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SAC Signals Support For Contested Engine Effort It Doesn’t Fund

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Friday, September 17th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Though a key Senate committee approved a bill yesterday that would not fund the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine, the panel's chairman and its report on the bill both indicated support for the controversial propulsion effort. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) marked up its $669.9 billion version of the fiscal year 2011 defense appropriations bill, which does not fund the F-35 second engine, which is developed by General Electric [GE] and Rolls-Royce and is an alternate…

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