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Monday, April 28th, 2008

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Murtha Known Across The Pond. Allan Cameron, chairman and CEO of Thales North America Inc., tells a Jane's U.S. Defense Conference crowd April 22 he "can't think of the technology that we've brought into the United States to date that hasn't created jobs into the United States." The French company, he notes, is shifting manufacturing and design support for a sonar system stateside. "Manufacturing has actually started in Johnstown,…

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