NASHVILLE, TN -- The Army hasn't officially dropped its program for a wholesale new helicopter engine, but the system's future largely weighs in the balance of a constricted fiscal year 2026 budget amid shifting priorities, a senior leader said today. “The future of [the Improved Turbine Engine Program] is largely going to depend on where all these things land inside the [FY-]26 budget,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus told reporters today at the Army Aviation Association of...
