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USA: new defense budget bill cleared the Senate
Washington, USA - VH-71 partially safe, F-22 cancelled. Funding for new troops in Afghanistan, the C-17 and the F136 engine
The US Senate today approved with 63 votes against 33, after a night session, the US$636 billion defense budget bill that had already cleared the House of Representatives on Wednesday (see AVIONEWS). The proposal includes funding for 10 new Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters, for the production of the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 alternative F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine, and for new...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112720
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency