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USA: new funds for the C-17 and the second F-35 engine

Washington, USA - VH-71 presidential helicopter and F-22 axed from the new House bill

The US House of Representatives approved a new bill for Fiscal Year 2010 defense budget, authorizing new funds for the C-17 and the alternative Lockheed Martin F-35 engine, besides more spending on the F/A-18E/F, the RQ-4 Global Hawk and the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. The authorized funds total US$636,4 billion. The financing excludes Lockheed Marin's F-22 fighter jet, which production will be ended...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112662
Rome, Italy, 12/17/2009 13:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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