In an unusual programmatic move, the Air Force has not requested any fiscal year 2015 funding for the Combat Rescue Helicopter but will move forward with the program anyway, reflecting a slower-paced development effort being designed in consultation with Sikorsky. Maj. Gen. Jim Martin, the Air Force's budget director, announced the move at a Pentagon briefing today, saying he had been told of the positive decision on CRH shortly before facing the press on the service's FY-15 budget request. That...
