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  1. After years of negotiations, Israel is moving ahead with plans to purchase 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters under an estimated $2.75 billion deal.
  2. US-based AOptix Technologies unveiled a new slim design Iris scanner system, InSight VM, featuring an elegant and contemporary industrial design appropriate for installation in modern airports and office buildings.
  3. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration plans to include attack helicopters in an expanded arms package for Saudi Arabia, swelling the size of the proposed deal to about $60 billion over 10 years, according to officials...
  4.     Kuwait's Agility, the Gulf region's biggest logistics firm, had its U.S. army prime vendor contract extended for an additional 6 months starting from beginning of September
  5. A probe into Bahrain and other Gulf countries' ability to deal with a potential nuclear radiation disaster has been completed. Results and suggested contingency plans will be put before GCC ministers in coming weeks.
  6. Air Arabia, based in Sharjah (UAE), selected Thales to supply a large avionics package including Flight Management Systems (FMS), and Traffic, Terrain and Transponder Collision Avoidance System (T3CAS) for its 44 new A320 aircraft.
  7.     Etihad Airways, the national carrier of UAE, took delivery of its first A330-200 freighter aircraft.
  8.  Bahrain's military is in line for a $19.5 million cash injection from the US government, a report said.
  9.  The Obama administration  told Congress it planned to sell Kuwait the latest production version of Raytheon's Patriot interceptor missile amid concerns over Iran's growing missile capabilities.
  10.     The new passenger terminal at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, will be operational by the first week of October, said Madinah's Governer, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majed.
 



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