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DEFENSE WATCH

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 12th, 2011

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Appropriation Action. The SAC’s Defense subcommittee is scheduled to mark up the fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The full committee set the amount of the defense budget, including military construction, at $526 billion on Sept. 7. That’s $27 billion less than the White House’s request. Some advocates of defense cuts have argued the SAC’s proposal is not a major blow to the Pentagon’s budget, because…

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