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Senate proposes FLRAA development funding bump(Inside Defense, July 22, Evan Ochsner)The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to provide more money for the Army to continue developing the aircraft it says will replace the Black Hawk.The committee, in a report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill, proposed adding $23 million in research and development funding to the $1.2 billion the Army requested in advanced development funds for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.“The committee recognizes this critical transition period to a program of record,” the report states.The committee intends for the funds “to maintain program momentum by funding long-lead materials and rapid system prototyping.”This part of the FVL program is now a "poster child" for Army modernization. The next three months are likely to be tumultuous behind the doors and halls of the Pentagon and Congress.
Senate proposes FLRAA development funding bump
(Inside Defense, July 22, Evan Ochsner)
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to provide more money for the Army to continue developing the aircraft it says will replace the Black Hawk.
The committee, in a report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill, proposed adding $23 million in research and development funding to the $1.2 billion the Army requested in advanced development funds for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.
“The committee recognizes this critical transition period to a program of record,” the report states.
The committee intends for the funds “to maintain program momentum by funding long-lead materials and rapid system prototyping.”
This part of the FVL program is now a "poster child" for Army modernization. The next three months are likely to be tumultuous behind the doors and halls of the Pentagon and Congress.
