The U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees are sending a message to the Pentagon: Watch those big money programs with state-of-the-art technology, or we will. The $441.6-billion National Defense Authorization Bill, which was cleared for floor act
Taking a symbolic step--although a small one--toward eventual service entry with the Royal Air Force, the first BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 aircraft has been been painted in air force livery. The MRA4 has a tentative in-service date toward the end of 2009.
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