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Lush money times for Pentagon may not last, Sessions warns

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Senator Jeff Sessions Republican, Alaska has warned that the Department of Defense (DOD) should take advantage of the fiscal 2007 defense budget proposed by the administration in anticipation of leaner days ahead. The $439 billion fiscal 2007 defense budget, which does not include perhaps another $80 billion supplemental appropriation for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, stands in contrast to the roughly $300 billion the Pentagon was getting 10 years ago.

2007 AD

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DOD UAV roadmap highlights importance of J-UCAS

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The Pentagon has published the third edition of its 'UAV roadmap' highlighting its technological priorities in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by sidestepping the matter of whether those priorities would get the funding to match. The Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) is at the top of its list, despite the fact that the Department of Defense (DOD) has requested a lower budget for the program in fiscal 2006 than in 2005.

Government expenditures, Technology application, Government finance, Aims and objectives, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Trial balloon? Pentagon's cut list far from final word-experts

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A leaked Pentagon document, Program Budget Decision (PBD) 753 reveals a delineating some US $30 billion in U.S. defense spending cuts and that may not be the end of it. Many Pentagon programs could be in trouble, including F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft but final congressional appropriations could reveal a different picture.

Economic aspects, Defense programs, Defence programs

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