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  1. At a ceremony held on board Austal's next generation 102 meter Trimaran, Austal was awarded a contract for the design, construction and through-life support of 8 new patrol boats for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
  2. Royal Air Force (RAF) jets bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli’s harbor last week, along with various other key targets of forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.
  3. Swedish Defense and security company Saab received an order for components to the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system.
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) attempted to fly the fastest aircraft ever built, the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2).
  5. Russia, India and other UN Security Council delegations voiced concerns about NATO strikes on Libyan state television last month, saying they were awaiting results of a NATO investigation as the Libyan state television showed what it said was...
  6. Goodrich Corporation will showcase its UAV technologies at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C., 16-19 August 2011)
  7.   The UN Security Council expressed concern that Al Qaeda could exploit the power vacuum in Yemen to gain an even greater foothold in the country.
  8. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully completed the first test to demonstrate real-time cueing of the Airborne Infrared (ABIR) sensor for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) with the Integrated Sensor Manager (ISM).
  9. Lockheed Martin's new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) extended-range rocket successfully completed a 120-kilometer mission at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., an improvement in range of approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) over...
  10. On August 4, 2011 the Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight prototype SN95005 landed at Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) to undergo hot soak trails (above +40oC).The tests will last for about one month.
 



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