VH-71, DDG-1000 FACE BUDGET AX, WHILE SUPPORT PERSISTS FOR EFV

/ March 12, 2009 at 5:00 AM
A week after President Obama called for an overhaul of defense contracting, Pentagon, military and industry sources say it is increasingly likely the VH-71 White House helicopter program and the Navy's DDG-1000 destroyer program will face the budget ax, while the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program is retaining key support despite serious concerns. Obama argued in a March 4 speech that the Pentagon must end extra costs and long delays that are all too common in U.S. defense contracting;...

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