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  1. Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its Air Force, an Adviser to Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki said.
  2. Boeing announced yesterday the delivery of a fourth C-17 Globemaster III to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defense from the company's C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach, California.
  3. A hi-tech Maritime Centre with a new radar system that will keep round-the-clock vigil of Bahrain’s territorial waters was inaugurated by Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa this past week.
  4. Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor returned to the skies in Marietta, Georgia, in a series of test and production flights, the first since a four-month fleet stand down was lifted on Sept. 19, 2011 by the U.S. Air Force.
  5. Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been named Airline of the Year in the 2011 TTG Travel Awards.
  6. Saab and its American subsidiary Saab Sensis Corporation has been awarded contracts for supply of the multi-role naval surveillance radar Sea Giraffe AMB as part of the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Program.
  7. The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has taken delivery of its first Airbus Military C295 on Monday.
  8. Rheinmetall Defence has welded its electro-optical activities into a new division, known as Rheinmetall Electro-Optics.
  9. HRH Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Deputy King of Bahrain, said the Bahraini-US military co-operation is among the fruitful results of solid historical ties bonding the two allies and a reflection of HRM King Hamad's keen interest to strengthen them.
  10. Defense and security company Saab has signed a frame agreement and received a first order from the EADS company Cassidian to supply safety-critical avionics equipment for the new advanced UAV system Talarion.
 



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