Obama administration objects to $369 million in legislation for more F-22 radar-evading jets

September 30th, 2009 Northrop Grumman gets $36.1M Air Force pactWASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $36.1 million contract from the Air Force for various spare parts for a low powered radar system, the Pentagon said late Wednesday.

August 28th, 2009 Raytheon gets $19.8M Air Force dealWASHINGTON — Military contractor Raytheon Co. received a $19.8 million contract boost from the Air Force to begin production of a radar warning receiver, the Pentagon said Thursday.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid Watch" site also contains links for the interested public to sign up for NASA's new asteroid widget and Twitter account.

July 16th, 2009 Vote postponed on bid to remove F-22 jet fundingWASHINGTON — A bid to cut $1.75 billion recently added to the defense spending bill for more Lockheed Martin fighter jets has stalled in the Senate despite repeated veto threats by the White House. Bowing to pressure from Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sen.

July 15th, 2009 Levin says vote postponed on F-22 jet fundingWASHINGTON — A key Senate vote that would eliminate $1.75 billion added to the defense spending bill for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin has been postponed again. Sen. Carl Levin on Wednesday withdrew the F-22 amendment so the Senate can first address a controversial hate crimes bill.

July 13th, 2009 McCain looks to cut funding for more F-22 jetsWASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, in an unusual alliance with the Obama administration, moved Monday to eliminate $1.75 billion recently inserted into the proposed 2010 defense budget for more fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.

July 10th, 2009 Obama to Congress: Health care legislation by Aug.L'AQUILA, Italy — Despite snags in Congress, President Barack Obama says his administration is closer to achieving health care reform than at any time in recent history. He says he hopes Congress will pass health care legislation by the August recess but "nothing is do or die." Obama says he is making health care his "highest legislative priority".

July 4th, 2009 MOSCOW - The speaker of Russian parliament's upper house has hoped that the US could give up its plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and Czech Repubic as President Barack Obama has shown least interest in the controversial issue. Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov told Ekho Moskvy radio Saturday that he has reasons to believe that "ultimately, this thoughtless and very dangerous step will not be made - there will be neither radar nor missiles".

June 26th, 2009 Lawmakers vote to continue production of F-22 jetsWASHINGTON — Congressional supporters of an advanced jet fighter won battles Thursday to build more of the aircraft. But with the Obama administration threatening to veto the move, they're a long way from winning the war.

June 25th, 2009 Senators add $1.75B to DOD budget for F-22'sWASHINGTON — Senators on Thursday added $1.75 billion to a Pentagon budget proposal for seven more of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 fighter jets, setting the stage for a battle with the Obama administration. The Senate Armed Services Committee added the funds in its version of the fiscal 2010 defense spending bill.

June 24th, 2009 Key Democrat works to eliminate extra F-22 fundingWASHINGTON — A key House Democrat on Tuesday criticized so-called fiscal conservatives for approving millions of dollars for an outdated weapon system, while complaining about ballooning deficits. "I am of course struck that so many of my colleagues who are so worried about the deficit apparently think the Pentagon is funded with Monopoly money that somehow doesn't count," Rep.

June 24th, 2009 White House threatens veto over F-22 jet fightersWASHINGTON — Preparing for a possible showdown with Congress, the White House on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation authorizing a $680 billion military budget if it contains money for jet fighters the Pentagon doesn't want. In a statement, the White House Office of Management and Budget said the $369 million that a House committee added to the bill as a downpayment for 12 additional F-22 fighters runs counter to the "collective judgment" of the military's top leaders.

June 17th, 2009 House committee adds $369M for Lockheed's F-22 jetWASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 program got an unexpected lift Wednesday after House lawmakers approved $369 million to continue production of the radar-evading fighter jets. The surprise amendment, likely to reopen a debate over the necessity of the Cold War planes that cost $140 million each, was approved by the House Armed Services Committee.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of astronomers has used the world's biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see. The study solidifies the link between an active galaxy's gamma-ray emissions and its powerful radio-emitting jets.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An F-22A fighter jet crashed in California while on a test flight Wednesday, the US Air Force confirmed. The status of the pilot was unclear.