Procurement: August 24, 1999

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Congress appears ready to restore the recently cut funding for the F-22 fighter, but only if the White House commits to sustained defense increases in real terms.--Stephen V Cole

The new AIM-9X Evolved Sidewider dogfight air-to-air missile is behind schedule about a year; which is bad because the US has allowed other countries to find weapons (Russian AA-11, Israeli Python, British ASRAAM) superior to the current Sidewinder.--Stephen V Cole