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			<title>Delamination Found on Boeing 787s</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Boeing has discovered a manufacturing error causing delamination in the plastic-composite aft fuselage section of some 787 Dreamliners, according to a person with knowledge of the problem.

Boeing is inspecting all the airplanes already built to find the extent of the issue.

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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:11:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Chinese Hacking Forced Costly Redesign of F-35 Parts: Report</title>
			<description><![CDATA[How much of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s spiraling cost in recent years can be traced to China’s cybertheft of technology and the subsequent need to reduce the fifth-generation aircraft’s vulnerability to detection and electronic attack?

That is a central question that budget planners are aski...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lockheed Wins $515M for THAAD Upgrades</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif.  The total ceiling award value is $515,400,000. 

Under this follow-on contract, the contractor will be responsible for development, inte...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Poland Wants $447M F-16 Support Kit, Weapons</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Feb. 2 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of F-16 support and munitions, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $447 million.

The Government of Poland has ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>USAF to Retire 227 Aircraft in FY 2013</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- Air Force officials announced proposed force structure changes which support the new DoD strategic guidance retiring 286 aircraft over the next five years, including 227 in fiscal year 13.

According to Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Donley, the Air Force is shaping itself for ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Arianespace to Launch Additional Galileo Satellites</title>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON --- Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed an agreement in London to launch satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning system by Ariane ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>ESA Awards Contract for Eight More Galileo Navsats</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.
 
The signing took place at the European Commission's centre in London, Europe House, in the presence of European ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:08:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>US Navy Tests Non-Lethal Weapons on Unmanned Boats</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NORFOLK --- U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) directed a follow-on fleet experiment this week off the shoreline of Fort Eustis to explore capabilities for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to deploy non-lethal weapons during maritime security and force protection operations. 

"Equipping unmanned sur...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:08:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>F-35 Cleared to Return to Flight</title>
			<description><![CDATA[AF-1, a F-35 Lightning II, resumed flying Friday, Feb. 3, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after the Integrated Test Force Team there received and installed the first properly packed parachute head box assembly for its ejection seat from the Martin Baker Aircraft Corporation.

The F-35 head box ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>NATO Looks at 'Smart Defense' to Cut Costs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The international financial crisis is creating more challenges for NATO. Europe, in particular, will have to find ways to save money without compromising its military effectiveness. 

How to save money without compromising NATO's defense capabilities was one of the key topics discussed at the Muni...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>CRS Takes Historical Look at “Hollow Forces”</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Senior Department of Defense (DOD) leaders have invoked the specter of a “hollow force” to describe what could happen to the U.S. Armed Forces if significant cuts to the defense budget are enacted. While some Members and staff might be familiar with the “hollow force” and its causes, newer Members a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Oshkosh Wins $94M Order for Logistic Vehicles</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $94,352,041 for fixed-price delivery order 0151 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-5028) for the purchase of 143 Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) production cargo vehicles, federal retai...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>BAE Wins Wedgetail Support Contract</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ADELAIDE, South Australia --– BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from The Boeing Company for In-Service Support (ISS) of the Electronic Warfare (EW) system on the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft.

The AUD $40 million order covers maintenance, engineering and supply support...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pentagon Mishandles SAR Reports to Congress, Says GAO</title>
			<description><![CDATA[DOD’s reports to Congress on estimated weapon system O&S costs are often inconsistent and sometimes unreliable, limiting visibility needed for effective oversight of these costs. 

The SAR statute requires that life-cycle cost reporting for major weapon systems be uniform, to the extent practicabl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rand Takes Close Look at Israel-Iran Rivalry</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Israel and Iran have come to view each other over the past decade as direct regional rivals, with Iran viewing Israel as being bent on undermining Iran's revolutionary system and Israel viewing Iran as posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to the Jewish state. Such rivalry increases the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Panetta Calls for Europe, NATO Defense Investment</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MUNICH --- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today called for European nations to match the United States’ vote of confidence in the transatlantic partnership, through investment in common defense and commitment to a long-term solution in Afghanistan.

Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>X-56A UAV, Latest USAF X-Plane, Revealed</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK --- In exclusive coverage, Aviation Week has revealed a new U.S. Air Force X-plane, the X-56A Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which will test active flutter suppression and gust load alleviation-- vital technologies that will propel the development of slender, lightweight, high-aspect-ratio ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:04:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Senior Official Sums Up Nato Defense Meetings</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT --- The NATO defense meetings that concluded this morning in Brussels were “very productive” on alliance issues ranging from Afghanistan to Kosovo to smart defense, a senior defense official told reporters traveling with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.

The ministers’...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:04:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Age of Austerity: Why I Love Budget Cuts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[What will the projected military budget cuts do to the defense technology environment? Despite the widespread chorus of concern from industry and government alike, the cuts may actually do everyone — particularly American war fighters — a lot of good.

