's Joint Requirements Oversight Council has "affirm(ed) the criticality" for such a…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]