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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[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[Consultancy Forecasts Israeli UAS Export Growth]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG04/305200018</link>
  <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[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[Several DoD Personnel Moves Expected Soon]]></title>
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  <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[Australia One Step Nearer to Acquiring Triton UAV]]></title>
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  <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[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[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[Licensing Issues Cancel German Euro Hawk Procurement]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/DEFREG01/305150028</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Top Executive Confident Issues Fixable]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aging SOF Helicopters Will Have To Fly for Decades More]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In the chaotic September 2009 rescue of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell in northern Afghanistan by British special forces who were ferried to the mission by US special operations aircraft, Farrell&#39;s interpreter, Sultan Munadi, and a British paratrooper were killed.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[X-47 Unmanned Aircraft Makes Successful Launch]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130514/DEFREG02/305140025</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Navy launched an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier Tuesday morning.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Names New F-16/F-22 Program Head]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has named Roderick &apos;Rod&apos; McLean vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 Integrated Fighter Group (IFG), the company announced Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Russian-Made Yemeni Military Jet Crashes in Sanaa]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A Russian-made Yemeni military jet ploughed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on Monday, killing the pilot, officials said, and witnesses said it exploded in mid-air before crashing.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[MBDA Positioned to Score Big in 3 Deals]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG01/305120007</link>
  <description><![CDATA[European missile maker MBDA looks like it will score three out of three major government deals for a longer range Aster air defense system, an anti-tank weapon and a helicopter-borne anti-ship missile.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Building Up Rocket Response, Early Warning]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In just six months as commander of Israel&apos;s Air Defense Forces, Shahar Shochat presided over the largest joint drill with the US, led Iron Dome defenders through eight days of high-intensity rocket attacks from Gaza and is poised on high alert to defend a]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Source: France Pushing for 2 Mega Deals]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France is looking to sell naval company DCNS to electronics specialist Thales and broker a partnership between Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in a bid to beat a budget crunch and slim down the land weapons sector, a source briefed on the subject said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Helicopter Project Smooths Contractual Disputes]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Australia&apos;s troubled MRH 90 battlefield helicopter project took a significant step forward May 9 with the announcement of a Deed of Undertaking between the Commonwealth and prime contractor Australian Aerospace and its industry partners.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: Saudi King Sacks Air Force Chief]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Saudi King Abdullah has dismissed and retired air force chief Gen. Mohammed al-Ayesh by royal decree, the official SPA news agency reported Friday, without elaborating on why.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Watchdog: Faulty Data Drove F-35 Choices for New Carriers]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Flawed assumptions and immature data were behind a 150 percent rise in the estimated cost of Britain switching its planned carrier strike aircraft force from the STOVL F-35B to the conventional takeoff F-35C, says a report from the National Audit Office (]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Danish Chief of Defence: Fighter Replacement on Track]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130509/DEFREG/305090013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Denmark&apos;s ranking military officer &apos;strongly believes&apos; his country will settle on its next-generation fighter design by mid-2015, expressing confidence in a timetable laid out earlier this year.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Senators Question Air Force Brass on Nuclear Safety]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130508/DEFREG02/305080015</link>
  <description><![CDATA[US senators questioned top Air Force officials on whether the service can handle the responsibilities of safeguarding America&apos;s nuclear arsenal, following the reassignment of 17 USAF officers who would launch warheads upon presidential order.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[KC-46 Base Decision Coming This Month]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A decision on which bases will host the US Air Force&apos;s new tanker program is coming before the end of May.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Shift, Hill Dems Signal Green Light for East Coast Missile Shield]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130508/DEFREG02/305080014</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Even congressional Democrats, typically less hawkish than their GOP cohorts, are beginning to talk about a proposed East Coast missile shield as if it&apos;s a done deal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aerostats Lost: Weather, Mishaps Take Heavy Toll on Dirigibles]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130507/C4ISR02/305070027</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Anyone watching from the ground in Afghanistan might have stared in astonishment at the strange battle that broke out overhead one day in 2011.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey Says $3.5B Helo Deal with Sikorsky Is Near]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Turkish procurement officials said they are near to signing a $3.5 billion contract with Sikorsky Aircraft for the co-production of scores of utility helicopters.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Flight Tests Set This Year for Australia-Developed Wing Kit for JDAM-ER]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[While Australia uses a variety of air-launched precision weapons it has not developed any such weapons beyond a wing kit for the GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), which are used on its F/A-18A/B Hornet and F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighters.