The Army has pegged several major acquisition programs for budget transfers to help pay warfighting bills accumulated in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2013, with the Apache helicopter, the Warfighter Information Network Tactical system and armored trucks being among the biggest bill-payers, according to a draft Pentagon reprogramming request obtained by InsideDefense.com. The Army is facing a nearly $14 billion shortfall in fiscal year 2013, of which $7.6 billion is largely attributable to higher-than-expected transportation costs in the Afghan theater,...
