Headlines of: Thursday 2 February, 2006
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Thu Feb 2nd, 2006 | dailynews.com

PALMDALE - The Pentagon is proposing to speed up retirement of the F-117A stealth fighter and the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft in two programs that employ Lockheed Martin workers in Palmdale.
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Thu Feb 2nd, 2006 | washingtonpost.com

During a regularly scheduled video conference with President Bush just before Christmas, British Prime Minister Tony Blair raised a sensitive issue -- a Pentagon budget-cutting proposal that could cost Rolls-Royce PLC, one of Britain's premier companies, billions of dollars.
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Thu Feb 2nd, 2006 | ibnlive.com

New Delhi: The dogfight for bagging the Indian order for 126 fighter aircraft has taken a sensational twist. The front-runner, the French Mirage 2000, has pulled out, complaining that India is taking too much time to make up its mind.