Pentagon Planning Cuts to Fighter Jet Program -- NYT
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The Pentagon is planning sharp cuts in  the Air Force's program for its new F/A-22 fighter jet in a  move budget analysts said was intended to offset mounting U.S.  deficits and the growing costs of the Iraq war, Wednesday's New  York Times reported.
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The Pentagon, under fire for rushing  an outside report on ways to replace the U.S. Air Force's aging  KC-135 mid-air refueling tankers, is seeking a second opinion,  the top U.S. weapons buyer said Wednesday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  was awarded a $400 million contract for F-16 aircraft sales to several foreign countries and also won a $248 million contract to support the F-22 weapon system, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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The Pentagon is considering cutting some of its largest programs, including the F/A-22 Raptor, to help bring down the budget deficit during the next few years and offset Iraq war costs, according to congressional and industry sources.
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The United States has threatened to move its jet fighters out of the Korean peninsula unless Seoul offers a new, exclusive firing range for US airmen within a month, reports said.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  has won a contract modification worth $1 billion to build 23 more F-22 fighter aircraft plus one test aircraft, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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Chicago Tribune - The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed sweeping changes Sunday that would dismantle the CIA and remove several of the United States' largest intelligence agencies from the control of the Pentagon.
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The world's most expensive military project, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is due to take to the skies next week.
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An effort to bar the Pentagon from selling surplus parts for the F-14 fighter jet &#151; a plane now flown only by Iran &#151; will be introduced in the House.
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After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India's growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend production lines for such items as the F-16 fighter.
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A new think tank run by former U.S. defense officials has published a detailed plan that would have the United States withdraw from Iraq in phases, beginning in 2008 and ending in 2012.
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Planemaker Boeing Co. expects Pentagon budget cut proposals to hit its top defense programs, the head of its military business said in a newspaper interview published on Friday.
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The White House plans to shift $3.2 billion in defense spending -- partly from new weapons like the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a trade publication reported on Monday.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL.N Chief  Executive Gerald Grinstein on Wednesday said his transformation  plan for the struggling No. 3 U.S. airline would include 6,000  to 7,000 job cuts over the next 18 months and a dehubbing of  its Dallas/Fort Worth operation.
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The Navy would retire one of its 12 aircraft carriers and the Air Force would reduce its buy of F-22 stealth fighters under budget proposals being discussed in the Pentagon, officials said Thursday.
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The United States has brought forward a planned sale of advanced F-35 warplanes to Israel as part of efforts by the two allies to maintain a military advantage over Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Report: Pentagon discussing possible military action against Iran to neutralise its nuclear weapons threat, including possible strikes on leadership targets.