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31f 940 FLIGHT International, 5 lane 1969 mini DEFENCE F-14A FINANCING CUT? BUDGET REDUCTIONS at present being planned by the US Defence Department include a cut of about $200 million in the $450 million 1970 fiscal year funding for the US Navy's F-14A air superiority fighter. These reductions—which also in clude a delay of about a year in the USAF F-15 fighter and stretch-out or cancellation of the USN S-3A carrier- based ASW a i r c r a f t—are reportedly being calculated on the basis of their effect on United States' defence posture, in anticipation of Congressional demands for an additional $2,000 million reduc tion in the FY 1970 budget. The proposed cut in the F-14 pro gramme would put back the aircraft by at least a year and result in Model A production being entirely eliminated. More than 100 of this type had been scheduled for production before the F-14B programme would be initiated. Under the proposed budget cut, F-14 production could now be deferred until the F-14B phase. This means that initial flight test of a prototype F-14 would not be made until January 1972 instead of in January 1971. The F-14A with the Pratt and Whit ney TF30-P-12 engine developed for the F-111B is not considered a true air Galaxy captain's seat for the AOC-in-C, RAF Air Support Command, Air Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges, when he recently made a tour of Lockheed-Georgia Co, where IIS of the CSAs ordered for the USAF are now going into production superiority aircraft; but the F-14B, with the more powerful engine being developed in different versions for both the Navy's F-14 and the USAF F-15 programmes (probably the TF30-P-401: Flight, March 6, pages 370-371) is re garded as being in this category. Destined for the Syrian Airforce, this Beagle 206S was seen in a hangar at Shoreham airport in mid-May awaiting delivery, its civil registration, YK-AMA, in black tape. It appears to be equipped for aerial photography Indian Macta 2 Intercepter? A RECOMMENDATION that India should develop a Mach 2 strike aircraft to succeed the HF-24 Marut has been made by the India Aeronautics Committee set up by the Government in 1967. It is suggested that development of the new aircraft should be the most impor tant project for the Indian air industry over the next decade. Initially, this "new advanced technology aircraft" would be designed around a proven engine, but it is proposed that the Indian design engine should be developed simultaneously to enable the country to be independent of foreign suppliers. The committee, which has also recom-
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