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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

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Missile Defense

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Space

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