Germany to send WS-61 Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine
Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
A new report scrutinising the cost estimates and assumptions behind the US Army’s controversial Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) has found them to be ‘substantially comprehensive’ but limited when it comes to projecting future cost savings.
Released by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) on 27 April, the report is critical of the annual cost estimates used by the Army to justify the ARI saying they do ‘not reflect uncertainties about personnel, operations, or readiness of individual units.’
‘The Army’s estimates were substantially comprehensive and well documented,’ said the GAO report. ‘However, we found the estimates were limited as a means
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