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  1. A major annual security conference in Bahrain that attracts hundreds of top officials has been cancelled, said a leading official from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
  2. Boeing received a $1.64 billion (£1 billion) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) to provide 14 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters and associated support for the first 5 years to the Royal Air Force (RAF).
  3. A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has begun construction on USA’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at Marinette Marine.
  4. Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayyani condemned the Israeli violations of the borders with Egypt and recurrent aggressions on Gaza Strip.
  5. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a contract for additional Viper Strikes munitions to equip the U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk aircraft and bring greater utility to the Marines' KC-130J refueling and cargo aircraft.
  6. Muammar Qaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam who rebels said they had captured appeared with dozens of cheering supporters in Tripoli on Tuesday saying the capital was “under control” of his father’s regime.
  7. The new law re-introducing compulsory military conscription in Kuwait will be enacted shortly. The Parliament had suspended it in 2001. However, a draft legislation to enforce it again was submitted to the Parliament recently.
  8. Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) announced the successful first flight of the first T129 prototype, produced at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey.
  9. Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power.
  10. Pratt & Whitney has completed its first EcoPower engine washes on a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter at Naval Base Coronado, California.
 



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