Article: DOD releases V-22 IDA study to Congress ... data seen as boosting Congressional supporters ... study purports V-22s of equal cost as more effective than anything else. (Defense Dept., Institute for Defense Analysis, tilt-rotor aircraft)

... Data Seen As Boosting Congressional Supporters

Congress received the long-awaited Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) study of the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey late Friday and Capitol Hill supporters of the novel system are already charging that the study's data supports the acquisition of the aircraft over proposed alternatives. (See Defense Daily, June 11, 13, 18, 22.)

DoD said Secretary of Defense Cheney has reviewed the report "and concluded that his decision on the V-22 remains valid. The investment cost necessary to buy it remains too high..."

Congressional supporters of the program, like Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) were quick to allege that ...

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