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FMS: Colombia Requests Sale of Nine UH-60L Helicopters UNITED STATES - 5 AUGUST 2010 WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Colombia of 9 UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and...

Four men jailed for life over Blackburn arson murders UNITED KINGDOM - 3 AUGUST 2010 Four men have been jailed for life for murdering a couple when they set fire to the wrong house in what was intended to be a so-called honour killing. Abdullah and Aysha Mohammed were killed when petrol...

Mosque in Karachi attacked, toll rises to 76 PAKISTAN - 5 AUGUST 2010 KARACHI: A hand-grenade attack inside a North Nazimabad mosque during prayers on Wednesday night left five people injured as the daylong violence which included arson attacks and incidents of firing claimed at least 22...

E-6B Block I Program enters production, deployment phase UNITED STATES - 3 AUGUST 2010 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. -- The E-6B Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) completed a Gate 6 / Milestone C review for the E-6B...

3 children, 1 teacher killed in China kindergarten attack CHINA - 4 AUGUST 2010 BEIJING — A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead in the country's latest school attack, area residents said Wednesday...

CH-53K Helicopter Program Achieves Successful CDR UNITED STATES - 3 AUGUST 2010 (Stratford, Connecticut, August 3, 2010) -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today the successful completion of the CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter Program Critical Design Review (CDR) event, signaling the...

Karachi suffers Rs10bn single-day loss PAKISTAN - 4 AUGUST 2010 KARACHI: Production in majority of the industrial areas came to a grinding halt and all markets and shopping centres remained completely closed on Tuesday following the killing of MPA Syed Raza Haider of the Muttahida Qaumi...

Boeing Receives First F-15E Radar Modernization Program Test Asset from Raytheon UNITED STATES - 3 AUGUST 2010 Boeing [NYSE: BA] received the first APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar test set for the U.S. Air Force F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) from...

Karachi shut after over 40 killed in clashes PAKISTAN - 3 AUGUST 2010 KARACHI: Clashes that killed at least 40 people overnight in Karachi scared residents off its streets on Tuesday as Pakistan’s largest city was on alert for more violence after the shooting of a leader in a dominant...

Two soldiers killed in South Waziristan blast PAKISTAN - 1 AUGUST 2010 DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A roadside bomb exploded as army troops were clearing a road in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, killing two soldiers, intelligence officials said. The officials, who requested anonymity...

Police officer, ANP man gunned down in Karachi PAKISTAN - 1 AUGUST 2010 KARACHI: A police officer and a senior activist of a political party in the ruling coalition were gunned down in separate incidents of targeted attacks on Saturday, bringing the total number of such killings to 39 in...

Lockheed Martin Delivers First AN/AAQ-39 Targeting System Production Unit to the U.S. Air Force UNITED STATES - 29 JULY 2010 ORLANDO, FL -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] recently delivered the first AN/AAQ-39 targeting system full production unit to the U.S. Air Force. Q-39 is the...

Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Wraps up COMPTUEX UNITED STATES - 28 JULY 2010 USS KEARSARGE, At Sea -- Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) successfully completed its composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) July 27 The three-week exercise is designed to test the...

Six people killed in Okara feud PAKISTAN - 28 JULY 2010 OKARA: Six people including three children of a family were killed over an old enmity at village Fatehpur near Depalpur. Girls aged between one and half years to six years were also among the victims. Police sources said that...

Over 100 political activists killed since Jan PAKISTAN - 27 JULY 2010 Over 100 political activists have been gunned down in Karachi since the turn of the year. The present spate of targeted killings is not the first of its kind; this phenomenon was first witnessed in the 1990s and...

Northrop Grumman Delivers AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System Operational Software for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter UNITED STATES - 21 JULY 2010 BALTIMORE, July 21, 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has announced the delivery of the operational software package...

433rd Weapons Squadron soars high with F-15, F-22 UNITED STATES - 24 JULY 2010 NELLIS U.S. AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The 433rd Weapons Squadron based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies the F-15C Eagle and F-22A Raptor. It is the only Weapons School unit operating two types of aircraft...

Israel and the US Sign Deal to Develop Arrow 3 Anti-Missile Defense System ISRAEL - 26 JULY 2010 Israel's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense signed a deal on Sunday evening (July 25) to develop the Arrow 3 anti-missile defense system Israel's Ministry of Defense and...

X2 Technology™ Demonstrator Achieves 225 Knots, Sets New Top Speed for Helicopter - Target Milestone of 250 Knots Looms in Q3 2010 UNITED STATES - 26 JULY 2010 WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technology™ demonstrator today unofficially broke the speed record for...

Kidnapped teacher’s family appeals to judiciary PAKISTAN - 26 JULY 2010 PESHAWAR: The family of an octogenarian kidnapped near his house in April 2010 has appealed to the chief justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Peshawar High Court to take notice of the plight of the elderly...