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Defense acquisitions : Army aviation modernization has benefited from increased funding but several challenges need to be addressed / [Belva M. Martin].
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Belva M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Aviation--Planning.
- United States. Army.
- Airplanes, Military--United States.
- Airplanes, Military.
- Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Army aviation modernization has benefited from increased funding but several challenges need to be addressed
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Summary:
- The current Army aviation modernization plan, as proposed through fiscal year 2010, includes a combination of procuring and upgrading existing aviation systems, developing new systems, and buying off-the-shelf equipment. Existing aviation systems include the Apache, Blackhawk, Chinook, and Kiowa Warrior helicopters. New aviation systems include the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile and Sky Warrior unmanned aerial system. Off-the-shelf programs include the Light Utility Helicopter and Raven unmanned aerial system. While aviation plans continue to be dominated by investments in existing and off-the-shelf programs, the Army spent considerably more on aviation in recent years than originally planned, yet terminated new development programs. Ongoing activities to modernize Army aviation are expected to continue for the next several years, but several challenges exist that will have an impact on those efforts, including managing within reasonable funding expectations, balancing demands to field equipment quickly while ensuring the maturity of the technology, and acquiring and maintaining needed aviation capabilities.
- Notes:
- Title from p.1 screen (GAO, viewed September 29, 2009).
- "September 28, 2009."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-09-978R."
- OCLC:
- 441342413
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