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  <description><![CDATA[Follow our coverage from 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[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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  <title><![CDATA[Welsh Talks Syria, Readiness]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[USAF Chief Defends Turf]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Intelligence 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[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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  <title><![CDATA[Afghan Forces Take Over Security From NATO]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Afghan forces took control of security across the country Tuesday, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of fighting the Taliban.]]></description>
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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[US Exports Facing Delays due to Furloughs, Sequester]]></title>
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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[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[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[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[MBDA Seeks Far-Future Tech Ideas]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[100 Export Orders Expected for V-22]]></title>
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  <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[3 European Firms Urge MALE UAV Development]]></title>
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  <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[How the CIA Grows Tech]]></title>
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  <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[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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  <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[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[Paris Air Show Takes Off]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why Can&apos;t Military Labs Help Stop Sexual Assaults?]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Might Retain Stake in Avio Space]]></title>
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  <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[Arming Rebels Is &apos;Incitement To Murder,&apos; Syrian FM Warns]]></title>
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  <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[USAF Official Looking To Fill ISR Gap with Int&apos;l Partners]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[France Spotlights Pilot Readiness]]></title>
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  <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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  <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[Lack of European Consensus on Future Fighters, UAVs Hurts Industry]]></title>
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  <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>
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  <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>
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  <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>
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  <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[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[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[French Industry Focuses on Costs]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130614/SHOWSCOUT02/306140011</link>
  <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[Norway&apos;s Military Conscription To Be Extended To Women]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130614/DEFREG01/306140010</link>
  <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[US Senate Panel Matches Obama Funding Request, Excludes E. Coast Shield]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved a Pentagon authorization bill that matches the White House&apos;s nearly $527 billion 2014 military budget request.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kendall: F-35 on Track for FY2015 Ramp Rate]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130613/DEFREG02/306130019</link>
  <description><![CDATA[LRIP-6 and 7 negotiations underway]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel To Seek US-Backed Loan for Mega Arms Deal]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130613/DEFREG/306130022</link>
  <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[Pentagon Details 2013 Sequestration Impact on Budget Accounts]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130613/DEFREG02/306130021</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sequestration spending reductions will cut $15.8 billion from the US Defense Department&apos;s 2013 budget, according to a Pentagon report.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Reaffirms 11-Ship Carrier Force]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[An amendment to reduce the statutory requirement that the US Navy keep 11 aircraft carriers in service was defeated June 13, first by voice vote and then by a recorded vote of 318-106.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Chambliss: No Intel Reform Likely After NSA Leak Scandal]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130613/DEFREG02/306130013</link>
  <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>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130613/C4ISR/306130018</link>
  <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[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[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[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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  <description><![CDATA[The US Defense Department&apos;s industrial policy chief, Brett Lambert, will step down from his position at the end of the summer, according to sources.]]></description>
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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>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130612/DEFREG02/306120027</link>
  <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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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Defense Minister To Visit Pentagon]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon leaves on Wednesday for talks with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, his first visit to Washington since taking office in March, the ministry said.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gen. Kehler Lays Out Vision for STRATCOM]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The head of US Strategic Command made the case this morning that STRATCOM cannot be viewed simply as the nuclear arm of the Pentagon.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[SpaceX Begins Next Step in DoD Certification]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The DoD office in charge of space systems announced an agreement with SpaceX, marking another major step for the upstart rocket company as it seeks to move in on the military launch market.]]></description>
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  <description><![CDATA[Crowd control, a practical skill regularly taught to members of the military and police, is periodically brought to the forefront during clashes such as the Kent State shootings or the recent protests in Turkey&apos;s Taksim Square.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[BAE Appoints Centrica Chief Carr as New Chairman]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[BAE Systems has appointed Centrica boss Roger Carr to replace Dick Olver as its chairman, Europe&apos;s top defense contractor announced today.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Adding 40,000 Mountain Troops at China Border]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Admiral: Global Special Operations &apos;Network&apos; To Be Unveiled This Fall]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In September, America&apos;s top special operator  plans to sit down with US geographic combatant commanders to finally lay out plans for what he has been calling the &apos;global SOF network.&apos;]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Navy&apos;s New, Bigger Fire Scout To Fly This Fall]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The Navy&apos;s Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle program is undergoing a major change, shedding the small helicopter used in earlier versions for a new model with greater range and payload.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Lawmakers Give Defense Contractors Reason to Sweat After PRISM Leak]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US intelligence agencies and defense contractors should adopt more stringent hiring procedures to prevent future disclosures of classified anti-terrorism programs, lawmakers said Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Missile Defense Brass Frown on East Coast Interceptor Sites]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The nation&apos;s two top military officers leading the US missile defense enterprise replied to a letter from Sen. Carl Levin today, telling him that there is &apos;]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey&apos;s New Security Threat: Turks]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Just as Turkey was working to end three decades of violence with Kurdish separatists,  the government has been hit with a surprising new security threat: hundreds of thousands of Turks.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[House Committee Cuts Pentagon Budget Request]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A US House panel has put forth language that would cut $3.4 billion from the Pentagon&apos;s 2014 base budget request, while increasing funding by $5.3 billion for the war effort in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Boeing Gets $4B US Army Chinook Deal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[US aerospace giant Boeing announced Tuesday it has received a multi-year $4 billion order from the US Army for 177 more CH-47F Chinook helicopters.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Canada Taps German Design for Navy&apos;s Support Ships]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada has selected the German Navy&apos;s Berlin-class design for its new fleet of supply ships, setting in motion the eventual construction of two vessels that are critical to maritime operations.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sen. Wyden Suggests Military, Intel Officials Lied About PRISM]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[A key US senator on Tuesday slammed senior intelligence and Pentagon officials, suggesting they knowingly lied to Congress about domestic spying efforts by a military agency.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey Launches Rare Turkish Vs. Foreign Competition]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[In an extremely rare set-up for a defense contract here, Turkey&apos;s procurement authorities have launched a competition involving two Turkish and two Western companies.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Takes Possession of First C-17]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[India officially became the latest nation to operate Boeing&apos;s C-17 Globemaster III transport plane, following a transfer ceremony held in Long Beach, Calif.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian Sub Buy Again Delayed]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Questions raised by the Indian Finance Ministry have delayed the Navy&apos;s quest to procure six additional submarines equipped with air independent propulsion for more than $12 billion.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bulgarian Defense Minister Delays Jet Fighter Purchase]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov has announced that the much-awaited acquisition of new jet fighters for the Air Force will likely not be launched this year, reported local news agency BTA.]]></description>
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