Bunch: FY-20 budget will offer clarity on way ahead for light-attack aircraft buy

By Courtney Albon / February 4, 2019 at 2:04 PM
The Defense Department's fiscal year 2020 budget request will offer details on the Air Force's path forward for its light-attack aircraft program, after the service announced last month it has delayed plans to launch a formal competition for the effort. Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the service's military deputy for acquisition, said during a Feb. 1 Air Force Association event the decision to delay was driven largely by budget constraints, but indicated that an expanded experimentation plan would allow the service...

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