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Navy To Extend Life Of 12 Destroyers And Three Cruisers

The Navy plans to extend the operations of 12 Flight 1 Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and three Ticonderoga-class cruisers past their planned service lives to boost fleet numbers, the service […]




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Teledyne Acquires Electronics Company Micropac Industries

Teledyne Technologies [TDY] on Monday said it has acquired Micropac Industries [MPAD] in a $57.3 million deal that adds electronic components used in space, military, industrial, and medical applications. The […]




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BAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns

BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]




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Australia Cancels Satellite Effort With Lockheed Martin As Space Tech Advances

The Australian Ministry of Defence on Nov. 4 terminated its procurement activity with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a single communications satellite in favor of pursuing multiple spacecraft that could provide […]




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Beck: DIU ‘Not Taking on Projects Anymore Where There’s Not a Pathway to Scale’

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has personnel at combatant commands and other forward locations to aid in fielding front-line equipment requests, DIU Director Doug Beck said last Friday. “The whole […]




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Palantir’s Sales To DoD Up 21 Percent In Third Quarter

Palantir Technologies [PLTR] on Monday reported surging sales in its third quarter that included strong revenue from Defense Department contracts and the U.S. government overall. Sales to the DoD were […]




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Fincantieri And UAE Expand Naval Collaboration To Underwater Systems

Italy’s Fincantieri on Tuesday signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’ EDGE Group to expand their cooperative work on naval systems to include underwater systems for […]




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Ingalls Chief Wilkinson To Lead Newport News, Blanchette To Run Ingalls

HII [HII] on Wednesday named Kari Wilkinson, currently president of the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding segments, as the incoming president of its nuclear shipbuilding operations in Virginia effective Jan. 1, 2025. […]




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Commerce Dept. Seeks Input on Changes to Space Export Controls

The U.S. government recently released four rulemakings on space export control designed to strengthen private sector space activity and improve international collaboration. The Department of Commerce and Department of State released four space export control […]




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U.S. Space Command’s Commercial Integration Cell to Grow Beyond 17 Companies

The U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday that it has added five companies to the U.S. Space Command Combined Space Operations Center’s (CSpOC) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) at Vandenberg Space […]




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Teledyne To Acquire Two Acquire Two Aerospace And Defense Businesses From Excelitas

Teledyne Technologies [TDY] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire two business units from Excelitas Technologies Corp. for $710 million in cash, one based in the United Kingdom that […]




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Bell To Keep Fuselage Production For Army’s FLRAA In Kansas

Bell [TXT] said on Wednesday it will keep production of the fuselage for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) in Wichita, Kansas, after taking on the assembly work […]




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US Launched Minuteman III ICBM With Three Test Warheads

The U.S. Space Force tested the intercontinental ballistic missile’s ability to strike targets with multiple warheads in a Minuteman III launch Tuesday at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. According to […]




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Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the  […]




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Trump Team More Than Two Months Late in Signing Transition MoU

The General Services Administration (GSA) on Aug. 27 sent a letter to former and current President-elect Trump at a P.O. Box in Arlington, Va.–a customary missive sent to all prospective […]




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Trump Likely To Push For Increase To NATO Burden Sharing Requirement: Analysts

As NATO countries assess how a second Trump administration will approach alliance priorities, analysts on Thursday said the president-elect could look to push increasing the burden sharing requirement to have […]




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U.S. Space Force Examining Follow-On Support for WGS and DSCS

The U.S. Space Force is seeking industry feedback by Dec. 2 to help the service determine an acquisition strategy for Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS)–a future follow-on […]




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Kratos’ DeMarco Bullish On What Trump, With Help From Musk, Means For Startups And Non-Traditional Defense Companies

A second Trump administration committed to cutting federal spending could mean very good things for non-traditional defense companies and startups because of a focus on affordability, Eric DeMarco, the president […]




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New Team Forms To Compete For CVN-75 Carrier Dismantlement

A pair of companies with experience dismantling maritime vessels and nuclear facilities, respectively, are teaming up to compete on the dismantlement of decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, starting with the […]




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AUV Startup Vatn Systems Raises $13 Million In Seed Round That Includes Lockheed, RTX, And SAIC

Vatn Systems, a startup developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for U.S. and allied military customers, on Tuesday said it has raised $13 million in seed funding to further expand its […]




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India’s JSW Group To Invest $90 Million In Shield AI, Manufacture V-BATs

Indian conglomerate JSW Group will invest $90 million in U.S. startup Shield AI over the next two years to license and manufacture the small company’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) […]




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Textron Nabs $394 Million Mod For Nine More SSC Landing Craft

The Navy on Nov. 8 awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $394 million modification to build nine more Ship to Shore Connectors (SSC) hovercraft. The SSCs are 100-class Landing Craft Air […]




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Jan 26 - Chubu English Language Teaching Convention

LTP (Language Teaching Professionals). January 26 (Sun), 9:00-18:00 in Nagoya, Aichi. A wide variety of speakers. Deadline for presenter applications: November 30, 2024..




