Air Force To Cancel 3GIRS, NPOESS In FY-11 Budget

By Marcus Weisgerber / January 29, 2010 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force plans to cancel two major satellite programs and invest heavily in manned and unmanned aircraft in its fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, according to internal Pentagon budget document. The Air Force's FY-11 budget proposal -- scheduled to head to Capitol Hill on Monday (Feb. 1) -- will call for spending billions of dollars to build F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, develop new bomber technology and field communications satellites, according to draft fiscal year 2011 budget documents reviewed by...

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