The Army has awarded a low-rate initial production contract for its Apache Block III remanufacture program following a September milestone C decision, according to a service official. “We awarded the low-rate initial production contract -- after we received the acquisition decision memorandum for the LRIP contract -- on the 22nd of October,” said Col. Shane Openshaw, Apache project manager, in a media roundtable today at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington. “It takes care of two...
