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Air Force Budget Request Includes $120 Million for U-2 Aircraft

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

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Air Force Budget Request Includes $120 Million for U-2 Aircraft

The Air Force requested $120 million for the U-2 reconnaissance plane in fiscal 2021 (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The Air Force fiscal 2021 budget request includes $120 million for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, including about $48 million for the "high altitude, deep look" Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-2B (ASARS-2B), $62 million for other upgrades, and nearly $10 million in overseas contingency operations funding. Raytheon [RTN] builds ASARS-2B. The $120 million Air Force request is $62 million more than appropriated last year, when ASARS-2B funds were not included. The ASARS-2B program "replaces the front end components…

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