House authorizers propose using OCO to fund Huey sole-source, F-35 buy-back

By Courtney Albon Leigh Giangreco / April 25, 2016 at 1:32 PM
The House Armed Services committee seeks to use Overseas Contingency Operations funding to support a number of plus-ups to Air Force procurement efforts -- including an unrequested $80 million boost to speed up the UH-1N Huey replacement program and support the sole-source acquisition of Army UH-60M Black Hawks. The chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill, obtained by Inside Defense , largely supports using OCO to pay for increases in Air Force procurement programs like the...

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