Defense funds deal reached

Posted at: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006

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 ...

Bill lets Air Force buy 10 more Boeing C-17s

Posted at: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006

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 sp...

Lockheed Fights Proposed JSF Delay

Posted at: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006

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 Senat...