The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved yesterday a defense spending plan that would freeze the Pentagon’s budget and cut programs including the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) and missile-defense interceptors. The SAC’s defense appropriations bill would cut $26 billion from the Pentagon’s $539 billion base budget request for fiscal year 2012, granting it the same funding as in FY ’11. Because the defense appropriations bill is not expected to pass before FY ’12 starts Oct. 1, the House advanced a…
SAC Cuts F-35, Ground Vehicles, Missile Interceptors
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