I have spent much of the last decade research...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UK to Pursue Combat Operations In Afghanistan</title>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been various media speculation that British troops face only one more summer of major combat operations in Afghanistan after reports of comments made by the US Defence Secretary and French President.

There has been no change to the strategy agreed by ISAF nations in Lisbon in 2010: the ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Eleventh C-5B Enters Super Galaxy Upgrade</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga. --– Lockheed Martin inducted the 11th aircraft to the C-5M Super Galaxy production line on Feb. 1, 2012. Based at Dover Air Force Base, Del., this aircraft has supported the warfighter’s operations across the globe. 

It has delivered cargo in locations such as Iraq, Italy, Germany, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Modern Business Practices Allow US Army to Trim Costs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- Facing an environment of emerging fiscal constraints, the Army is using its Network Integration Evaluation efforts, part of the Agile Acquisition Process, to force a shift from Research, Developmental, Technical and Engineering efforts to the procurement of mature network capability t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:02:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>DCI’s NAVFCO Unit to Train Russian BPC Crews</title>
			<description><![CDATA[PARIS --- DCI, a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defence and domestic security DCI, announces its participation in the programme for the delivery of two BPC (amphibious assault, command and power projection) vessels to Russia by DCNS. 

DCI, as a partner of DCNS, will be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:02:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Reversibility Is Key to New US Defense Strategy</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Since the release of the new defense strategy, much has been made of the shift to the Asia-Pacific region, its abandonment of the so-called two Major Theater Wars (MTWs) construct and the force structure reductions. The Administration will need to flesh out these ideas, explaining how it will implem...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:02:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Update on Implementation of New START Treaty</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Key Point: On February 5, 2011, the New START Treaty entered into force. 

On the Treaty’s first birthday, February 5, 2012, implementation is well underway and the process so far has been positive and pragmatic. The good working relationship we established during the negotiations in Geneva contin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:01:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>EASA Certifies Sukhoi SuperJet 100</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW --- The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued today its Type Certificate A-176 for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (model RRJ-95B). This certificate recognizes that the SSJ100 aircraft demonstrated compliance with the EASA airworthiness and environmental requirements. 

The recognition allo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:01:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing Wins $1.8Bn FMS Order for Ten C-17s for India</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $1,781,413,723 firm-fixed-price contract for a modification is a Foreign Military Sales requirement for the Indian Air Force.  

Ten C-17 aircraft will be procured for the IAF.  

The location of the performance is Long Beach, Calif.  Work i...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:30:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>New Satellite and Launcher Contracts Ensure Galileo Start in 2014</title>
			<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS --- With the signature of further contracts for satellites and launchers in London today, Galileo is firmly on track for the provision of improved satellite navigation services to citizens in 2014. 

In total, 3 contracts were signed: the contract signed with OHB System AG (DE) comprising...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:29:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>NATO Ministers Agree to Buy UAV Fleet, Says Norway’s MoD</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NATO Defence ministers have made a very important decision to acquire unmanned aircraft for surveillance of land and oceans - NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS). 

“Common solutions have tied NATO together for over 60 years and give the nations of the Alliance access to strategic capabilities...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:29:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>USAF Plans $2.8Bn F-16 Upgrade As F-35 Delays Mount</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it plans a $2.8 billion upgrade of about 350 of its aging F-16 multi-role fighter planes to help offset slower purchases of the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The work, running into the 2020s, will extend the service life of select F-16 ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:29:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Thales Wins Big with Rafale in India</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Indian periodical The Hindu recently reported that France's Dassault Aviation won a $10 billion contract to supply India with 126 Rafale fighters under the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program. Dassault will supply the first 18 aircraft in "fly-away" condition and the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:28:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Ministerial Waffling Blamed for Australia’s Submarine Burden</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Analysts predict taxpayers will spend billions of dollars to keep the troubled Collins class submarine fleet afloat into the 2030s, blaming a succession of defence ministers who haven't made a decision on a replacement.

The first Collins class boats are due to be decommissioned around 2025 and th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:28:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UK MoD Refutes Criticism of White Paper</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Several media today report on yesterday's publication of the White Paper 'National Security Through Technology' which sets out how the Government will provide the best equipment for our Armed Forces while achieving best value for money for UK taxpayers.

