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AUSA Aviation 2011: Future way forward remains unclear for US Army Aviation

13th January 2011 - 21:26 GMT | by Darren Lake in Washington, DC

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A gap in the US Army's helicopter fleet is likely to emerge in the 2022-25 timeframe when some older airframes are retired, but there is yet no coherent strategy to move forward, either within industry or the army.

The Aviation Applied Technology Directorate within the US Army's Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center has put out a concept for a Joint Multirole family of aircraft, but how to fund any programme continues to be a key issue.

'We're working with the [Office of the Secretary of Defense] Future Vertical Lift Steering Group,' stated Col Bill Morris, Director of

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Darren has more than two decades of experience in aerospace and defence journalism. After completing …

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