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  1. Oman Air said it made a net loss of RO78 million ($203 million) in 2010 mainly due to expansion of its fleet and other operational costs.
  2. The contract amendment was signed today in Seville by Patrick Bellouard, Director of OCCAR - Executive Agency, and Airbus Military CEO Domingo Urena, in the presence of Spanish Minister of Defense Carme Chacon.
  3. Boeing and Qatar Airways announced orders for three 777 Freighters and two 777-300ERs.  The orders are valued at $1.4 billion at list prices.
  4. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 270 Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET) A1 vehicles following a delivery order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).
  5. Cassidian, an EADS company, quickly responded to multiple requests for increased mission critical communications capacity in the aftermath of a 6.3 earthquake that hit New Zealand on February 22, 2011.
  6. ATK was awarded a $35.8 million contract for the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) program.
  7. HRH King Abdullah and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates held talks Wednesday on a range of bilateral and regional issues including Iran and the spiraling unrest in Yemen.
  8. The Pentagon said there were no plans to suspend US military assistance to Yemen but urged a swift transition of power amid a wave of anti-regime protests.
  9. Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II program completed a U.S. Air Force critical design review (CDR), clearing the way for the weapon to begin captive flight testing later this year.
  10. Control of an international task force that polices regional waters has been passed to the French Navy.
 



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