US Army lacks plan to modernize Apache helicopter, lawmakers
By Jen Judson
Thursday, Jun 23
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has no clear plan for modernizing its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, leaving the House Armed Services Committee concerned, according to the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill, released this week.
The Army requested $10 million for an “Apache Future Development program,” as the helicopter is expected to continue to be in service until at least 2050, the committee notes, but “the service has no comprehensive, budgeted plan to modernize the aircraft over the next 30 years.”
Even so, the committee wants to authorize an additional $25 million for the effort in FY23 to conduct engineering analysis and address near-term modernization needs.
https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2022/06/23/lawmakers-say-the-us-army-lacks-a-plan-to-modernize-its-apache-helo/
