Monday, June 11, 2012

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 Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who servews on the committee. A planned upgrade of an aircraft maintenancr building at Kelly Annex Field has been approvedfor $7.9 million in federal funding. The funding will be used to brinh the building up to code compliancre to provide a placewherse F-16 fighter jets can be properly In addition, $5 million was authorized for a program to produc e unmanned aerial vehicles that use Blacklight Night Visionh Advanced Technology, which is manufactured by San Antonio-base This technology allows for the deploymenf of miniature drones to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antonio continues to be a military leade r in operations and the advancemenytof technology,” says Congressmann Rodriguez. “These authorizations will bolster the abilityh of our troops to do their jobs more safelgyand efficiently.”

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