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Monday, February 9th, 2009

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense DDG Doings. House Armed Service Seapower subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is looking for more information on a potential Navy guided-missile destroyer referred to as the Future Surface Combatant (FSC) in a pre-decisional memo from the Pentagon acquisition chief. "We sent a letter to appropriate people in the Pentagon telling them we were disappointed that they would be discussing something and not coming to the folks who have to…

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