Although Congress cut $212 million from the Navy's VH-71 presidential helicopter Increment II effort in the FY '09 defense appropriations act, lawmakers still left $100 million to start up the second phase of the program, a Navy official said. "The good news is that most of the president's budget request was approved in the '09 bill, Thomas Laux, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy Air, told sister publication Defense Daily in a recent interview. "There is going to be all…
Even With $212 Million Funding Cut, Navy Pushes On With VH-71 Increment II Effort
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