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The US Secretary of Defense and the UK Minister for Defence Procurement participated in a ceremony that formally established a US/UK commitment to cooperate in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

According to the Department of Defense release, the event represented substantial commitments on the part of the Department of Defense to effect a fundamental change in defense armament programs such as the JSF. The JSF agreement also represents a joint commitment to develop a mutual security environment that will

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