Editor's Note: The updated version includes industry reaction to the proposed termination of the CSAR-X program. Defense Secretary Robert Gates today said he is recommending the termination of a handful of the Air Force's largest acquisition programs, including the F-22A fifth-generation fighter and C-17 cargo hauler. Gates also said the Defense Department will not continue the combat search-and-rescue helicopter and Transformational Satellite competitions or the development of a 2018 Next-Generation Bomber. The cuts to these major Air Force aircraft programs...
