Bill Text: TX HCR25 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Expressing support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR25-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Expressing support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR25-Engrossed.html
87R7096 BHH-D | ||
By: Krause, Turner of Tarrant, Price, | H.C.R. No. 25 | |
Collier, Cyrier, et al. |
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WHEREAS, The increasing military capabilities of other | ||
nations pose a growing threat to the United States, and in response, | ||
the U.S. military is undertaking critical modernization efforts | ||
across all branches; and | ||
WHEREAS, The U.S. Army has adopted a modernization plan | ||
encompassing six mutually supporting priorities, among them the | ||
Future Vertical Lift program; the FVL initiative is a research and | ||
development effort to provide the next generation of rotorcraft | ||
technology to the armed forces, improving maneuverability, range, | ||
speed, payload, survivability, and reliability while reducing | ||
logistical footprint; and | ||
WHEREAS, Key components of FVL include the Future Long-Range | ||
Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft; FARA is | ||
designed to defeat defensive layers by providing much-needed aerial | ||
reconnaissance capabilities, while FLRAA will exploit opened areas | ||
to achieve air assault, air medical, and medium utility missions; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, FVL will enable the Army National Guard, including | ||
the Texas National Guard, to expand its mission as an operational | ||
strategic reserve; and | ||
WHEREAS, Army Futures Command, headquartered in Austin, | ||
focuses on modernization and speeding up the acquisition of | ||
platforms and technology, including FVL; Texas is both a center of | ||
the nation's aerospace and aviation industry and home to active | ||
military bases representing all branches of the military; moreover, | ||
numerous defense contractors and suppliers located in the Lone Star | ||
State play a role in strengthening military readiness; and | ||
WHEREAS, FVL is vital to the military's ability to compete in | ||
the ever-evolving threat environment, and this important program | ||
will also promote continued growth and innovation in the aerospace | ||
and defense sectors in Texas and the nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby express its support for the Future Vertical Lift program, | ||
including FLRAA and FARA, as part of U.S. Army modernization; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby express support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future | ||
Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault | ||
Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the members of the Texas delegation to | ||
Congress as an expression of the sentiment of the Texas | ||
Legislature. |