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 Comanche (RAH-66) portion of the Pentagon's Department of Operational Test and Evaluation 2003 Annual Report. The Pentagon used to make this report publicly available on the web, but is no longer doing so. POGO has scanned in the reports of eleven of the biggest or most troubled systems. April 16, 2004. "Pentagon pulls plug on Comanche helicopter program after already spending $7 billion," NBC Nightly News, February 23, 2004The Army today cancelled its Comanche helicopter program after sinking $7 billion and 21 years of effort into producing a new generation helicopter. Comanche Helicopters Axed. CBSNews.com, February 23, 2003. 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 contractors for Comanche are Boeing Co. and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. POGO Alert - POGO's statement regarding the cancellation of the Army's Comanche Helicopter. February 23, 2004. POGO Alert - POGO Supports OMB Request for F/A-22 and Comanche Program Studies. February 10, 2004. POGO Alert - POGO announces update of the RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter "Fighting with Failures," one in a series of fact sheets designed to document Pentagon shortcuts in weapons testing, and problems that result including billions of wasted taxpayer dollars, the deaths of military personnel, and the production of weapons that do not work. January 22, 2004.
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