The Defense Department's plans to lock in multiyear procurement contracts for the Army's CH-47H helicopter, the Navy's DDG-51 destroyer and the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey aircraft are up in the air as Congress mulls legislation to fund the government through March. On Sept. 10, House Appropriations Committee Hal Rogers (R-KY) introduced a six-month "continuing resolution," a temporary funding measure designed by House and Senate leaders to avoid a pitched political battle over government spending on the eve of the November...
