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Air Force

HAC To Weigh Aircraft, Vehicle Funding Changes

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

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A House panel wants to boost the Pentagon’s proposed funding for a future bomber and existing Humvees and tanks, while calling for scrutiny of the Pentagon’s efficiencies initiative, Navy shipbuilding, and the Air Force tanker development. The House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) 349-page report accompanying the fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill calls for an array of policy and spending changes to President Barack Obama’s military spending request. The HAC is slated to mark up the bill today, and the House is…

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