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Deputy Secretary de Leon and Baroness Symons sign a memorandum of understanding on the Joint Strike Fighter.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon (seated left) and Minister of State For Defence Procurement Baroness Symons, of the United Kingdom, sign a memorandum of understanding on the next phase of the Joint Strike Fighter program in the Pentagon on Jan. 17, 2001. The Baroness committed her government to an additional $2 billion funding for the development of the multi-mission aircraft.