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			<title>Joint Strike Fighter Faces Critical 2 Years</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- Contracting for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, touted as the future backbone of U.S. air superiority, must be brought in line with budget realities to make the aircraft affordable again, a defense official said today. 

Key manufacturing and testing milestones are expec...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pentagon Defends Quadrennial Defense Review</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- A month after the release of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, a senior defense official directly addressed concerns about the report here yesterday. 

The 2010 QDR, released on Feb. 1, is a comprehensive review of Defense Department strategy and priorities and identifies several...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>GE Wins $326M for F414 Engines</title>
			<description><![CDATA[General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $326,080,865 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088) to exercise an option for 80 F414-GE-400 engines and modules and two spare engines for the Navy.  

In addition, this modification provi...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>L-3 Wins $231M for SW Asia Intel Support</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK --- L-3 Communications announced today that its STRATIS division has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $230.9 million to provide intelligence support services to United States and multinational forces in Iraq. L-3 has been successful in the recompetition of this firm-fixed-fee co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>F-35B Nears First Vertical Landing</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md --- The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Wednesday, March 10. 

The flight was one of the last missions before the aircraft's first...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lockheed to Build Next-Gen GeoEye Satellite</title>
			<description><![CDATA[SUNNYVALE, Calif. --- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a core business area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, announced today that it has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2. Financial terms ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>US Army Fast-Tracking Precision Mortar to Afghanistan</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army is poised to deliver precision mortar rounds to soldiers in Afghanistan by the end of this year as part of an accelerated effort to give commanders there an improved ability to destroy targets in the mountainous terrain, service officials said. 

"You can drop one on a target to exec...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Australia Still Happy with JSF: Minister</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, today confirmed that the Government remains confident the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the right choice for the Australian Defence Force’s next-generation air combat capability, and will enable the Australian Defence Force to maintain its strate...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing 747-8 Freighter Hits Airworthiness Milestone</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSES LAKE, Wash. --- Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 747-8 Freighter. This milestone enables test engineers to be on board during future flights and allows the remaining two 747-8 Freighter test airplanes to begin flight test.

"The airplane is performing as expected in ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gates on Tanker Competition, Personnel Cuts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[SOUTHWEST ASIA --- The recently released request for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation tanker aircraft was fair, the Defense secretary said here March 11, and he expressed disappointment that Northrop-Grumman has withdrawn from the competition for the $35 billion contract. 

Secretary ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Kongsberg Wins New Protector Contract</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Kongsberg has received an order from General Dynamics Land Systems valued at MNOK 173 for the delivery of Protector weapon control systems for armoured personnel carriers to the US Army. 

The Protector weapon control system protects military troops by allowing the vehicle's weapons to be operated...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Raytheon Wins Australian F-18F Training Deal</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, announced today that Raytheon Australia has been awarded the Training Support Services Contract to support Super Hornet training systems at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley. 
“The signing of the Super Hornet Training ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>USAF Increases Order for Boeing-built JDAM Kits</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS --- Boeing has received a contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the fiscal year 2010 production of more than 6,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits. The modification increases the overall value of this phase from $72 million to $229 million.

Boeing will deliver the k...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Spirit Joins Boeing Tanker Supplier Team</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. has been named to the Boeing NewGen Tanker Supplier Team. Boeing, Spirit's largest customer, is bidding on the KC-X program, the U.S. Air Force's next line of tanker aircraft.

Upon a contract award from the United States government to Boeing, Sp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lockheed Wins Contract to Support Apache Sensors</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla. --- The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter at the Arizona Support Center.  The contract has a potential valu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Aegis Qualified on US, Spanish Ships</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MOORESTOWN, N.J. --- Lockheed Martin, in support of the U.S. Navy, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) for Aegis Combat Systems installed aboard U.S. and Spanish navy ships. The last time these two nations participated in a combined CSSQT was in 2007.

The latest...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Navy Sub Sails after Six-Year Upgrade</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine HMS Triumph has set sail for sea trials following a major six-year refit which has significantly improved her capabilities.

