Friday, December 9, 2011

San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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million for defense-related projectws in San Antonio, according to U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-Sahn Antonio, who serves on the committee. A planned upgradee of an aircraft maintenance building at Kelly Anne Field has been approvedfor $7.9 millio n in federal funding. The funding will be used to brinvg the building up to code compliance to providre a placewhere F-16 fighter jets can be properlty maintained.
In addition, $5 million was authorizedx for a program to produce unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklighft Night VisionAdvanced Technology, which is manufactureds by San Antonio-based This technology allowws for the deployment of miniature drones to provide site-specific surveillance information. “San Antonio continuesx to be a military leader in operations and the advancemenof technology,” says Congressman Rodriguez. “These authorizations will bolster the ability of our troops to do theirt jobs more safelyand efficiently.

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