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  1. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has appointed outgoing Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, state TV and the national news agency said on Wednesday.
  2. Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II program remains ahead of schedule after completing a series of tests that demonstrated successful integration of production tri-mode seeker hardware and software.
  3. Lufthansa Consulting, a leading aviation and management consulting company, has won a contract from the Iraqi government to evaluate the ground handling requirements at the country's major airports.
  4. Raytheon has received U.S. Congressional and State Department approvals on a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3.
  5. Under an urgent operational requirement, on June 15 2011, the French defense procurement agency (DGA) ordered kits from Renault Trucks Defense for integrating the Javelin anti-tank missile system into the VAB armored personnel carrier.
  6. Moscow opposes the imposition of an arms embargo on Syria and believes the international community should stop threatening Damascus with ultimatums; local news agencies quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Tuesday.
  7. Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with the U.S. Army for the company's Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system.
  8. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit on Tuesday, during which he was due to meet top Iraqi officials, as American troops depart Iraq ahead of a year-end deadline.
  9. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems division (GA-EMS) recently completed expansion and start-up of a 6,250 square foot advanced vacuum pressure impregnation and motor winding facility at its manufacturing and test site in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  10. DCI, a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defense and domestic security, has a special partnership with the Kuwait Naval Forces that have entrusted DCI-NAVFCO for many years with the training of its future naval officers.
 



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