08/01/2012
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"What is the status of that waiver? Please speak to some of the operational and programmatic impacts you could face if the Army is only allowed to transfer 48 Apache helicopters in FY16?"
"I understand FY16 is the final year for procurement of the Excalibur precision guided artillery round, and that technically the Army will be short of its war stock requirement for Excalibur rounds."
"We either make smart, targeted investments now, or we pay for that as failure on down the road."
"The FY16 budget request assumes the Army is allowed to transfer 96 National Guard Apache helicopters to the active component."