WASHINGTON – In a dramatic about-face, the Army canceled its Comanche helicopter program Monday after sinking $6.9 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper.

By eliminating the Comanche, the Army frees up billions of dollars to buy more of the helicopters that are being used widely in Iraq and Afghanistan -- UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache and CH-47 ...

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In one of the biggest contract cancellations in the Army's history, the service on Monday scrapped plans to build the Comanche helicopter, a next-generation chopper for armed reconnaissance missions.

The Army has decided to cancel its RAH-66 Comanche helicopter program, a multibillion-dollar project to build a new-generation chopper for armed reconnaissance missions, officials said Monday. The ...

As the Army began developing the Comanche helicopter in the 1980s, it was riding high on the success of what are known as the “big five” major weapons systems: the Abrams tank, Bradley ...

The Army yesterday canceled development of the $39 billion Comanche helicopter after 21 years of escalating costs, technological glitches and redesigns during a program that failed to produce a ...

The Army has decided to cancel its Comanche helicopter program, a multibillion-dollar project to build a new-generation chopper for armed reconnaissance missions, officials said Monday.

The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche -- one of only two of the helicopters that were built and flew -- on display at the Aviation museum had been in storage but it can now be viewed by the public ...

In a potential blow to The Boeing Co.'s defense business, the Pentagon yesterday announced it plans to cancel a $38.3 billion Cold War-era helicopter program run by Boeing and United Technologies ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a dramatic about-face, the Army canceled its Comanche helicopter program Monday after sinking $6.9 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper.