Pentagon Works to Avoid Past Mistakes With Next-Gen Helicopter Program
Posted By: Hope Hodge Seck July 26, 2017
As a program designed to develop a family of aircraft to replace workhorse helicopters for the Army and other services moves forward, an official who oversees the program is urging caution and deliberate action to ensure the Pentagon ends up with a winner.
Marine Col. Robert Freeland, a supervisor of the Future Vertical Lift program at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, referred to “mistakes” made in the past that resulted in the Pentagon ending up with a less-than-ideal aircraft.
https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/07/26/pentagon-works-avoid-past-mistakes-next-gen-helicopter-program/
