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Shooter who killed 3 at US Navy base identified as Saudi air force student

A Saudi air force trainee shot three people dead at a U.S. naval base in Florida on Friday; the Saudi king offered condolences to victims

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Raytheon awarded missile systems maintenance contract modification for US and Spain

The Pentagon awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $28,881,512 contract modification to maintain missiles of the US Navy and Spanish government

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L3 Technologies awarded $37.5 million contract for US Special Operations aiming lasers

The US awarded a $37.5 million contract to L3 Technologies to deliver precision aiming lasers (PAL) for Special Operations Command

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Trump fires US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL misconduct case

The US Navy secretary criticized Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over a SEAL commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed

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Esper says $10bn Pentagon JEDI contract awarded fairly after Amazon claims ‘bias’

The U.S. Defense Secretary said a $10 billion cloud computing contract was awarded to Microsoft fairly after Amazon alleged "bias" in the process

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Boeing awarded $22 million Laser Small Diameter Bomb contract

Boeing awarded a $22 million US Special Operations contract for Laser Small Diameter Bomb all up rounds and warhead shipping containers

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Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns

Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang

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The relevance of ground-based midcourse missile defense

Ground-based Midcourse Defense is a critical element of US national defense against ballistic missiles, David Daly argues

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US-led Coalition against ISIS to meet in Washington on November 14

The Coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington, D.C. on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the US pulls troops from Syria

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US Democrats subpoena Pentagon documents in Trump impeachment inquiry

Congressional Democrats subpoenaed the Pentagon for documents tied to President Donald Trump's withholding of military aide to Ukraine

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