Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee today acknowledged the $1.1 billion cut made to the V-22 Osprey program in the latest defense budget might lead officials to buy fewer V-22s in the coming years, depending on the outcome of forthcoming negotiations between the Pentagon and industry on a multiyear production deal. Inside the Navy first reported the $1.1 billion cut last December, noting concern in the Marine Corps that the cut would force the Pentagon to buy about 19 fewer...
