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  • HASC Chair Won't Intervene For Global Hawk; Pledges To Try For More DoD Dough

    03/01/2012 8:20:30 PM PST · by U-238 · 13 replies · 19+ views
    AOL Defense ^ | 3/1/2012 | Colin Clark
    Even though Global Hawk is built in his district, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon told me today that he would not personally push to save the Block 30s from oblivion. "I will not be involved in trying to force something just because it's best for my district," McKeon said today during the interview on C-Span's Newsmakers show. The Air Force killed the Global Hawk Block 30 purchase in the 2013 defense budget, arguing that the venerable U-2 reconnaissance plane does a better job for less. That cut is estimated to save the Pentagon $2.5 billion. The chairman...
  • Strategy & Policy HASC Chair Won't Intervene For Global Hawk; Pledges To Try For More DoD Dough

    03/01/2012 8:20:20 PM PST · by U-238 · 1 replies · 5+ views
    AOL Defense ^ | 3/1/2012 | Colin Clark
    Even though Global Hawk is built in his district, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon told me today that he would not personally push to save the Block 30s from oblivion. "I will not be involved in trying to force something just because it's best for my district," McKeon said today during the interview on C-Span's Newsmakers show. The Air Force killed the Global Hawk Block 30 purchase in the 2013 defense budget, arguing that the venerable U-2 reconnaissance plane does a better job for less. That cut is estimated to save the Pentagon $2.5 billion. The chairman...