Boeing, Lockheed Martin Win in Half-Trillion Dollar Defense Bill
- Compromise measure covers the rest of fiscal year 2017
- Bill seeks to stave off troop cuts, increase military pay
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Boeing Co. would get the money to build more Super Hornet fighters than the Pentagon requested while Lockheed Martin Corp. would receive a boost for the Joint Strike Fighter as part of a military spending bill worth more than a half-trillion dollars.
The House today passed 371-48 a defense appropriation for the remainder of fiscal year 2017 that would favor a larger U.S. military as well as major weapons programs ranging from ships to helicopters and fighter aircraft.