Air Force
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Air ForceF-22 Out, F-35 Engine In Compromise DoD Authorization Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Defense authorizers unveiled yesterday a final Pentagon policy bill that kills a previous House attempt to continue production of the F-22 jet fighter the Obama administration opposes […]
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Hill Negotiators Keep F-35 Engine In DoD Bill; Levin Sees No Veto
By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate negotiators plan to announce today authorization for continuing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s second engine is in their compromise Pentagon authorization bill, a move […]
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Senate Approves DoD Approps Bill With 10 C-17 Cargo Planes
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a $626 billion fiscal year 2010 Pentagon appropriations bill last night by a 93-7 margin after rejecting an attempt to delete from it 10 […]
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Defense Approps Nears Senate Passage
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. […]
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Congress Squabbles Over DoD Budget Bills As Fiscal Year Starts
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers continued debating the Pentagon’s two budget bills yesterday, hashing out whether to include controversial funding for C-17 cargo aircraft and a second engine for the F-35 […]
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Inouye Stands Behind F-35 Second Engine, Exportable F-22
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s lead appropriator said last Friday he hopes the final defense appropriations bill being readied for the White House will fund the F-35’s second engine program […]
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Defense Bills Move On Hill As New Fiscal Year Nears
By Emelie Rutherford Senior lawmakers said yesterday they hope to finish work on the two Pentagon funding bills by the start of fiscal year 2010 next week, though they acknowledged […]
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DoD Appeals Vehicle, Ship Cuts In Auth Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers’ cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship […]
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SAC OK’s Defense Approps With Many DoD-Sought Cuts, More M-ATVs
By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate panel approved Pentagon spending legislation yesterday that heeds many of the Obama administration’s big program cuts while also boosting funds for additional mine-proof vehicles […]
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Marines To Bell-Boeing: Fix V-22 Readiness Problems By 2011
By Marina Malenic RIDLEY PARK, Pa.–With criticism of V-22 Osprey operational costs and readiness rates mounting in Washington, the Marine Corps has asked contractors Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and Boeing […]