Abandoned Weapons Programs Has Cost The U.S. Army $32 Billion Since 1995

In 2000, the Comanche helicopter ranked as the most important planned buy for the Army. Four years later, the program — which had consumed close to 20 years of work and nearly $6 billion — was abruptly shuttered. Comanche helicopter. / Reuters

Army Report: Military Has Spent $32 Billion Since ’95 On Abandoned Weapons Programs -- Washington Post

The Army’s Comanche helicopter was envisioned as “the quarterback of the digital battlefield,” a technologically superior aircraft that could hide from enemies, operate at night and in bad weather, and travel farther than any other helicopter.

Gen. Richard Cody, a former vice chief of staff of the Army, called it the “most flexible, most agile” aircraft the country had ever produced.

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My Comment: This $32 billion total is for the Army. Who knows how much money has been "lost" in the Air Force, Navy, and Marines.