Never Mind

The U.S. Army has scrapped the troubled Comanche helicopter project before a single aircraft was ever delivered. After 20 years, $7 billion spent on development, and a $50 million increase in the aircraft's sticker price—and with three years remaining before the first Comanche was expected to roll off the assembly line—the Army cut its losses. It has opted to use the $14.6 billion earmarked for 121 Comanches to buy 800 new Black Hawk helicopters instead, to purchase more unmanned surveillance and attack-drone aircraft, and to upgrade 1400 Black Hawks and other helicopters already in use.