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HASC Eyes F-35 Second Engine, Amphibious Vehicle, Missile Defense Changes

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The first signs of how Congress wants to tweak the Pentagon's budget proposal emerged yesterday, when the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) unveiled plans to potentially revive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine, limit amphibious-vehicle spending, and boost missile-defense funding. The HASC subcommittees today will start marking up portions of the policy-setting defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2012, which starts Oct. 1. It unveiled most of its subcommittee's proposed pieces of legislation yesterday. The Tactical…

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