The three-pound "advanced combat" helmets are made in one big, hot room inside a new, single-story building.

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Malik to strengthen Franco-Indian ties -- the Indians would love to have access to France's advanced combat aircraft technology.

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Upgrading these vehicles would help bridge a technological gap before the army adds more-advanced combat vehicles to replace the existing fleet.

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It has been buying advanced combat aircraft, destroyers and submarines from Russia.

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These days it is China that is stepping up defence spending, and the United Arab Emirates is set to field more advanced combat aircraft than the RAF.

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The exercises are for advanced aerial combat training, a position delegated to top pilots.

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It is the most advanced forward-operating combat hospital in the history of warfare.

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The White House expects a major battle with lawmakers from both parties over Defense Secretary Robert Gates's effort to overhaul defense-procurement policies and cut short production on the F-22 advanced fighter jet and the Army's Future Combat System.

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The Army has also incorporated a myriad of advanced technologies and lessons learned for Iraq and Afghanistan into its Future Combat Systems to meet current needs in the field and to ensure victory in future wars.

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The Air Force Weapons School provides advanced training for a handful of elite officers each year in traditional skills, like teaching aerial combat, reconnaissance and bombing, and also for the growing ranks of drone pilots.

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