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United States, Defense Industry,Important To Australia

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Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science Oct. 1 emphasized the importance of the United States Government and defense industry to Australian defense capability. "A good relationship between the Australian and US Government and defence industries is critical for a number of our current defence procurements, and many of our future projects," Mr Combet said. Combet said the importance of these relationships was highlighted following a visit to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems and the US Naval Surface Warfare…

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