Air Force gets $4 billion raise; faces Raptor cuts

Article Abstract:

The proposed Air Force budget for fiscal year 2006 has modest increases for many programs and significant cuts for a few, including the F/A-22 Raptor fighter aircraft and the C-130J Hercules transport plane. The proposed budget total for the Air Force came to $127.4 billion for discretionary funding, but more realistic $102.9 billion figure would constitute a 6.4 percent increase from its fiscal 2005 counterpart figure of $96.7 billion.

Strategy & planning, Government expenditures, National Security, Defense Administration & Finance, Defense Procurement, Planning, Defense spending, Military procurement, Company business planning, Defence spending, Government finance, F/A-22 (Aircraft), Defence buying, C-130J (Aircraft)

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B-2 Spirit bomber gets smart upgrades for new war

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The various modifications of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to satisfy changing Air Force requirements that include upgrades to the aircraft's communications and radar systems and the bomb rack is reported. This new communications system would serve to link the national command authority for the nuclear environment and provide significant increase in bandwidth and data capability from the aircraft and to the aircraft.

Product information, Product enhancement, Stealth bombers

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New rescue platform's mission now more focused--experts

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The Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV) of the US Air Force is renamed as the combat search and rescue (CSAR)-X in an attempt to acquire a new platform for CSAR missions but conjectures abound as to the actual implications of the name change. One suggestion is that the change in nomenclature indicates a need to focus the platform's role more specifically, possibly in response to budgetary concerns.

Product development, Armored military vehicles, Armored vehicles, Military, Armoured military vehicles

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