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Air Force

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…

Congress

House Authorizers Retain Battleship Funding, But Want Nuclear-Power Report

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Congress

HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup

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HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]