Built by VSEL at Barrow-in-Furness, Triumph was commissioned in October 1991 and is the seventh and last of the Trafalgar Class. 
...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Sikorsky to Support US Navy H-72A Fleet</title>
			<description><![CDATA[SHELTON, Connecticut --- Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today that Helicopter Support Incorporated (HSI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, has been chosen to provide a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program for U.S. Navy Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) at Patuxent River, Naval Air S...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Goodrich Delivers Wide-Area Persistent IR Cameras</title>
			<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Goodrich Corporation has delivered the fourth of seven CA-247 airborne stabilized wide-area persistent surveillance (WAPS) production systems to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for operational deployment.  Goodrich's ISR Systems team in Barrington, Illinois produced and deliv...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:25:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>ATK Restructures, Names New Management</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS --- Alliant Techsystems will realign its business structure, effective April 1, into four operating groups:  Aerospace Systems, Armament Systems, Missile Products, and Security and Sporting.  The change better aligns ATK's capabilities and resources with its customers and markets, and po...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:24:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>EADS, Norsk Titanium to Sign Cooperation Agreement</title>
			<description><![CDATA[PARIS / MUNICH --- EADS is to enter into a cooperation agreement with Norsk Titanium Components (NTiC) covering the development of near net shape plasma-based layer manufacturing technologies for aerospace, defence and space applications.

The agreement, which will be signed in Oslo on Monday Marc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:23:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>India Orders 12 AW101 Helicopters</title>
			<description><![CDATA[AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a contract has been signed by the Government of India for the acquisition of twelve AW101 helicopters that will perform government transport duties. The contract, valued at around EUR 560 million, includes an extensive five-year log...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:47:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>United Signs Firm Order for 25 Airbus A350s</title>
			<description><![CDATA[United has formalized a commitment originally announced in December 2009, signing a firm order for 25 A350-900 XWB aircraft, the newest twin-engine widebody from Airbus. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2016 and run through 2019....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>India to Sign Deals Worth $10 Bn During Putin Visit; Carrier and Aircraft Top List</title>
			<description><![CDATA[India and Russia are expected to sign deals worth over USD 10 billion, including in defence and civilian nuclear sectors, and conclude the long-delayed agreement on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov during Vladimir Putin's New Delhi visit beginning Thursday. 

"We expect the signing of 14-15 agree...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Pentagon Drops Two-War Force Size Goal</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- The model used to determine the appropriate size of the United States military is being replaced following the Quadrennial Defense Review process, a senior defense official said here today. 

Speaking on background at a two-day seminar on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review hosted b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Raytheon Wins $81M for DDG 1000 Work</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded an $81,491,000 contract for DDG 1002 diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) materials and long-lead/advanced procurement items, DDG 1000 class training equipment and curriculum, and associated DDG 1000 class engineering se...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>US Army Debuts New Tool to Defeat IEDs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT ARSENAL, WARREN, Mich. --- Soldiers spoke and the Army listened. Officials will debut a new device designed to combat the deadly threat of improvised explosive devices during a Florida conference later this month.

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's tank and auto...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>More on Today’s HASC Hearing on JSF</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Yet another important matter to probe with Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter when he testifies to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Thursday, March 11, 2010 (tomorrow) is his view of the "Aircraft Investment Plan" for the Air Force, Navy and Mari...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>MoD Defends Stance on Snatch Land Rovers</title>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been extensive coverage in the media of the inquest into the deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant, Lance Corporal Richard Larkin, Lance Corporal Sean Reeve and Private Paul Stout.

The coverage has focused on whether the Snatch Land Rover was an appropriate vehicle for the soldiers to have be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rising Personnel Costs Could Affect Readiness, Pentagon Says</title>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --- Maintaining good compensation and benefits helped to give the military a record recruiting year in fiscal 2009, but rising personnel costs could affect readiness in the future, the department’s new undersecretary for personnel and readiness told a Senate panel today. 

The military ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>South African Air Force Unveils New IRIS-T Missile</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The newly delivered IRIS-T air-to-air missile was shown to the public for the first time at the South African Air Force’s 90th anniversary parade held at AFB Swartkop, Pretoria.

In 2008 the SAAF selected the IRIS-T as an interim short range air-to-air missile. It will ultimately be replaced by th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>MC-12W Liberty Aircraft in Afghan Operations</title>
			<description><![CDATA[BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --- Airmen in the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron are "looking for trouble," using the MC-12W Liberty to bring tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, to ground commanders in Afghanistan.

"We bring a unique capability to the fight," s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>More on UK Order for Fourth Skynet 5 Satellite</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Communications on the UK's military operations are to be boosted thanks to a £400m contract for the use of a new satellite, the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support has announced this week.

