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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[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[Lockheed Uses Freedom To Push LCS Exports]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130522/DEFREG/305220031</link>
  <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[LCS Suffers Engine Problem]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130522/DEFREG02/305220028</link>
  <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[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[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[Italian Navy Chief Proposes New Dual-Use Vessel]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130520/DEFREG01/305200014</link>
  <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[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[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[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[X-47 Unmanned Aircraft Makes Successful Launch]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US Navy launched an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier Tuesday morning.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India To Add Navy Bases, Expand Coastline Security Sensors]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Addressing the top commanders of the Indian Navy on Tuesday, Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced that additional naval bases and air stations are required to extend the Navy&apos;s reach.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US: Gulf Navy Drill Not Directed At Iran]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130512/DEFREG02/305120011</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, said on Sunday that a massive naval minesweeping exercise involving 41 countries was not directed at Iran.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Slams US Aircraft Carrier&apos;s Arrival In S. Korea]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[North Korea has criticized the arrival of the US aircraft carrier Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an &apos;extremely reckless&apos; provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Source: France Pushing for 2 Mega Deals]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130511/DEFREG01/305110008</link>
  <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[Little Change in New US Fleet Plan]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130510/DEFREG02/305100021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SOFINS Highlights Growing French Spec Ops Market]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130510/SHOWSCOUT01/305100017</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The French special operations command led for a first time in Europe a three-day trade show and conference, signaling the niche market formed by the &amp;eacute;lite forces&apos; operational needs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Carrier Group To Take Part In S. Korea Drills]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130510/DEFREG03/305100011</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A US naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier Nimitz will arrive in South Korea this weekend for sea drills, officials said Friday, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Watchdog: Faulty Data Drove F-35 Choices for New Carriers]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130509/DEFREG01/305090014</link>
  <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[Top US Admiral Says Shift to Asia on Track Despite Budget Cuts]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130507/DEFREG02/305070023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Plans to expand the American naval presence in the Pacific with new ships and hi-tech weaponry will go ahead despite steep budget cuts, the US Navy&apos;s top officer said before a trip to the region.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Carrier Launch Pushed Back 4 Months]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130506/DEFREG02/305060007</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The launch of the US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford has been moved back from July to November, a consequence of production delays identified two years ago.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Annual DoD Report Claims Steady Chinese Military Expansion]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130506/DEFREG02/305060008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[China continues to rapidly modernize and expand its military and has deployed an anti-ship missile that could attack vessels more than 1,500 kilometers away, according to a new Pentagon report.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France OKs Joint Missile Development with UK]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130506/DEFREG01/305060010</link>
  <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[China-Japan Island Dispute Could Become Flashpoint]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130504/DEFREG03/305040006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[While North Korea has garnered attention as Asia&apos;s top hotspot, experts worry that the real problem is between Beijing and Tokyo over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Sticks With JSF, Will Buy Growlers, New Subs]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130503/DEFREG03/305030014</link>
  <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[Pirate Threat Grows Worse off West Africa]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US must increase its intelligence- gathering capacity in Africa 15-fold in the short term to counter the threat posed by regional Islamic extremist groups and maritime piracy, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, according to a top US general.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NZ Building Crew To Fly New Seasprites]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130502/DEFREG/305020022</link>
  <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[Japan-China Island Spat Threatens GSDF Deployment and Much More]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130501/DEFREG03/305020013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[An effort by Japan to put boots on the ground and install a radar monitoring station on one of its islands could be derailed by a few hundred islanders as the country&apos;s new administration tries to provide a more muscular, in-your-face defense posture to C]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Inaugurates 5th Dolphin-Class Sub]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130429/DEFREG04/304290008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel inaugurated its fifth nuclear-capable Dolphin-class submarine April 29 in Kiel, Germany, home of the shipbuilding division of Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS).]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chinese Signaling for Conflict: A Predictive Pattern]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130428/DEFREG03/304280003</link>
  <description><![CDATA[As things heat up in the East China Sea over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, it might be wise to know the signals China uses to warn of war and how Beijing handles crisis management.]]></description>
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