The House Armed Services airland subcommittee made few changes to funding requested for Navy programs under the president's proposed fiscal year 2009 budget in its mark-up of the defense authorization bill today, adding money for a second Joint Strike Fighter engine and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles but changing little else. The legislation, passed by the subcommittee May 7, fully funds the president's budget request for almost all major programs with a few alterations, mostly to Air Force and Army...