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Jan 25 - SUTLF 2025: Collaborative and Cooperative Learning

NanKyu JALT (NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). January 25 (Sat), 9:00-18:00 in Kumamoto. Edward Rubesch.




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Jan 12 - Kansai English Language Teaching Convention

LTP (Language Teaching Professionals). January 12 (Sun), 9:00-18:00 in Osaka. A wide variety of speakers. Deadline for presenter applications: November 30, 2024. .




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Dec 8 - Classroom Activity Types and Their Relationship to Cognitive Discourse Functions

Kobe JALT (Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). December 8 (Sun), 14:00-15:30 in Kobe, Hyogo. Stephen McNamara (Kwansei Gakuin University).




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Dec 7 - Round Table Meeting and Bonenkai

Nagoya and Gifu JALT (Nagoya and Gifu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). December 7 (Sat), 18:30-19:45 in Nagoya, Aichi. All Attendees.




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Dec 7 - CLaSIC2024: Centre for Language Studies International Conference 2024

National U of Singapore CLS (National University of Singapore Centre for Language Studies). December 7 (Sat), 9:00-19:00 in Singapore. Andy Kirkpatrick (Grifflth University, Australia), Dorothy M Chun (UC, Santa Barbara, USA), Sarah Mercer (University of Graz, Austria), Xiaoshi Li (Michigan State U, USA). Call for presentations closes April 30.




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Dec 6 - CLaSIC2024: Centre for Language Studies International Conference 2024

National U of Singapore CLS (National University of Singapore Centre for Language Studies). December 6 (Fri), 9:00-19:00 in Singapore. Andy Kirkpatrick (Grifflth University, Australia), Dorothy M Chun (UC, Santa Barbara, USA), Sarah Mercer (University of Graz, Austria), Xiaoshi Li (Michigan State U, USA). Call for presentations closes April 30.




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Dec 5 - CLaSIC2024: Centre for Language Studies International Conference 2024

National U of Singapore CLS (National University of Singapore Centre for Language Studies). December 5 (Thu), 9:00-19:00 in Singapore. Andy Kirkpatrick (Grifflth University, Australia), Dorothy M Chun (UC, Santa Barbara, USA), Sarah Mercer (University of Graz, Austria), Xiaoshi Li (Michigan State U, USA). Call for presentations closes April 30.




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Dec 1 - 2024 NaraJALT Annual Conference

Nara JALT (Nara Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). December 1 (Sun), 9:00-17:00 in Nara. Ben Tanaka, Erin Noxon, David Eckford, Olga Li and Akiko Mokhtari, Eric Martin.




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Nov 23 - Seventh Annual Nanzan Language Education Seminar

Nanzan University (Nanzan University Language Education Seminar). November 23 (Sat), 9:00-17:00 in Nagoya, Aichi. Submissions accepted until Sept 30.




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Nov 18 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 18 (Mon), 9:00-16:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 17 - New Applications of Textbooks and Syllabuses

East Tokyo ETJ (ETJ East Tokyo (English Teachers in Japan)). November 17 (Sun), 14:00-16:00 in Tokyo. Tomoko Kikuchi.




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Nov 17 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 17 (Sun), 9:00-19:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 16 - JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning and Educational Materials Exhibition

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 16 (Sat), 9:00-19:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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Nov 15 - JALT2024: Professional Development and Technology in Teaching Workshops

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 15 (Fri), 13:30-19:00 in Shizuoka. Call for proposals ends March 10th, 2024.




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JALT PanSIG 2025

PanSIG JALT (JALT PanSIG Conference). May 16 (Fri) - 18 (Sun) 2025, at Kanda University of International Studies in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.




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Asian Conference for Innovation in Education (ACIE 2025)

ACIE (Asian Conference for Innovation in Education). March 3 (Mon) - 4 (Tue) 2025, at Osaka Central Public Hall, Osaka.




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SUTLF 2025: Collaborative and Cooperative Learning

NanKyu JALT (NanKyu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). January 25 (Sat) 2025, at SILC Building, Sojo University, Kumamoto.




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Kansai English Language Teaching Convention

LTP (Language Teaching Professionals). January 12 (Sun) 2025, at Kinrankai High School, Osaka.




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CLaSIC2024: Centre for Language Studies International Conference 2024

National U of Singapore CLS (National University of Singapore Centre for Language Studies). December 5 (Thu) - 7 (Sat) 2024, at National University of Singapore.




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Seventh Annual Nanzan Language Education Seminar

Nanzan University (Nanzan University Language Education Seminar). November 23 (Sat) 2024, at Nanzan University, Nagoya; and online.




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JALT2024: 50th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning

JALT (The Annual International Conference of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). November 15 (Fri) - 18 (Mon) 2024, at Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center (Granship) Shizuoka City.




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LL10 - Developmental Internal Rotation - Femoral and Obturator Nerves

The tenth in our series on the lower limb is on Developmental Internal Rotation - Femoral and Obturator Nerves.
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TH10 - Respiratory Movements and the Diaphragm

The tenth in our series on the thorax describes the Respiratory Movements and the Diaphragm.
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