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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (left) watches as the United Kingdom's Minister of Defence Procurement Lord Paul Rudd Drayson signs a memorandum concerning the Joint Strike Fighter program in the Pentagon on Dec. 12, 2006. The document establishes a framework for cooperation in the production, sustainment and follow-on development of the aircraft. The United Kingdom joins Canada, the Netherlands and the United States as the fourth nation to sign the memorandum.

Deputy Secretary England watches as the United Kingdom's Minister of Defence Procurement Lord Paul Rudd Drayson signs a memorandum.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England (left) watches as the United Kingdom's Minister of Defence Procurement Lord Paul Rudd Drayson signs a memorandum concerning the Joint Strike Fighter program in the Pentagon on Dec. 12, 2006. The document establishes a framework for cooperation in the production, sustainment and follow-on development of the aircraft. The United Kingdom joins Canada, the Netherlands and the United States as the fourth nation to sign the memorandum.

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