Army quadruples FARA funding in FY-20 to speed up schedule

By Ashley Tressel / March 19, 2019 at 2:06 PM

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The Army nearly quadruples funding for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft in its fiscal year 2020 request over its FY-19 projection as the service plans to rapidly pull forward development of the light-attack reconnaissance helicopter. The Army is seeking $427 million in FY-20 research, development, test and evaluation funding for the FARA, according to the service's RDT&E budget justification book . The service in its FY-19 request only forecast $112 million for the former program element, "Aviation Advanced Technology." FARA...

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