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  <title><![CDATA[Panel: Test, Measure Training Tech]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[When it comes to delivering training, future technology needs to be thoroughly tested, more focused on the learner and more carefully tracked in terms of results, experts said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Lays Out Potential S. Korean Weapon Sales]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Details could hint at imminent Korean fighter announcement]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Polish Defense Holding Replaces Bumar Group]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Poland&apos;s leading defense manufacturer, the Bumar Group, rebranded itself as Polish Defense Holding (PHO) May 22.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Designing For Future Interoperability]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Exactly what technology will be used for training in the coming years remains uncertain, but members of the military and industry alike are pushing for future tools to fit into a standardized system in an interoperable future.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel&apos;s Efficiency Contract Under Fire]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israel&#39;s Defense Ministry is slightly ahead of schedule in a 10-year government-mandated plan to save 30 billion shekels (US $8.4 billion) through 2017, but no thanks, uniformed officers say, to the ministry&#39;s high-priced contract with an international consulting firm.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[When Buying Weapons, Don&apos;t Neglect Training Systems, Study Warns]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Setting up a new training system to match its weapon is just like any relationship. It requires good communication and hard work, and things get stressful when money is tight.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India PM pledges to clean up defense sector]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to crack down on corruption in the defense sector after a string of recent graft scandals left his government facing renewed calls to step down.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[IMDEX Show Draws Navy Chiefs, 194 Firms]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Despite the uncertain economic climate, the biennial International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX) was fully booked last week.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Nears Linking-Up 8 Sim Facilities]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Finmeccanica is close to completing the link-up of eight of its simulator facilities to allow the integration of simulation training involving vehicles, helicopters, UAVs and other platforms.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rep. Sanchez: I&apos;m Coming To End MEADS Program]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A feisty US House Armed Services Committee Democrat put supporters of a controversial missile defense program on notice Wednesday, saying bluntly she plans to finally kill it.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US House Panel Defends Global Hawk, Wants More Army UAV Use]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[While the US Air Force has been trying to retire its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is again stepping in to keep the birds flying.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Uses Freedom To Push LCS Exports]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[If anyone wanted to see evidence of the US Navy&apos;s steps toward rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific last week, it was right there in haze gray.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Uncertainty Surrounds Pakistan Leader&apos;s Stance on Taliban, Military]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The election of Nawaz Sharif as Pakistani prime minister may bode well for a wider d&amp;eacute;tente with India, but dealing with the Taliban insurgency and relations with the military are uncertain, analysts said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[LCS Suffers Engine Problem]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The USS Freedom, first of the US Navy&apos;s littoral combat ships, was forced to return to port in Singapore Tuesday after sediment was discovered in the ship&apos;s lube oil system.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US House Subcommittee Backs Multiyear Deals for Interceptors]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A US House Armed Services subcommittee on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow the use of multiyear contracts for interceptor missiles, require an Air Force plan for buying a key rocket and press Moscow on supplying missile components to rogue]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Barco and Projectiondesign Collaborate]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Barco and projectiondesign displayed one of their first collaborative projects at ITEC this week.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Driving Sims are Surprisingly Effective]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Military driving simulators are as effective as live training for basic tracked-vehicle maneuver skills, according to a study publicly presented for the first time today at ITEC.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Playing With Augmented Reality]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Playing cards don&apos;t typically save lives. But researchers at the University of Central Florida are using augmented reality combined with a special deck of cards to reinforce procedures and concepts for combat medics.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Brazilian Army Catching Up on Constructive Sims]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Brazilian Army has taken its next step in training with constructive simulations, selecting French company MASA&apos;s artificial intelligence sim software for battalion-, brigade- and division-level training.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Qualled in Record Time]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[When the littoral combat ship Freedom set sail from San Diego in March, the ship carried an unusual crew. This newest class of warship normally sails only with experienced sailors and officers, most with at least one tour under their belts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UAV Sims Take Off]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[As in countless other areas of military endeavor, the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles are turning to simulation to make training faster, cheaper and better.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Teaching Close Air Support]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The drawdown of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus tightening budgets, are driving members of the aviation community toward new ways to develop and maintain perishable skills.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ITEC Speakers: Don&apos;t Neglect Morality]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130522/TSJ01/305220023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The ITEC conference is a confluence of technology and military, where one expects to see big screens, high-res graphics and fake weapons. It hardly seems like the place for a discussion on morality.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[HASC Panel Adopts Administration&apos;s Special Ops Budget Request]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Legislation approved Wednesday by a US House subcommittee fully supports the Obama administration&apos;s plan to budget special operations forces for more than $12 billion in 2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tight Budgets Drive Training Innovation]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Financial austerity has become a key driver for distributed training, multinational cooperation and integrated virtual systems, military and industry leaders said at ITEC today, the opening day of the training conference and exhibition.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[S. Korea, Japan, US defense chiefs to meet]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The defense chiefs of South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold their first trilateral meeting for four years at the end of this month, with North Korea likely to top the agenda.