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  1. Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, will become the first airline in the world to offer full on-board connectivity to passengers when it starts implementing the service from September this year.
  2. BAE Systems was awarded a $14.2 million contract to provide field service representatives to support the transition activities of 1,026 refurbished M113A2s and 21 refurbished M88A1s to the Iraqi Army.
  3. Emirates Airline said it plans to establish Asia's most technologically-advanced engine overhaul facility in Dubai at an estimated cost of $120 million.
  4. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering industrial cooperation and involving the activities of EADS and its Divisions Cassidian and Astrium in Germany, Spain, France
  5. Kuwait-based international leasing company, Alafco (Aviation Lease and Finance Company), signed an agreement for 6 additional Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide-body) aircraft, anticipating a surge in demand for larger aircraft types.
  6. GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company, said it has won engine orders worth more than $430 million from 2 of the major Gulf carriers - Qatar Airways and Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways.
  7. Raytheon has completed the first major delivery of materials under the UAE contract.
  8. Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, reached an agreement with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, to provide long-term engine services and performance enhancement kits worth a total of $360 million.
  9. Raytheon and the Norwegian defense company NAMMO are in the process of qualifying an alternate rocket engine for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.
  10. MBDA unveiled the output of the Concept Visions process for 2011; CVS 401 Perseus concept missile system, which represents the group’s vision of a multi-role strike weapon system for 2030 and beyond.
 



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