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  1. Technology from Goodrich Corporation, a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace and defense markets, was demonstrated by the British Army at the first Bahrain International Air Show (BIAS).
  2. Detlef Moog’s successor on the Rheinmetall Defence Executive Board is Armin PappergerArmin Papperger, 46, has been appointed to the Executive Board of Rheinmetall Defence, effective 1 January 2010. He succeeds Detlef Moog, 61, who left the company...
  3. ADS, a leading UK-based aerospace, defence and security trade organisation, said it has plans to set up a regional office in Bahrain in order to support the growing market in the Middle East.
  4. The United States plans to provide Pakistan with a dozen unarmed drone aircraft that will help bolster its military as it takes on Taliban militants, U.S. defense officials said.
  5. The United Arab Emirates has signed to buy two 55-meter-long stealthy patrol vessels from Italian shipyard Fincantieri, the firm said Jan. 22.
  6. Bahrain's state-owned airline Gulf Air has leased two Embraer 170 planes from the Brazilian manufacturer as it aligns its fleet with its shift in focus to shorter routes.
  7. Yemen's national airline Yemenia firmed up on Thursday a contract with Airbus to buy 10 A320 aircraft, most of which will serve to replace its existing fleet.   
  8. Textron Defense Systems announced that its XM1100 Scorpion networked sensor and munitions system successfully completed a rigorous test series at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
  9. Boeing signed a $34 million contract with Italian defense company Oto Melara to co-produce the Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) weapon system for the Italian Air Force.
  10. The seven partner countries in the troubled Airbus A400M military transport aircraft program are set to meet with Airbus executives Jan. 21 in Berlin, a French defense ministry spokesman said.
 



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