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Philippines To Spend $1.8B on Defense To Resist &apos;Bullies&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday announced a $1.8-billion military upgrade to help defend his country&apos;s maritime territory against &apos;bullies&apos; amid an ever-worsening dispute with China.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Signal Support for Cadre of Military Spies]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130521/DEFREG02/305210021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Defense Department&apos;s desire to create an unprecedented cadre of military spies is one step closer to becoming a clandestine reality.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Subcommittee Supports Raising Carrier Cost Cap]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In its first swipe at the 2013 defense authorization bill, the House Seapower subcommittee approved a new cost cap for the US Navy&apos;s Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, and rejected again a service request to decommission nine ships as an economy measure.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kerry in Oman To Help Ink $2.1B Defense Deal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalize an estimated US $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian Firms Tapped for Howitzer Trials]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[For the first time, Indian defense companies have been selected for trials in a howitzer gun tender.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Problems Surfacing For Canada&apos;s Shipbuilding Plan]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada&apos;s multibillion-dollar naval shipbuilding program is heading into stormy seas, critics say, as new questions emerge about costs and the capability of domestic shipyards.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[No Mention of East Coast Missile Site in US House Panel Bill]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The first portion of a major Pentagon policy bill unveiled Tuesday by a key House committee excludes any mention of a controversial East Coast missile shield proposal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[de Maizi&amp;egrave;re Sees German Military Restructuring As Final End To Cold War]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Despite continuing challenges, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizi&amp;egrave;re told the Bundestag he sees progress in the ongoing restructuring of the country&apos;s military.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thumbs Up for iPhones at DoD]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to connect to the military&apos;s networks, the Pentagon announced Friday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cultural Training: More Than Learning a Culture]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[As the U.S. military shifts its focus away from the Middle East and over to Asia, the Pacific and Africa, it faces a particular quandary: How do you give soldiers cultural awareness when they don&apos;t know which culture they will encounter?]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Common Ground: The U.S. Army&apos;s Col. Charles Wells on Integrating Intel]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Col. Charles Wells is the program manager for the Army&apos;s Distributed Common Ground System, the service&apos;s effort to integrate all streams of intelligence.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Consultancy Forecasts Israeli UAS Export Growth]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israeli annual export sales of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) averaged US $578 million over the past eight years and should grow by up to 10 percent yearly through 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Spec Ops Leaders Look Beyond Land Wars]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[About 7,000 members of the defense industry, along with hundreds of service members &#45; and plenty of guys with long beards &#45; packed into the Tampa Convention Center last week for the annual Special Operations Industry Conference (SOFIC).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Year of the Smaller Business: Some Large Firms Sit out ITEC 2013]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/TSJ/305200026</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Despite budget uncertainties, this year&apos;s ITEC seems likely to gather most of the usual military, government and academic players.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Industry Focuses on Costs]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The French defense industry &#45; facing a global marketplace where major spenders are confronting budget uncertainty and emerging markets are swarmed by companies aggressively competing for any growth opportunity &#45; appears to be turning to an old environment]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Wants $79.4B for Afghanistan in 2014]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has asked Congress to approve $79.4 billion for combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014 .]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[A new trainer lets students stare down at a virtual sea]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/TSJ01/305200029</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Inside a three-story simulator in Newport, R.I., students are learning how to navigate the seas and the world of immersive ship training.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[As Firms Target Exports, Offsets Create Headaches]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[With US and European defense spending cuts clouding future prospects, contractors have been hitting the export trail in an effort to retain their order backlogs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Strategy, Not Dollars]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Each time a US government department faces major challenges, the tendency of its leaders is to launch a strategic review.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Stealth, Range Are Key]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Navy is poised for an unmanned revolution. Last week, for the first time, it successfully catapulted an unmanned jet from an aircraft carrier.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[The &apos;S&apos; Word: US Military Can Stay Best Despite Sequestration]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[And so, sequestration has come. Sequestration is a reduction in funding without a reduction in programs, manpower, operational systems or infrastructure.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[To Improve DoD Acquisition, Stop Reprogrammings]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG/305200020</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Lost in the uproar about sequestration impacts on specific programs is that much of what&apos;s wrong with the Pentagon&apos;s finances is systemic or process related.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Official: Karzai To Seek More Military Aid During India Trip]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek greater Indian military aid during a visit this week to New Delhi, officials of both countries said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italian Navy Chief Proposes New Dual-Use Vessel]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[As warships get sleeker and stealthier, the head of the Italian Navy wants to buck the trend and plan a one-size-fits-all warship that  will be cheap, roomy and dual use, even making space for containers on deck.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[5 More US Patrol Ships Heading to the Gulf]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Five more coastal patrol ships are moving to Bahrain starting this summer.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Examines 3 Budget-Cut Scenarios]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130519/DEFREG02/305190007</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Senior US Defense Department officials are expected to present three budget-cutting scenarios to the defense secretary when they wrap up a wide-ranging review of military strategy at the end of this month, according to sources.