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Air Force

McKeon Stands By F-35 2nd Engine Plan

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he still sees a need for a second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine despite the current fiscal pressures on the Pentagon budget. “The reason we need it is still just as strong as ever,” HASC Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) said yesterday after a speech at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington. The policy-setting defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2012, crafted by McKeon’s committee and passed…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

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