Weldon: tough decisions ahead for fighter programs

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Rep. Curt Weldon, the chairman of the House Armed Service's Committee's tactical air land subcommittee has stated that Congress will have to make some tough decisions while writing the next defense budget in order to cater for the funding of three tactical avaiation programs, namely the Navy's F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, the Air Force's F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The $14 billion alloted to the Comanche that has now been cancelled by the Army after six program restructurings will now be used for other aviation programs as there is no likelihood of an increase in defense spending.

Financial management, Finance, Company financing, Aeronautics, Military, Military aviation, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services

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General: Missile defense to be ready this fall

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Air Force Lieutenant General Ronald Kadish believes that the Pentagon has a basic system that is capable of protecting all 50 United States from a ballistic-missile attack from North Korea by September 2004. He states that five interceptor missiles, with the associated hardware, software and the communication equipment would soon be available to track the radars and command centers.

Executive changes & profiles, Ballistic Missile Defense Systems, Officials and employees, United States. Air Force, Ballistic missile defenses, Ballistic missile defences, Kadish, Ronald

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Weldon: DOD needs better UAV management

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Rep. Curt Weldon is a supporter of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in Congress. He is of the opinion that the Pentagon is not doing enough to ensure that the individual services procure these vehicles.

Unmanned Space Vehicles, Unmanned spacecraft, Congressional candidates

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