
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104110160
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NAVY PREDICTS $10 BILLION PRICE FOR PLANE

A top Navy official told Congress on Wednesday that development of a new attack plane to replace both the A-6 aircraft and the canceled A-12 stealth plane will cost at least $10 billion. He did not provide estimates on production costs.

Adm. Frank Kelso, the chief of Naval Operations, said the AX aircraft, an attack-experimental plane with radar-evading technology, is the only answer to replace the aging fleet of A-6s, which entered the service in the early 1960s.

- Associated Press

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