Army Cancels Comanche Chopper Program

NPR | By Eric Westervelt

Published February 24, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

The U.S. Army is canceling the multi-billion dollar Comanche helicopter program in effort to put funds towards a new group of unmanned airships. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports warfare methods have changed since the Comanche program was started two decades ago.

Eric Westervelt

Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based senior editor-correspondent for NPR's National Desk.

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