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  <title><![CDATA[MC-27J To Test-fire its Cannons Within the Year]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The planned gunship variant of the C-27J will undertake the first test firings of its 30mm cannon while slaved to an electro-optical/infrared sensor at the end of this year or early 2014, officials at the Paris Air Show said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Europrop Cranks Up Production of A400M Engines]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A400M engine-maker Europrop International has delivered 16 engines to the Airbus airlifter program and is on track to push that figure up to 40 by the end of the year as the turboprop consortium cranks up production.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[MEADS To Take on 2 Missiles]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) will wrap up its test program this year by demonstrating its ability to intercept two theater ballistic missiles simultaneously, 120 degrees apart, officials said on Wednesday at the Paris Air Show.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Show Scout]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Follow our coverage from the Paris Air Show]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD will Continue to Make Nuclear Investments]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US military will continue to make investments to sustain its nuclear weapons and delivery platforms, even as Washington looks to enter talks with Moscow about reducing deployed strategic warheads by one-third, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednes]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama Sparks New Fight in Seeking Huge Nuke Reductions]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama upped the ante in a growing political debate, announcing to a crowd in Berlin that he is set to propose slashing the US nuclear arsenal by one-third, or about 500 warheads, in the coming years.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Land Nav for the Masses]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Tired of getting lost in the woods? The Army released a web-based version of its land navigation trainer last week, and it is available to anyone with an internet connection.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Official: F-35 on Target, Critical Milestones Await]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on the right track, but key milestones still must be met, top Pentagon officials told a Senate panel today.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[General Atomics Angles for Dutch UAV Deal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[General Atomics&apos; bid to sweep the board in meeting European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone requirements snared a new partner in Fokker Technologies Wednesday as the Reaper-maker shaped up to compete for an upcoming Dutch requirement.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eurofighter CEO Seeks 25% of Pending Jet Purchases]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[New Eurofighter CEO Alberto Gutierrez made his debut appearance at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, claiming he wants to sell 250 Typhoons overseas.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[General: V-22 Offers Lessons for F-35 Savings]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US Marine Corps&apos; head of aviation believes the military can cut the operating cost of the F-35 program if it takes a cue from another aircraft full of experimental technology and at times criticized for cost: the MV-22 Osprey.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India&apos;s Partnership Plan Falls Flat]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[While the Indian government is now allowing overseas aviation companies to choose their production partner in India as part of a US $3billion tender to replace Avro aircraft, the plan has  failed to enthuse domestic and overseas companies alike.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Despite Flat Market, New Airlift Options Emerge]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[As the US begins the much-ballyhooed &apos;pivot&apos; away from the Middle East and toward Asia, the Pentagon&apos;s requirements are shifting as well.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[DoD Calls Out China On Cyber Spying]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon for the first time is making direct allegations that China&apos;s government and military are behind widespread cyber spying. Previously, the U.S. had tried to be diplomatic. But in the Defense Department&apos;s annual report to Congress on]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Irkut Sees Export Prospects for Yak-130]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Russian maker of the Yak-130 trainer/light-attack aircraft hopes to sign a deal with Bangladesh this year, the latest in Irkut&apos;s export push, according to the program&apos;s director.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[S. Korea To Buy European Missiles]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[MBDA Tank-Killer Shifting to Sea Targets]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A Cold War missile designed to take out Soviet tank formations has taken a new step toward providing a possible solution to the threat of swarms of fast attack craft operated by the Iranians and others.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eurofighter Makes Progress on Meteor Missile Integration]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Equipping the Typhoon with the MBDA Meteor missile came one step closer on Tuesday when the Eurofighter industrial consortium signed a contract with NETMA, the NATO Eurofighter management agency, to integrate the missile.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Embraer Signs With Boeing to Market the KC-390]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Embraer has deepened its cooperation with Boeing in a deal giving the US aerospace giant the lead for selling the Brazilian plane-maker&apos;s KC-390 airlifter in certain parts of the world, including the US.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Intel Officials Push Back On Phone Snooping Case]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Officials claimed today that a controversial intelligence-gathering program has helped to foil more than 50 potential terrorist plots against the US or American interests over the past decade.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Argentina Bans UK-made Ejection Seats]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Argentinean jet trainer manufacturer FAdeA has been banned from installing a British-made ejection seat in a new version of the Pampa by the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to company boss Raul Arganaraz.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[MBDA Seeks Far-Future Tech Ideas]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Most car buffs will tell you that the concept designs on manufacturers&apos; stands are often the most exciting part of a big international automobile show.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Military equipment deals that require technical review will face a longer waiting period because of furloughs triggered by sequestration, a US Defense Department official said Tuesday at the Paris Air Show.