PARIS — The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has selected two finalists — one U.S.-Canadian, the other French-Italian — for a two-satellite military Earth observation system whose technical specifications will test the limits of what Western nations are willing to export, U.S. and European industry officials said. The winner will take home a contract roughly estimated at about $700 million.

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