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Thursday, April 11, 2013

U.S. Army Seeks $5 Billion For Aircraft

UH-60M Blackhawk |The U.S. Army announced April 10 that it is seeking $5 billion in fiscal 2014 to buy or upgrade its helicopter fleet and acquire more large and small unmanned aircraft to provide ground troops with better intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

The Army’s cut of the $526.6 billion Defense Department 2014 budget request is $129.7 billion, with only 18%, $23.9 billion, going to procurement and research, development, testing and evaluation programs. Personnel needs will be getting the largest piece of the pie, 44%, or $56.6 billion.

As with the rest of the Pentagon budget, the Army request does not yet have a figure for overseas operations — mostly in Afghanistan. Documents accompanying the budget numbers stated the base budget request is $1.7 billion, almost 7% less than the fiscal 2013 request.

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