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[USAF May Use V-22s for Combat Rescue Mission]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The future of a long-stymied US Air Force effort to buy new combat search-and-rescue helicopters is once again uncertain as top-level generals are intensely debating the type of aircraft and which arm of the service is best suited to conduct this critical]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[British MoD Inks Deal for Boeing ScanEagles]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Boeing has secured Britain&apos;s Royal Navy as the latest customer for its ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle. The British want the machine to improve detection of fast-moving targets like the high speed attack craft operated by the Iranians.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Analysts: Pakistan Budget Hike Provides Little]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The increase in defense spending under Pakistan&apos;s new defense budget is largely consumed by wages and the cost of anti-insurgency operations, analysts say, providing little real increase for the military.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alenia Unveils New Trainer Aircraft]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Alenia Aermacchi presented a new basic-advanced jet trainer on Tuesday &#45; the M-345 HET &#45; that it claims will cost less than a turbo prop to buy and cost the same to run.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Elbit Launches &apos;Mini-Music&apos; Countermeasure System]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israel&apos;s Elbit has launched a 19-kilogram directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system, called mini-Music, which an official claims has &apos;no competition.&apos;]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Welsh Talks Syria, Readiness]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[USAF Chief Defends Turf]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Army Trains Anew for Traditional Warfare]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The British Army is beginning to restore traditional skills to its units as the U.K. winds down its 11-year involvement in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Big Changes Ahead in the Pentagon&apos;s Policy Shops?]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[After more than a decade of almost constant expansion, the Pentagon&apos;s policy-making apparatus may be about to experience the bite of the budget-cut fever that is gripping Washington.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rheinmetall To Supply Tank Subsystems to Arab Country]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Germany&#39;s Rheinmetall has won a decisive share in a new project in the Middle East with a €475 million (US $635.6 million) order from an unnamed Arab country for subsystems and services for Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks and PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italian Procurement Chief Backs Hammerhead To Replace Reapers]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s defense procurement chief has backed Piaggio Aero&apos;s new, unmanned variant of its P.180 aircraft as a candidate to replace Italy&apos;s Reapers.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockheed in Talks With 3 Countries To Sell &apos;Sea Hercs&apos;]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin is in talks with the UK, Canada and a Nordic nation to sell its new maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version of the C-130J, and is due to enter talks to sell a coast guard version of the aircraft to Algeria.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Afghan Forces Take Over Security From NATO]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Industry Jockeys for Position in Huge US Army Helo Contest]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[If all goes well, sometime around 2035, the children or grandchildren of today&apos;s US Army aviators will begin strapping themselves into the cockpits of a brand-new fleet of helicopters.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India To Extend Range of Missile Interceptor to 5,000 Km]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Indian scientists are upgrading the nation&apos;s indigenous ballistic missile defense (BMD) system to extend the range at which it can kill an incoming missile from 2,000 kilometers to 5,000 kilometers.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Britain Cuts 4,400 Soldiers as Army Downsizes]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Britain laid off more 4,400 soldiers Tuesday in a third wave of military job cuts intended to help tackle a budget deficit, the Ministry of Defence said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Experts Forecast Military Aid Hikes for Israel]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Despite sequestration and protracted fiscal constraints, Israel can expect an additional decade of sustained and possibly increased levels of security assistance once its current $30 billion, 10-year military aid package expires in 2018, former US officia]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Might Retain Stake in Avio Space]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170024</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Finmeccanica is considering hanging on to its stake in Avio&apos;s space operations, in the face of interest from overseas buyers, CEO Alessandro Pansa said at the Paris Air Show on Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview: Gen. Denis Mercier]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170016</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The French Air Force is facing a problem that is increasingly familiar across Europe: How to remain relevant as wider government financial problems impose limits on capabilities and personnel.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Newly Formed Aerojet Rocketdyne Looks to Cut Cost, Consolidate Supplier Base]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170018</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Aerojet Rocketdyne, the company created after Aerojet parent GenCorp acquired Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corporation and formally combined last week, is looking to save significant money through cost cutting measures without closing plants or lay]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[USAF Official Looking To Fill ISR Gap with Int&apos;l Partners]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Just as the US defense budget constricts, commanders are asking for increased ISR capabilities that simply aren&apos;t available.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[How the CIA Grows Tech]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/C4ISR01/306170026</link>
