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• 1,000th Student Completes Training in Boeing T45TS Boeing 13 Apr 2000 -- 'The best pilots in the world aren't born, they're trained here,' announces the billboard near Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas. Those words are particularly significant to the 17 student naval aviators who earned their wings April 7 at Naval Air Station Kingsville and Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.
• General Dynamics to Buy Spain's ENSB, Maker of Combat Vehicles and Munitions General Dynamics 13 Apr 2000 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Empressa Nacional Santa Barbara de Industrias Militares, S.A., of Madrid, Spain, as well as Santa Barbara Blindados, S.A., of Seville. Owned by Sociedad Estatal de Participaciunes Industriales (SEPI) and known collectively as ENSB, the company produces combat vehicles and munitions for the Spanish Army.
• ORBITAL DELIVERS HIGH-SPEED SOLID STATE RECORDER TO LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR F-22 TESTING Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Apr 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its High-Speed Solid-State Recorder (HSSR), produced by the company's Fairchild Defense division, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin Corporation for instrumentation recording aboard the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft.
• ORBITAL'S HIGH-SPEED SOLID STATE RECORDER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FULL MILITARY AIRCRAFT QUALIFICATION TESTING Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Apr 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its High-Speed Solid-State Recorder (HSSR), produced by the company's Fairchild Defense division, has successfully passed full Military Qualification Tests.

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• 13 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 13 Apr 2000
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMANITARIAN GROUPS United Nations 13 Apr 2000
• SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN DESIGNATES FUNDS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF TALIBAN Press Release SC/6844 - 13 April 2000 -- Member States are required to freeze funds and other financial resources as designated by the Committee.
• ISRAEL - GOLAN Voice of America 13 April 2000 -- Israel has lifted a freeze on public construction in the occupied Golan Heights. Israeli government says the move is the result of the stalemate in efforts to work out a comprehensive peace with Syria.

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