Posted on 02/23/2004 9:54:31 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Pentagon announced yesterday that it is canceling the Army's program to build a new helicopter after spending about $7 billion in development costs.
The cancellation of the Comanche helicopter is the second major Army weapons system killed by the Bush administration. The Crusader mobile artillery gun was halted in 2002 after $2 billion was spent on it.
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