Political Combat Over a Fighter Jet's Engine
07/27/2010 NPR
Tuesday afternoon, in a room on Capitol Hill, a group of House members will vote on the fate of a jet engine, adding yet another battle to a years-long lobbying war between two big defense contractors.
The stakes are enormous, because the F-35 — known as the joint strike fighter — will be the only new U.S. fighter jet for years to come. So the competition for engines has gotten vicious.
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Panel Seen Approving F-35 Engine, Risking Veto
07/26/2010 The New York Times
Despite increasing calls from lawmakers for deficit reduction, one military program opposed by the White House and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates — an alternate engine for the joint strike fighter — so far refuses to die.
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Blue Angels take to skies over Pensacola Beach
07/08/2010 NWFLDaily news
PENSACOLA BEACH – Get ready to witness exhilarating stunts and heart-stopping maneuvers at the Pensacola Beach Air Show, July 9 and 10.
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Veterans Affairs to Ease Claim Process for Disability
07/08/2010 The Gainsville Sun
The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
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Lockheed's F-35 work continues
07/08/2010 Orlando Sentinel
Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a $522 million contract from the U.S. Defense Department related to its production work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The award, announced this week, provides "long-lead" funds to pay for materials and supplies involved in making the next production order of the advanced, stealth fighter jets, the Pentagon said.
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Marines' Mattis to take over Central Command
07/08/2010 Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis has been picked to take over U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.
Mattis would replace Gen. David Petraeus, who is now in Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO's top military officer there.
As head of Central Command, Mattis would oversee U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as across the Middle East, including Iraq and Iran
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Grant going toward LambdaRail access
07/05/2010 © Panama City News Herald (FL)
The governor’s office has announced $867,000 in supplemental defense-related grants to six statewide projects, including a $250,000 Defense Infrastructure Grant that will be used for high-speed Internet projects by the Bay Defense Alliance. BDA President Tom Neubauer said the Bay County Board of Commissioners will administer the grant for the defense alliance. Neubauer said the grant will help with efforts to expand Florida LambdaRail Internet access to Bay County, something that will help Tyndall Air Force Base and Naval Support Activity Panama City. The supplemental Fiscal year 2009-2010 DIG awards announced Tuesday were created by the shifting of funds from inactive grants to active projects, according to Enterprise Florida.
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