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Extension granted till 30th December, 2010,

Dec 14, 2010 5:57am IST

* Top Navy officials to testify about dual award plan

* Navy still "pretty positive" on getting dual-buy OK

* Senator Kerry sees hundreds of jobs in Massachusetts (Recasts with Senate hearing; adds byline)

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and other top Navy officials will testify at a surprise Senate hearing on Tuesday about a controversial plan to buy 10 warships from both Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and Australia's Austal Ltd (ASB.AX), instead of picking one winner.

See full article at :
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINN1323013220101214