What's Ahead in Aerospace: Pentagon's proposed 'black' budget reaches new post-Cold War high

BLACK BUDGET: The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend more on classified acquisition programs in fiscal 2004 than in any proposed budget since a Cold War-era peak in FY '88, says a new study by the Center for Strategic Budgetary Assessments. So-called "black" programs consume 17 percent, or $23.2...

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