Joint Strike Fighter program approaches its first dogfight
Published: Thu May 4th, 2006Source: www.hillnews.com
A Senate panel's decision to cut significant funds from the Pentagon's most expensive program to date, the Joint Strike Fighter, could create a maelstrom in the Pentagon and potentially during conference deliberations with the House over the 2007 defense authorization act.The Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee, chaired by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), slashed $1.2 billion from the Pentagon’s request for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a multiservice, multinational program.
Even though it is early in the authorization and appropriations process, several sources have indicated that the Pentagon is bound to lead a fight to restore the money because the cuts affect three services, the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, each expecting its specific version of the Joint Strike Fighter.
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