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France OKs Joint Missile Development with UK]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[France will develop and build a new anti-ship missile with the UK, taking a big step in bilateral cooperation that allows European missile maker MBDA to consolidate industrial capabilities,  Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Auditor&apos;s Report Spurs Canadian Efforts To Speed SAR Aircraft Bid]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canadian government procurement specialists are scrambling to release a bid package to industry for a multibillion-dollar military search-and-rescue aircraft after a scathing report from the auditor general warned the nation&apos;s search capability is at a br]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French M51 Ballistic Missile Self-Destructs in Failed Test]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A French test of an M51submarine-launched ballistic missile failed on Sunday as it self-destructed off the coast of Brittany, officials said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel &apos;Targets Weapons Shipment&apos; in Syria: Reports]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[DAMASCUS &#45; Israeli warplanes hit a weapons shipment in Syria headed for Lebanon&apos;s Hezbollah, media quoted US officials as saying, with a diplomatic source reporting Saturday that the strikes targeted arms stored at Damascus airport.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[USAF Total Force Panel To Report in Summer]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[An internal US Air Force office tasked with finding a way to unify the three branches of the service is going full speed to provide their final recommendations this summer.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Sticks With JSF, Will Buy Growlers, New Subs]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Australia announced plans to purchase 12 new-build Boeing EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft although it affirmed its commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK May Add Brimstone to Reaper Missile Arsenal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Britain&apos;s Royal Air Force may add MBDA&apos;s Brimstone missile to the list of weapons it can fire from its fleet of Reaper remotely piloted air systems (RPAS), according to the Ministry of Defence.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French-US Venture High Hopes for Radar Prospects]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) expects sales of digital Ground Master (GM) air defense radars to France to slow, but the French-American joint venture is bullish on prospects elsewhere in Europe and in North Africa, the Middle East and South America, CEO Jac]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NZ Building Crew To Fly New Seasprites]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The recent announcement that New Zealand is to acquire more Seasprite helicopters will expand naval operational capabilities but finding the personnel to maintain and operate them remains a problem.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Russian &apos;Attack&apos; Raises Questions Over Sweden&apos;s Readiness]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Sweden&apos;s Defense Ministry is set to discuss the implementation of new advance warning and rapid reaction structures after the disclosure that Russian aircraft conducted a nighttime &apos;simulated&apos; attack on key Swedish military and civilian installations last]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Postpones Homegrown Jet Program]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Canada Evaluates Participating in US Missile Shield]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada&apos;s potential participation in the US military&apos;s continental missile defense system is once again under consideration, sparking a debate in Canada on whether it makes sense to take part in the ground-based interceptor shield.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[S. African Diplomat Suspended Over India Plane Scandal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A senior South African diplomat has been suspended over use of a military airport by wealthy Indian supporters of President Jacob Zuma, the government said Thursday, amid a deepening political scandal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alenia Aermacchi Gets $141 Million Deal for JSF Work]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Alenia Aermacchi has been awarded a $141 million contract by Lockheed Martin for the production of components for the Joint Strike Fighter, as well as for the assembly of the first complete wing for the aircraft, the firm said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[FlightSafety Wins KC-46 Tanker Training Contract]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[FlightSafety has won the contract to provide the training system for the US Air Force&apos;s new tanker, the service announced today.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US, South Korea Wrap Up Drills As Tensions Simmer]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The United States and South Korea on Tuesday wrapped up military drills at the center of soaring tensions with North Korea, as Pyongyang ignored a new overture over a flagship joint industrial zone.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House GOP Unveils Next Move on Controversial East Coast Missile Plan]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG02/304300024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sixteen US House Republicans say they will clear the Pentagon to begin building an East Coast missile shield, and are urging a key colleague to write the check.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN To Deploy UAVs To Aid Peacekeeping in Congo]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG/304300021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[United Nations peacekeepers are set to get their own unmanned air vehicle capability  as the organization closes on a deal to have  a contractor  provide an intelligence-gathering service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Special Report: Unmanned Systems]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG02/304300016</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Canada&apos;s military wants its next unmanned aerial system to be capable of dropping search-and-rescue supplies in the Arctic and in other areas as it looks to expand UAV roles into activities formerly conducted by manned platforms.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chinese UAV Development Slowly Outpacing West]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG03/304300019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[China&apos;s UAV development appears to have bypassed the cottage industry stage where  many Western UAV programs find their roots and has  emerged onto the high-tech stage as if it appeared out a fog.