The U.S. Army's aviation chief tells
Reuters he is satisfied with
Bell Helicopter's efforts to get the delayed-riddled ARH-70A Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program back on track. The news service quoted Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt, director of army aviation, as saying, "We probably are in the best position we could be coming out of this," in regard to the restructuring of the $4-billion-plus program. The Army wants to buy 512 of the aircraft, now officially called the Arapaho, to replace its fleet of aging Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors. As part of the restructuring, Bell is moving significant production from its plant near Montreal to Fort Worth, Texas.
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The interest of the U.S. Army and taxpayer is to unify the fleet--less money spent on parts, helicopters that could be sold back to civil market after used by the Army. ARH may be a smaller fiasco than the V-22 but a fiasco nonetheless.
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