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Engine, Cockpit Upgrades Are Top U.S. Army Priorities

Re-engined Apaches and Black Hawks are among service's priorities.

Maj. Gen. William Crosby, who is retiring as U.S. Army aviation program executive, met with reporters a final time on January 14 in Arlington, Va. (Photo: Bill Carey)

January 15, 2014

Top priorities of U.S. Army aviation during a time of declining budgets and manpower are to re-engine Apache and Black Hawk helicopters and upgrade UH-60L Black Hawks with digital cockpits, said the service’s outgoing aviation program executive officer.

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