As Army narrows field for its flight-school outsourcing contract, Congress says: not so fast

Congress won’t fund the Army’s plans to outsource training for new helicopter pilots until it sees the results of a trial program. That hasn’t stopped the service from notifying several companies that they’re progressing in the competition to take on the job. Tucked into the 3,000-page National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law last month, is a provision stating that funds can’t “be obligated or expended to solicit proposals or award a