Key lawmaker hits killing 2nd JSF engine

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The move by the US Department of Defense (DOD) not to have a second supplier of jet engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is criticized by senior Congressman, Rep. Curt Weldon, who demands that the DOD provide a solid analysis for the decision. This confrontation is the fall out of a significant controversy over Pentagon's decision to buy JSF engines solely from Pratt & Whitney cutting out General Electric Co. of Connecticut and UK's Rolls-Royce plc.

General services, Purchasing, Demonstrations and protests, United States. Department of Defense, Weldon, Curt

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Key lawmaker rejects new deepwater plan as costly

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Representative Harold Rogers, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee homeland security subcommittee in the US, has rejected the Coast Guard choice of a $24 billion, 25-year plan for the Deepwater procurement of new aircraft and cutters for being too expensive. The subcommittee chose a Cadillac out of four possible plans for the Deepwater procurement program but Congress is going to knock the coastal service down to a lesser purchasing plan.

Underwater drilling

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Deepwater program to use Sikorsky HH-60 instead of AV-139

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The Coast Guard would be utilizing refurbished and upgraded Sikorsky HH-60 helicopter as its Medium Range Recovery Helicopter (MRR) for Deepwater program instead of buying the AB139 helicopter by Bell Agusta. The Sikorsky helicopter was selected because it would fulfill the requirements better than AB-139 and it would also save $500 million that could be used to help finance other components of the Deepwater acquisition program.

Facilities & equipment, Aircraft, Usage, Equipment and supplies, Aircraft industry, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., HH-60 (Helicopter)

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