House Appropriators Want $435 Million Cut From AMRAAM Budget

By Maggie Ybarra / June 10, 2011 at 6:14 PM
The House Appropriations Committee wants to cut $435 million and 379 missiles from the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile program, according to documents reviewed by InsideDefense.com. The documents show that the panel intends to cut 161 missiles and about $172.3 million in missile procurement funding from the Navy's fiscal year 2012 budget request, along with 218 missiles and about $262.2 million from the Air Force's. Those documents also cite an expected schedule slip caused by a delay to an...

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