The Skynet 5D is the fourth of its kind to be used by the MOD. The advanced satellite will be launche...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>MTU Sees 200M Euro Revenue from CSeries Order</title>
			<description><![CDATA[MUNICH --- Republic Airways has signed a purchase agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for 40 CSeries aircraft with options on up to 40 additional aircraft. The twin-engined airliner is exclusively powered by the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine. 

MTU Aero Engines is a major stakeholder in...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Northrop Wins Work on Lithuanian Minehunters</title>
			<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a contract to supply machinery automation systems for two mine countermeasures vessels being sold by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to the Lithuanian Navy, considerably enhancing their mine countermeasures capability in the most cost-effect...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>OCCAR Updates A400M Flight Tests</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The MSN001, the first A400M prototype, landed on Tuesday 09 March in a very cold afternoon, in the runways of Toulouse Airport, in a direct flight from Seville (Spain). 

The aircraft is heavy instrumented with 22 tonnes of Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI). 

MSN001’s new home will be Hangar M9...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Navy SSN Completes Six-Year Refit</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine HMS Triumph has sailed for trials to test improvements made to her during a major refit to refuel her reactor and update her weapon systems. 

The refit has taken six years to complete and cost nearly £300m. 

Capability improvements on the submarine have...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Northrop Demos Litening Pod on F-18E/F</title>
			<description><![CDATA[ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced it successfully demonstrated its LITENING advanced targeting capabilities on the U.S. Navy's premier fighter/attack aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the eighth U.S. combat aircraft to fly the advanced targeting syste...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>BAE Wins Contract for Armor Panels</title>
			<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI --- BAE Systems has been awarded a $10.5 million contract by Textron Marine and Land Systems to manufacture and deliver approximately 240 armor protection kits for Armored Security Vehicles (ASVs).

As part of the agreement, BAE Systems’ Security & Survivability business will produce ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lockheed Wins Contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System</title>
			<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE --- The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $17 million contract to provide engineering design services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) on the U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. 

The cost-plus-fixed fee contra...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UK Sees Success of Op Moshtarak</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has visited the areas of central Helmand secured by British and Afghan troops in Operation MOSHTARAK and seen how progress is being made.

Mr Ainsworth was joined by International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, for the journey to Khowshhal Kalay in the Na...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UK Increases All Military Pay by 2%</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Government has accepted the recommendations of the independent Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body and will implement them in full. This will mean a 2% rise in Armed Forces pay from 1 April 2010.

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has also announced today an increase to the Operational Allowance given...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Elbit 2009 Revenues Up 7%, Net Profit Up 5%</title>
			<description><![CDATA[HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd., the international defense electronics company, today reported its consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009.

.../...

Full year 2009 results:

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased by 7.4% to $2,83...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:38:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Saab Wins 2Bn SEK Contract to Upgrade Swedish Gripen Fighters</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) concerning development of the existing Gripen fleet. 

The order value amounts to SEK 2 billion for Saab, split over a period of four years.

The capability of the Swedish Air Force's G...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Astrium Wins £400M Contract Extension for Fourth Skynet 5 Satellite</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Military communications on operations are to further enhanced, thanks to a new £400 million contract to use a new satellite, the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, announced today.

The Skynet 5D which is the fourth satellite of its kind to be used by the MoD  is roughly t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:54:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rolls-Royce Wins $600M to Support V-22 Engines</title>
			<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS --- Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $75 million MissionCare contract by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Under the eleven-month contract, which includes four option years, logistics support will be provided for the Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Liber...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Raytheon Wins $152M for Patriot Engineering Services</title>
			<description><![CDATA[TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company was awarded a $152.4 million contract modification to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.

This contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the second of four annual modification...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:19 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>GD Wins $228M to Modernize FAA Communications</title>
			<description><![CDATA[FAIRFAX, Va. --- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract to support and modernize the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrative Voice Enterprise Services (FAVES) program. 

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			<title>A400M Explores Flight Envelope, Flies to France</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Airbus Military's first A400M arrived today in Toulouse, France, where the multi-role airlifter will continue its flight test programme. 

Touching down at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport following an evaluation flight performed in the Seville region of Spain, the aircraft was welcomed by Airbus Military...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Antonov Begins Upgrading Indian An-32s</title>
			<description><![CDATA[On March 4, 2010, the first batch of 5 military transport aircraft of Indian Air Force arrived to “Kyiv” airport. They will be overhauled and modernized at facilities of 410 Plant of civil aviation State Enterprise (Kyiv). The representative office of India has been established at the Plant 410.

...]]></description>
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