Army's Wish List Includes $1.2 Billion To Buy More Black Hawks, Apaches

By Jen Judson / March 10, 2014 at 2:40 PM
The Army's $7.5 billion list of unfunded requirements for fiscal year 2015 includes more funding for AH-64E Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, according to service officials. The list, requested by Congress, shows the Army wants to spend $618 million to buy more Apaches and $533 million to buy additional Black Hawks, Michael Ramsey, the service's director of investments, said during a March 4 Pentagon briefing on the FY-15 budget request. The additional airframes would "buy out the Army's [acquisition...

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