[grcuster]

Army cancels its next generation helicopters and end the UH-60 contract to address future reconnaissance and unmanned vehicles. What other programs will also fall?

[BobL]

“Army Cancels FARA Helicopter Program, Makes Other Cuts in Major Aviation Shakeup”

Take that Putin, we don’t need no Helicopters no more!!!!

[EEGator]

But $95 billion for Ukraine and Israel…

[Darksheare]

They will increase funds for combat fursuits and puppy masks, while continuing to cut combat capabilities.

[DoughtyOne]

Is this more of Obama weakening the U.S. behind the scenes?

I don’t trust these people at all.

[Bullish]

Can’t afford new equipment when you leave billions of dollars worth of military equipment in foreign countries either.

[AndyJackson]

Well the next theater of operations for the Army does’t require helicopters. You can get to the border with all your gear in a Ford F-150.

[Robert357]

The reason for ending FARA......is a reflection of what war looks like in the modern era.

What we are seeing in Ukraine and the Middle East is a dramatic change in warfare. Inexpensive and disposable drones, moderately expensive handheld smart missiles, long range artillery & missiles are not to be fought with multi million dollar helicopters or jets. A country can’t afford to use half-million dollar missiles to stop a thousand $5,000 to $15,000 drone. Nor can it risk multi-thousands of million dollar helicopters or jets when they can be easily shot down by a hundred thousand dollar smart missile.

The face of war has changed. It will require a much different “took kit” for the military. Yes, there will still be a need for large tanks, advanced jet aircraft, etc. The amount of them will just be less needed.

[13foxtrot]

...canceled UH-60V program continuing orders for UH-60M

[llevrok]

Well, there are always broom sticks to drill with

[ComputerGuy]

There’s no feeling on this Earth like riding a chopper into a hot LZ.

[rdcbn1]

The Army is backing away from helicopters in a reconnaissance role.

This is smart.

They are huge, vulnerable targets with a very low suriviablity.

The same job can be done better by a low cost, very small organic battlefield drones that are very hard to even detect, much less destroy.

Advances in sensors, secure downlinks, and massive image processing capability capable of networking into defensive and offensive grids in tiny packages combined with very capable and very small VTOL and land based recon drones are revolutionizing battlefield ISR