5 Aircraft Congress Wants The US Army To Plan For The National Guard

The new compromise NDAA bill to fund the United States military through FY 2025 has been released. On page 17, the bill includes a provision for the Army to submit a plan for providing five types of aircraft (the Apache, Chinnock, Gray Eagle, Black Hawk, and FLRAA/V-280 Valor) to the Army National Guard not later than March 31, 2025 (an agreement with the Air Force prohibits the Army from acquiring tactical fixed-wing aircraft). The US Army boasts the largest rotary-wing fleet in the world and its procurement spending on aviation rivals that of ‘weapons and tracked combat vehicles.’