1.   Forgeard sees potential markets for Airbus-built military refueling tankers, electronic warfare and maritime patrol craft.

2.   Last month, the maritime patrol received a call from a foreigner speaking Japanese who reported that a ship with people aboard was about to sink.

3.   Lockheed Martin Corp., which was competing to supply the Royal Air Force a new class of maritime patrol aircraft, was the biggest loser in the competition.

4.   The Australians and Dutch are gearing up to offer maritime patrols, officials say.

5.   The British are contributing Nimrod maritime patrol planes and transport planes, among other assets.

6.   The aircraft are being developed for the U.S. Air Force, but the U.S. Navy and Australian defense officials are also interested in the program for possible maritime patrols.

7.   The contracts to be granted, including two new classes of missiles and a maritime patrol aircraft, are critical to the defense industry.

8.   The German patrol missions are a small part of what defense officials are calling the largest maritime patrol mission since World War II.

9.   The maritime patrol aircraft contract is the biggest prize to be awarded by the MoD this year.

10.   Bomb-sniffing dogs were deployed around summit venues, and border and maritime patrols have been stepped up.