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Fighter Jet, Osprey Among Winners in Defense Appropriations Bill.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2001

By Richard Whittle, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 20--WASHINGTON--Full funding for the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and continued production of the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft are included in the annual defense appropriations bill, which Congress is expected to finish Thursday.

The $317.2 billion spending bill for fiscal year 2002, which began Oct. 1, boosts the Pentagon budget by $26.6 billion over last year. Programs funded by the bill of particular interest to Texas include:

-- $1.54 billion for continued development of the F-35, a new multi-service strike fighter. The Pentagon in October selected Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp. of Fort Worth to build the JSF, which is to be used by the Air...

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