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Monday, April 13th, 2009

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Kennedy's Ship. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chair of the SASC Seapower subcommittee, is lauding Defense Secretary Robert Gates' proposal last week to build a third DDG-1000, instead of fully funding only two of the destroyers. "I'm especially glad to see that the secretary has made the decision to continue production of the third DDG-1000," Kennedy says in a statement. "We've already invested $11 billion in this program, and the…

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