Senate panel moves to restore annual aviation plan, 30-year forecast

By Jason Sherman / June 24, 2020 at 9:50 AM
A Senate panel is proposing legislation to re-instate -- after a brief hiatus -- the requirement for the Pentagon to produce an annual aviation inventory and funding plan, a move that could provide lawmakers as well as aerospace and defense analysts insight into the U.S. long-term investment plans for the approximately 14,000 aircraft flown by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The Senate Armed Services Committee in its mark of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy bill proposes...

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