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Air Force

Hill Scouring DoD Budget With $18 Billion In Weapons Cuts

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

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The Pentagon unveiled yesterday its fiscal year 2013 budget proposal--which includes a restructuring of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program--giving lawmakers details on proposed weapons changes they will challenge starting today. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will kick off the fiscal year 2013 defense budget hearings with Pentagon leaders today, when the administration's proposal to restructure Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 program will be scrutinized. The Pentagon wants to save $15.1 billion by delaying plans for buying 179 F-35s over the…

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