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  1. Dubai International (DXB) achieved a passenger traffic growth of 8.9% in November compared to the same period last year and the airport is on track to surpass the 50 million-mark in annual traffic this year, Dubai Airports announced this week.
  2. The Obama administration is poised to announce the sale of nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
  3. Spokesman for the grand 'Velayat-90' war games said the Iranian Navy drones conducted successful patrolling and surveillance operations.
  4. Under the high patronage of H.H.Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and his Heir apparent H.H.Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Doha is preparing the launch of the 9th session of the internal State Security exhibition -...
  5. ITT Exelis received a $5.7 million multiyear award to produce 375 generator control modules for F/A-18 aircraft.
  6. No oil will be permitted to pass through the key oil transit Strait of Hormuz if the West applies sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, Iranian Vice President Ali Rahimi warned on Tuesday.
  7. Ruag, a technology partner of the Swiss Armed Forces, teamed up with Rheinmetall to manufacture and market the armored engineer and mine clearance Leopard vehicle.
  8. The Chief-of-Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces said his country stands ready to expand its military and security ties with Iraq, a week after the exit of U.S. forces from the neighboring Arab country.
  9. Airbus is on course to end 2011 with well over 1,600 orders, pushing Boeing to the lowest market share of their 40-year rivalry, but Boeing has stored up momentum for a comeback as both companies put fresh vigor into their most-sold jets.
  10. Raytheon received a $122.5 million contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for continued development of Standard Missile-3 Block IA and IB programs.
 



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