InsideDefense.com: White House Asks Congress For $741 Billion In Military Spending
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The Obama administration today asked Congress for $741.2 billion in new military spending, including a $548.9 billion base budget for fiscal year 2011 — a sum that reflects a significant increase the White House granted the Pentagon during the budget endgame in December — as well as $159.3 billion to finance [...]
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IAI Introduces 767 multi-role tanker transport concept in Singapore
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Flight: FAA fines American Eagle for mismanagement of baggage calculations
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Officials from the US FAA have proposed a $2.5 million penalty against US regional American Eagle Airlines for operating flights without ensuring the weight of baggage was properly calculated.
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AvWeek: KC-X Headed for a Sole-Source to Boeing?
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After a Jan. 28 meeting with senior defense officials, Northrop Grumman executives continue to be resolute that the company is not likely to win the KC-X refueling tanker contract without major revisions to the draft request for proposals (RFP). And, it appears those changes aren’t coming.
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AvWeek: India reiterates commitment to Sukhoi T-50
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“That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Indo-Russian fifth-generation fighter aircraft.” Air Cmdr. Jasjit Singh, director of the Center for Air Power Studies in New Delhi, and a long-time strategic advisor to the Indian parliament and others, made it clear at the Asia Pacific Security Conference in Singapore today that international collaboration on the Sukhoi T-50 [...]
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