U.S. Air Force To Request $1.8 Billion For EELV Program as Costs Skyrocket

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Projected budgets for the U.S. Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Ve-hicle (EELV) program will rise by more than 50 percent over the next few years as the cost of materials has increased sharply and the service buys more rockets to provide stability for the industrial base, according to government and industry sources.The Air Force plans to re-quest $1.78 billion for its pri-mary launch vehicle program in 2012, some $450 million more than it previously planned to request for 2012, a government source said.