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Army Presses Ahead on Manned-Unmanned Teaming]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG02/304300018</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US Army is taking a multipronged approach to upgrading its rotary-wing and unmanned aircraft fleets, investing in technologies that will not only allow helicopter pilots to monitor feeds from drones, but also operate the sensors and weapon systems fro]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[German Debate Swirls Around Use of Armed UAVs]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Political and social considerations have turned UAVs into a controversial topic in Germany, especially with German national elections coming this fall.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nordic Nations Focus on Nano-UAV Technologies]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130430/DEFREG01/304300017</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The heightening Nordic focus on soldier protection has spurred  the region&apos;s leading UAV manufacturers to prioritize  development  of  sophisticated micro-technologies.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[First USAF Commission Meeting Tuesday]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130429/DEFREG02/304290014</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A congressionally mandated commission on the future of the US Air Force will host its first meeting Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Says Syria Has Beefed Up Air Defenses]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[With technical support from Russia, Syria has bolstered its air defenses, posing a threat to US aircraft if America decides to intervene in the war, a US official said Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Senators Question Legality of Armed UAV Program]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Democratic and Republican lawmakers are turning up the heat on US President Barack Obama over his use of armed unmanned aircraft to kill al-Qaida members &#45; but absent are widespread calls for banning drone strikes.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Air Force Secretary to Step Down In June]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130426/DEFREG02/304260021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[US Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down June 21, ending a nearly five-year run as the top civilian official in the service.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Norway F-35 Deliveries To Begin in 2017]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Norway is set to take delivery of six Joint Strike Fighters in 2017 and repeat the exercise every year until 2024, by which time it will have acquired its full fleet of 52 aircraft, the government announced in Oslo on April 26.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU Targets Air-to-Air Refueling Gaps, Cyber Coordination]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130425/DEFREG01/304250019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[EU defense ministers agreed at a European Defence Agency (EDA) Steering Board meeting here April 23 to press on with  efforts to plug its air-to-air (AAR) refueling capacity gaps to reduce reliance  on the US.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[USAF Gen. Warns of Future Implications of Budget Cuts]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US Air Force&apos;s top military acquisition official warned Congress  that the impacts of sequestration and budget cuts will continue to reverberate over the next decade.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[F-35 Office Sees Improved Relations With Contractor]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The head of the F-35 Joint Program Office told Congress  that the program is continuing to improve, in part because of  turnover at primary contractor Lockheed Martin.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Shoots Down Lebanese Drone]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Israeli air force on Thursday shot down an unmanned drone from Lebanon off the northern coast of Israel in an incident described by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as &apos;extremely grave.&apos;]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India&apos;s MoD Says No to Joint Heron Development With Israel]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[India has shot down an Israeli proposal to jointly develop an advanced version of the Heron UAV in India, a rarity for projects between the two nations.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Brazil&apos;s Embraer, AgustaWestland drop helicopter plans]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130424/DEFREG/304240013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Top Brazilian plane maker Embraer and Italy&apos;s AgustaWestland have dropped joint-venture talks to produce the Anglo-Italian company&apos;s helicopters in the South American country.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[State Media: China Plans Second, Larger Aircraft Carrier]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[China is planning a second and larger aircraft carrier, a top naval officer said, according to state media, after its first carrier was commissioned last year as part of a military buildup.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey&apos;s Indigenous Trainer Nears Maiden Flight]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[An indigenous basic trainer aircraft that Turkey designed and has been developing is going through a final round of tests before it makes its maiden flight in June, according to officials from its maker, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[USAF: New Acquisition Official in May]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130423/DEFREG02/304230018</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Air Force names Mitre executive to Acquisition Role]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Experts: Obama&apos;s Armed UAV Policy Takes US Law to Breaking Point]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration&apos;s use of unmanned aircraft to kill members of some Islamic extremist groups appears to violate the measure that authorized the US war on al-Qaida, experts said Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Official: Russia To Open Air Base in Belarus by 2015]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Russia on Tuesday announced an agreement to open an air base in Belarus by 2015, part of the two post-Soviet neighbors&apos;]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eurocopter Boss &apos;Confident&apos; France Will Come Through With NH90 Order]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Outgoing Eurocopter  Chief Executive Lutz Bertling said he is &apos;pretty confident&apos; France  will come through with an order for more NH90 Army helicopters, but  the number of units might be smaller  than expected.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[French aerospace group Safran raised on Tuesday its 2013 sales target after posting an annualized 9.5 percent jump in the first quarter of the year and said it would buy Rolls-Royce&apos;s half of a helicopter engine joint venture.]]></description>
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