{"id":19060,"date":"2024-02-13T14:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/?p=19060"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:22:26","slug":"army-rethink-of-aviation-priorities-is-a-big-boost-for-boeing-from-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/army-rethink-of-aviation-priorities-is-a-big-boost-for-boeing-from-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Rethink Of Aviation Priorities Is A Big Boost For Boeing (From Forbes)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On February 8, the Army disclosed that it will end development of a manned recon helicopter and place greater emphasis on unmanned systems. Funding intended for the canceled program is being reallocated in a fashion designed to support other missions and bolster the rotorcraft industrial base. Boeing is a big beneficiary of this realignment, because its Block II upgrades of the Chinook helicopter can now proceed to full-rate production, and its Apache attack helicopter will continue to execute what is left of the manned recon role. I have written a commentary for Forbes here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On February 8, the Army disclosed that it will end development of a manned recon helicopter and place greater emphasis on unmanned systems. Funding intended for the canceled program is being reallocated in a fashion designed to support other missions and bolster the rotorcraft industrial base. Boeing is a big beneficiary of this realignment, because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n