An acquisition decision memorandum granting the Army authority to issue low-rate initial production contracts for its Apache Block III remanufacture and new-build programs has been approved, according to a service official. The ADM was signed on Oct. 7 and delivered to the program management office on Oct. 8 by Office of the Secretary of Defense staff, according to an Oct. 11 e-mail from Lt. Col. Dan Bailey, product manager for Apache Block III. As previously reported by Inside the Army...