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Test-Fires Another Short-Range Missile]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu: Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130519/DEFREG04/305190005</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel is &apos;acting&apos; to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon&apos;s Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Asia&apos;s Naval Procurement Sees Major Growth]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130519/DEFREG03/305190004</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific nations are modernizing their surface and underwater naval capabilities by buying stealthy warships, attack submarines, patrol vessels, sensors, radars, missiles and unmanned systems.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[For Obama&apos;s Agenda, an &apos;October Surprise&apos; in May]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130518/DEFREG02/305180006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A slew of politically charged scandals threatens to derail a sweeping fiscal deal with Senate Republicans that would address sequestration&apos;s defense budget cuts.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Several DoD Personnel Moves Expected Soon]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG02/305170022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The White House is working to fill several high-level Pentagon posts as incumbents prepare to step down as the Obama administration begins a second term amid a fury of budget uncertainty.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Defense Minister Defends Strategy, Mali Mission]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG01/305170021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[France&apos;s defense minister on Friday defended his government&apos;s new security strategy and its mission in Mali, and called for a political solution to Syria&apos;s bloody civil war.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Navy Seeks To Map the Mind]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/TSJ01/305170020</link>
  <description><![CDATA[In some visions of the future, you&apos;ll drive your car with little more than your mind. Electrodes on your head, you can climb into your car, think about how much you&apos;d like a Big Mac, and let the car take you automatically to the nearest McDonald&apos;s.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia One Step Nearer to Acquiring Triton UAV]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG03/305170019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The acquisition of Northrop Grumman&apos;s MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle took a step closer yesterday with the Australian government announcement that it would issue a letter of request to the US for pricing and availability data.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Mulls Stationing of Ground Forces in Afghanistan]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/DEFREG03/305170018</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Indian government is evaluating the possibility of stationing troops in Afghanistan after the international forces begin leaving the country in 2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Military Sales Fall for CAE]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130517/TSJ/305170017</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US sequester is producing what many simulation companies have dreaded: falling military orders and unfortunate numbers.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: France To Buy US Reaper Drones for Mali]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France will buy two medium-altitude Reaper drones from the US Air Force to back up its operations against Islamists in Mali, the Air et Cosmos specialist magazine reported Friday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France Expects 1st Batch of Reapers Soon]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France expects the US will soon approve the speedy shipment of two Reaper surveillance drones after sending a formal request in early May, American and French sources said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NZ Budget Holds Steady, Air Force Gains]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130516/DEFREG03/305160013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[New Zealand&apos;s spending on defense is little changed from the NZ $2.9 billion (then US $2.2 billion) for 2012-2013 to NZ $2.87 billion for 2013-2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Sens: Pentagon Attempting to &apos;Rewrite the Constitution&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US senators blasted senior Pentagon legal officials Thursday for suggesting the 2001-passed measure authorizing the war on al-Qaida would justify American ground operations anywhere in the world.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[CEOs Talk Sequestration Challenges]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Faced with a new budget reality, industry and the Pentagon are looking for ways to streamline contracting and pursue new innovations, a panel of CEOs said today.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Precision Mortar Tech Could Give Operators New Options]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Imagine if an individual infantryman could fire a GPS- or laser-guided mortar anywhere from 100 meters to 14 kilometers &#45; and hit within a few meters of his target.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOCOM&apos;s Humvee Replacement Schedule Slips]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US Special Operations Command plans to award a contract this August for the closely watched Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 (GMV) program, as opposed to making an award this month, said USMC Lt. Col. Ken Burger, program manager for the Family of Special Operations Vehicles.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Stages Exercise As Philippines Row Continues]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Show Scout]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Targeted Killing: CIA&apos;s Fleet of 80+ UAVs Unlikely To Be Transferred To Military]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/C4ISR/305150026</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has floated the idea of putting the CIA&apos;s controversial targeted killing operations under the control of the armed services.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[On Iran, US Senators Hear Mixed Messages from Administration]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior US State Department official on Wednesday sent mixed messages to Iran, striking hawkish and dovish tones about its nuclear weapons program.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Licensing Issues Cancel German Euro Hawk Procurement]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Top Executive Confident Issues Fixable]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOFIC Shatters Trend of Declining Trade Show Attendance]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[After a year of declining attendance at defense industry conferences and a spate of canceled industry events this past spring, the jam-packed Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) here this week feels like a throwback to presequestration times.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[GearScout: Sig Sauer&apos;s New Carbine on Display at SOFIC]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Sig Sauer quietly showed their new PDW, a short stroke push rod, multi-caliber, integrally suppressed carbine that has yet to be named. MCX would be a likely choice for the carbine&apos;s name based on Sig&apos;s current naming convention.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[In 1989, two small U.S. planes took off in Colombia&apos;s expansive Aburra Valley, the first flights of a surveillance operation that would ultimately reshape the American way of war.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Safariland has released its new 7TS Series holsters. This next-generation injection-molded holster design is constructed of SafariSeven material, a proprietary nylon blend from DuPont that is completely nonabrasive to the weapon&apos;s finish.]]></description>
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