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Headlines of: Saturday 23 September, 2006
Defense funds deal reached
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | dailynews.com
PALMDALE - Congressional negotiators agreed to a $377.6 billion defense spending bill that will provide funding for the production of 20 F-22A fighters and two F-35 joint strike fighters and fully funds the Global Hawk reconnaissance airplane program.
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | dailynews.com
PALMDALE - Congressional negotiators agreed to a $377.6 billion defense spending bill that will provide funding for the production of 20 F-22A fighters and two F-35 joint strike fighters and fully funds the Global Hawk reconnaissance airplane program.
Bill lets Air Force buy 10 more Boeing C-17s
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | signonsandiego.com
WASHINGTON -- An unexpected decision by Congress to provide funds to buy 10 additional C-17 transports for the Air Force could keep Boeing's Long Beach assembly line going into 2010, more than six months beyond the previous shutdown date, a company spokesman said yesterday.
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | signonsandiego.com
WASHINGTON -- An unexpected decision by Congress to provide funds to buy 10 additional C-17 transports for the Air Force could keep Boeing's Long Beach assembly line going into 2010, more than six months beyond the previous shutdown date, a company spokesman said yesterday.
Lockheed Fights Proposed JSF Delay
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | military.com
As lawmakers head into negotiations on fiscal year 2007 defense spending legislation, defense giant Lockheed Martin is peddling a compromise procurement plan for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Capitol Hill. If adopted, Lockheed's plan would nix a Senate-led effort to delay initial production of th...
Posted on: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 | military.com
As lawmakers head into negotiations on fiscal year 2007 defense spending legislation, defense giant Lockheed Martin is peddling a compromise procurement plan for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Capitol Hill. If adopted, Lockheed's plan would nix a Senate-led effort to delay initial production of th...
- Hornet celebrates 30th anniversary of first flight
- A-10 successfully drops laser-guided bomb
- Boeing CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Fielded by US Army's 1st Cavalry Division
- Eurofighter Test Fleet surpasses 6,000 Flying Hours
- First Tranche 2 Typhoon Delivered to the Italian Air Force
- 180 Eurofighters for Germany, no reduction in Tranche 3
- Russian military considers buying aerial drones from Israel
- Sudan confirms purchase of Russian MiG-29 jet fighters
- F-35 prototype achieves supersonic speed
- Boeing Delivers 1st Production Laser JDAM Kits to US Navy
- Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes Operational Assessment
