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Report: F-35 Schedule Delays

Government Accounting Office Prediction.

The Government Accounting office says some flight testing work on the F-35 fighter jet will not be completed till May of 2018…a year from now. From the GAO Report: “Our analysis of historical test point data as of December 2016 indicates that the average test point execution rates are much lower, at 220 mission systems test points per month. In…

White House: Trump Budget will Hike Defense Spending by $54B

(AP Photo/LM Otero)The White House says President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid. White House budget officials outlined the information during a telephone call with reporters given on condition of anonymity. The budget officials on the call ignored requests to put the…