  <description><![CDATA[When scientists at Redlen Technologies invented a new manufacturing process for a specialized semiconductor, they knew the medical industry would be intrigued.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[3 European Firms Urge MALE UAV Development]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Three of Europe&apos;s biggest aerospace companies have urged the launch of a European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV program, following years in which the continent has dragged its heels over unmanned technology.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Boeing Anticipating Surge in International Orders as Programs Mature]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Several key programs in the Boeing portfolio are reaching maturity, and international orders may soon follow, company executives predicted at a media round table Sunday ahead of the opening of the Paris Air Show.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[100 Export Orders Expected for V-22]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170022</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor is set to see 100 export orders over the next nine years, the program manager predicted at the Paris Air Show on Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Touts Single-Source Policy, Outsourcing]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Efforts to transform the way Britain buys military equipment and services took another step forward last week as the government published an acquisition white paper promising efficiency savings from single-source contracts, and outlined plans for the poss]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Begins To Define Military Cyber Ops]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/DEFREG02/306170027</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Perhaps lost in all the coverage involving the leaking of classified documents by former Booz Allen Hamilton employee Edward Snowden this month was one development that outlines an exceedingly complex undertaking of the Obama administration: trying to def]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Paris Air Show Takes Off]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/DEFREG/306170015</link>
  <description><![CDATA[It&apos;s off to a rainy start, but the Paris Air Show is officially underway.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why Can&apos;t Military Labs Help Stop Sexual Assaults?]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/TSJ01/306170025</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Whenever there is a scandal, be it in the U.S. military or a big corporation, the response is always the same: &apos;Let&apos;s institute more training.&apos; It&apos;s the standard damage-control solution, a box to be checked off to pacify the public and the press.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Arming Rebels Is &apos;Incitement To Murder,&apos; Syrian FM Warns]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/DEFREG04/306170023</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Discussions by Western countries on arming Syria&apos;s rebel fighters are &apos;incitement to murder,&apos; Syria&apos;s deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, said on Monday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France Spotlights Pilot Readiness]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Conflicted by the need to reduce training costs while retaining a cutting edge among its fast jet crews, the French Air Force is preparing to introduce a two-tier pilot readiness policy, and Chief of Staff Gen.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lack of European Consensus on Future Fighters, UAVs Hurts Industry]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170017</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Europe&apos;s military aviation industry is staring at a dim future while the continent&apos;s leaders haggle over solutions to save the sector&apos;s 200,000 high-tech jobs, experts have warned.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[IAI Raises Bid Against US Reaper in France]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/SHOWSCOUT02/306170012</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has sweetened its bid to provide advanced unmanned aerial systems to the French Air Force with an offer for immediate deliveries of fully satellite-linked Heron-1s in support of ongoing operations in Mali.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italian DM: Will Syria Boil Over Into Regional Conflict?]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130616/DEFREG01/306160004</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s new defense minister has a dire warning for Europe: The Syrian conflict is looking like a replay of the Spanish Civil War, which was fought between 1933 and 1939 and paved the way for World War II.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Alenia Receives 1st Fuselage Parts for Italian F-35s]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Italy&apos;s Alenia Aermacchi has received the first F-35 joint strike fighter fuselage parts in order to begin assembling Italian JSFs in Italy, a senior official said on the eve of the Paris Air Show.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jordan Can Protect Itself from Syrian Regime: King Abdullah II]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[King Abdullah II vowed Sunday to protect Jordan from the war in Syria, after the United States announced its warplanes and missiles will remain in the kingdom at the end of military exercises.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[North Korea Talks Must Be &apos;Real&apos;: US Officials]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The United States on Sunday welcomed North Korea&apos;s proposal for high-level negotiations but said it must first curb its nuclear program and would not be able to talk its way out of global sanctions.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[In New Book, Former US Army Officer Warns of Romancing China]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In 1989, just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre, a US Army captain jumped with the People&apos;s Liberation Army&apos;s (PLA) 43rd Airborne Division in Kaifeng, China.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dassault, EADS, Finmeccanica Call for European Drone Program]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Three top European defense firms called Sunday on governments to launch a programme to manufacture drones that European countries are currently having to buy from Israel or the United States.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Finmeccanica: Sector Partnerships More Likely Than Mega Mergers]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica&apos;s strategy chief Giovanni Soccodato believes the future for Europe&apos;s defense industry lies in sector partnerships, with different firms taking leadership in different sectors, rather than mega-mergers like BAE-EADS.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[France Spotlights Pilot Readiness]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130615/DEFREG01/306150005</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Conflicted by the need to reduce training costs while retaining a cutting edge among its fast jet crews, the French Air Force is preparing to introduce a two-tier pilot readiness policy, and Chief of Staff Gen.