The Navy has three times as many airplane projects in production or on the drawing board as the Air Force, and it's because of rigorous and painstaking efforts to reduce costs, Navy Secretary Raymond E. Mabus said. Speaking with defense writers on June 13 in Washington, D.C., Mabus acknowledged his service is buying three variants of the F/A-18, two variants of the F-35, the P-8 patrol airplane, V-22 tilt-rotors, and has both a new stealthy remotely piloted combat aircraft and a new-start advanced fighter underway. The Air Force, by contrast, is only buying F-35s and C-130Js. It also is preparing to buy tankers and has a bomber in the conceptual phase.
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机译：海军部长雷蒙德·E·马布斯（Raymond E. Mabus）表示，海军在生产或在图纸上的飞机项目数量是空军的三倍，这是因为在降低成本方面进行了严格而艰苦的努力。 6月13日，马布斯在华盛顿特区与国防作家交谈时，承认他的服务是购买F / A-18的三种型号，F-35的两种型号，P-8巡逻机，V-22倾斜旋翼，并拥有一架新型隐形远程驾驶战斗机和一架新启动的高级战斗机。相比之下，空军只购买F-35和C-130J。它还准备购买油轮，并在概念阶段有一个轰炸机。
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