The Pentagon budget bill the Senate passed over the weekend cuts funding for systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, adds monies to maintain M-1 Abrams tank production, and critiques Army weapons development. The fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill, which is part of larger government-funding legislation, contains an array of weapon-system cuts that match those in the policy-setting Pentagon authorization Congress signed off on last Thursday (Defense Daily, Dec. 16). Military-watchers have waited for Congress to pass the defense authorization and appropriations…
Congress Passes Final Approps Bill With Acquisition Changes
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