The White Paper was broadly welcomed by the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:28:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Japan Buys Helicopter Laser Mine Detector</title>
			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO and MELBOURNE, Fla. --– The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-mountable, laser mine detection systems to help protect its coastline and the daily maritime traffic coming in and out of the country's ports. This is the first direct commercial sale of Northrop Grumma...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:27:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>JSOW C-1 Completes Developmental Testing</title>
			<description><![CDATA[TUCSON, Ariz. --- The U.S. Navy completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon Company Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. The conclusion of DT brings U.S. and allied warfighters one step closer to being able to engage moving ships as far as 60 nautical miles (70 statute miles) away with an air-launche...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:27:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Transition to Afghan Control is Prudent: Pentagon</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- A transition to Afghan security lead in the country in 2013 is a prudent step, but one that doesn’t change the December 2014 deadline for NATO to end combat operations in the country, Pentagon officials said today.

Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby amplified on remarks Defen...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:27:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Babcock Tests AWD Torpedo Launcher</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Testing of the assembled Mk32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers for the Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers is underway at Babcock’s Techport Australia premises, representing an important phase in the project.

The contract, awarded to Babcock Pty Ltd by Raytheon Australia in late 2008 on behalf of the Air ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>BAE Short-listed for DIRCM Follow-On</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NASHUA, New Hampshire --- BAE Systems has been selected by the U.S. Army as one of two contractors to develop the next generation Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) solution – a lightweight directed infrared countermeasure system for Army, Navy, and Marine rotary-wing aircraft. The 21-month tech...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>NATO Missile Shield to Be Based In Germany</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A diplomatic source has said NATO will place the command center for its European missile shield at the US military base Ramstein in Germany. 

NATO plans to set up the command center for its missile shield at the US military base Ramstein, a diplomatic source said Thursday.

Speaking in Brussels...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Raytheon Wins $38M for Missile Defense System</title>
			<description><![CDATA[DULLES, Va. --- Raytheon Company has been awarded a $38.1 million contract to provide engineering support to the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program for the Missile Defense Agency.

Under the subcontract with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon's Intelligence and Informat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:25:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Cubic Wins USAF Combat Training Contract</title>
			<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO, CA --- Cubic Defense Applications, a defense systems business of Cubic Corporation, has been awarded a new contract with a value of over $30 million for its P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System (P5CTS/TCTS). This new contract provides additional equipment for the Red ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:25:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HMS Daring Crosses Suez Canal on Way to Gulf</title>
			<description><![CDATA[HMS Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 air defence destroyers, passed through the Suez Canal on 30 January 2012.

This transit marks the first time the stealthy silhouette of a Type 45 has been seen gliding through this sea highway.

The canal is 120 miles (193km) long, 205 metres...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:25:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Aussie Orions Mark Nine Years of Mid-East Ops</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Royal Australian Air Force’s AP-3C Orion detachment achieved a major milestone this week, marking nine years of continuous deployment in support of operations in the Middle East. 

One of two Orion aircraft deployed in the Middle East marked the occasion with an over water mission in search of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:24:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>First P-8A Training Simulators Enter Service</title>
			<description><![CDATA[PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --– With fleet introduction of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft on the horizon, the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) community is preparing aircrew with the latest in simulation technology, thanks to the recent training devices installation and government acceptance a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:24:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Munich Conference Looks at Global Upheaval</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Top officials and military experts from around the world will debate global security issues at the 48th Munich Security Conference. But a new era of disarmament is not in sight despite empty state coffers. 

The eruption of the Arab Revolution one year ago took the Munich Security Conference by su...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:24:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Nammo Establishes New Subsidiary In Australia</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Nammo has decided to establish a permanent presence in Australia to better service the Australian Armed Forces, expand sales and strengthen industrial partnering in the region. 

Rob Wellwood, Managing Director of the newly established Nammo Australia Pty Ltd, said “Nammo’s already well known with...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:23:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Spirit Signs Order for 75 Airbus A320s</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Spirit Airlines has finalised its firm order for 75 Airbus single-aisles including 45 A320neo aircraft (new engine option). The original Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was announced at the 2011 Dubai air show. The airline has not yet announced its engine selection. Spirit's order for 45 A320 neo ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Northrop Wins First Part of $638M CANES Contract</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., Reston, Va., is being awarded a $36,646,047 delivery order under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract (N00039-10-D-0028) for the procurement of the Co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HAL Plans Expansion, New Division for Rafale</title>
			<description><![CDATA[BANGALORE, India --- New divisions to boot, newer technologies to date and new planes to fly. The $10-billion MMRCA order bagged by Dassault Rafale has given Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) a lot to cheer. HAL's officiating chairman P V Deshmukh told Express on Wednesday that the announcement has gi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:05:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>MMRCA: Story Shows Depth of German Disappointment</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<i>French defense manufacturer Dassault has beaten EADS for the right to negotiate exclusively with the Indian government on the sale of 126 fighter jets. Still, the deal could ultimately collapse -- in the past, all other talks to sell Dassault's Rafale aircraft abroad have failed. </i>


Expert...]]></description>
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