Procurement woes: Army learns tough lessons from armed helicopter letdown.(ARMY AVIATION)

National Defense | July 1, 2007| | Copyright

ATLANTA -- The Army set out three years ago to acquire a new reconnaissance helicopter in record time. Its goal was to equip a unit with the aircraft within four years by using "commercial-off-the-shelf" proven technologies.

That goal will not be met. Meshing the tried and trusted technologies together proved harder than expected. And it ended up doubling the price tag that the Army initially had estimated for its Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter.

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