Sunday, September 5, 2010

San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - South Florida Business Journal:

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million for defense-related projects in San accordingto U.S. Rep. Ciro D-San Antonio, who serves on the committee. A planned upgrade of an aircraf t maintenance building at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 millioh in federal funding. The funding will be used to brinfg the building up to code compliance to provide a placewhere F-16 fighter jets can be properly In addition, $5 million was authorized for a prograj to produce unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklighf Night Vision Advanced Technology, whichh is manufactured by San Antonio-based This technology allows for the deploymengt of miniature drones to provided site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antonio continues to be a militarg leader in operations and the advancementrof technology,” says Congressmanb Rodriguez. “These authorizations will bolster the abilit y of our troops to do theirr jobs more safelyand efficiently.”

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