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Debate Starts Over Who Should Have Access to Classified Material]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The revelation of a top secret US National Security Agency intelligence program by a low-level contractor with access to the sensitive data has sparked a spirited defense debate about the people who have access to classified material and whether existing]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview: Beth McCormick]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Beth McCormick is the US State Department&apos;s deputy assistant secretary for defense trade in its Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[NATO Needs Members to Develop Distributed Capability]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[For a widespread organization such as NATO, distributed simulation and training will grow more important in the days ahead.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[French Industry Focuses on Costs]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Norway&apos;s Military Conscription To Be Extended To Women]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Norway will soon become the only country in Europe to extend its military conscription to women in peacetime after parliament reached agreement on the issue Friday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[EDA Launches Online Government-to-Government Surplus Equipment Tool]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The European Defence Agency (EDA) on June 14 launched e-Quip, an online government-to-government surplus equipment information exchange tool.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Saab Considers Developing Unmanned Gripen]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Saab is considering a plan to develop an unmanned version of its next-generation JAS Gripen-E multirole fighter as the company sets its sights on winning a series of medium-size international orders for about 300 manned Gripen-Es in the next 20 years.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Senate Panel Matches Obama Funding Request, Excludes E. Coast Shield]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kendall: F-35 on Track for FY2015 Ramp Rate]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Details 2013 Sequestration Impact on Budget Accounts]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel To Seek US-Backed Loan for Mega Arms Deal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israel&apos;s Defense Ministry is asking the US government to guarantee billions of dollars in low-interest bridge loans for a Pentagon-proposed package of V-22 Ospreys, F-15 radars and precision-strike weaponry that it ultimately intends to fund with future m]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Reaffirms 11-Ship Carrier Force]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Chambliss: No Intel Reform Likely After NSA Leak Scandal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Congress is unlikely to overhaul the US intelligence community after a Booz Allen Hamilton employee disclosed several highly classified national security programs, says one key senator.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[GAO Supports Super Tucano Pick for Afghanistan Air Force]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[GAO Rules Against Beechcraft]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy Publishes First 3-Year Budget, Gives More Details]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Italian government has taken a step toward longer-term procurement planning by publishing its first three-year defense budget while also providing much greater detail on funding.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan Proposes NSA Equivalent, Advanced Snooping]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A top Japanese government panel has recommended the country begin widespread monitoring of Internet-based communications, establish a Cyber Defense Corps within Japan&apos;s Defense Ministry to protect infrastructure, and ultimately set up a Cyber Security Cen]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Filling Edward Snowden&apos;s Shoes?]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Booz Allen is recruiting a new &apos;systems administrator&apos; with a security clearance in Hawaii.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Raises Annual Defense Budget By 10 Percent]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Pakistan&apos;s new government announced Wednesday a 10 percent increase in defense spending a week after taking office, despite a crippling budget deficit of 8.8 percent.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Drone Swarm: Networks of Small UAVs Offer Big Capabilities]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[On a wind-swept National Guard base near San Luis Obispo, Calif., at an outdoor testing facility, a group of researchers looks up at the sky.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[LCS Freedom underway from Singapore, begins exercises]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Seven weeks after arriving at Singapore, the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) left Changi Naval Base on June 11 to begin a series of regional exercises with navies of friendly nations.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Industrial Policy Chief Lambert to Leave DoD]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Russia Returns to Paris With Eye on Expansion]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[While the early buzz on the Paris Air Show swirls around scaled-back delegations from the US and others, Russia&apos;s military firms have seized the opportunity to make a splash on the global scene.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[EADS: $10B Goal by 2020 Now Unlikely]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[EADS North American will not be able to achieve a previous goal of $10 billion in business by 2020 barring the merger with another firm, the company&apos;s head said Wednesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Republicans, Democrats Spar Over Sequester Before Passing DoD Spending Bill]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats sparred for hours Wednesday over deep cuts to planned Pentagon spending before approving a nearly $513 billion military spending bill.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[HAC Democrats Lose Battles on Use-Of-Force Authority, Drone Program]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[House Appropriations Committee Democrats on Wednesday took aim at several national security policy issues, but each time, panel Republicans turned them back.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India To Speed BMP-2 Upgrades; FICV Stalls]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Keeping its US $10 billion Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) program on the shelf, the Indian Ministry of Defense instead will accelerate the upgrade of its Russian-made BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles and will issue tenders to buy 2,000 engines fo]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Agency: Britain, Saudi Arabia Talk Strengthening Military Ties]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond discussed strengthening military and security ties with Saudi Arabia with top defense officials in the kingdom on Wednesday, the state-run SPA news agency reported.]]></description>
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