Forecasting Decades Of Persistent Conflict

In questions after his speech, Casey further praised the roles of air and space capabilities in the Army, called Army aviation a "critical" factor in its warfighting capabilities, and related that combatant commanders would like even more such inherent capacity. While he acknowledged that additional new spending would be difficult to achieve under current budget conditions, he lauded Army air modernization efforts paid for by the Comanche's cancellation and asked Congress to undo legislated cuts to the Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). The Army's FY '08 regular and supplemental budget asked for around $691 million for 66 ARHs (including more than $222 million in the supplemental request for 29 ARHs). The House has neither authorized nor appropriated the baseline request of $468.5 million for 37 ARHs (supplemental appropriations will be debated later this year). Find this article at: http://tinyurl.com/2laj8q Copyright © 2007 Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.

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