24 April 2000 Military News

Boeing Completes First Phase of JSF X-32A Engine Runs Boeing 24 Apr 2000 -- The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter One Team has successfully completed the first phase of engine runs for its X-32A concept demonstration aircraft. The smooth, uneventful operation of the engine in the aircraft confirmed all performance predictions and moves the X-32A closer to its first flight.
Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Block 3S Avionics Boeing 24 Apr 2000 -- Boeing has begun flight testing an updated F-22 avionics software package, Block 3S, on its 757 Flying Test Bed, keeping the program on track for a November delivery.
Lockheed Martin's HIMARS Successfully Fires MLRS Rockets At White Sands Missile Range Lockheed Martin 24 Apr 2000 -- The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) successfully fired a six-round ripple of Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rockets recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
Lockheed Martin's Sleek, Stealth Joint Air-To-Surface Cruise Missile To Roll Off Line In Alabama Lockheed Martin 24 Apr 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control- Orlando will unveil its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) during ceremonies Tuesday, April 25 at the company's Pike County Operations facility in Troy, Alabama.

24 April 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 Apr 2000

MAOIST ACTIVITY IN KATHMANDU April 24, 2000 - Since the end of March, there have been eighteen reported Maoist incidents in Kathmandu. The majority of these incidents have been public demonstrations, which have occurred without violence or any police interference. However, several incidents indicate a more aggressive Maoist presence in the Valley.
Text: U.S. Welcomes Sudan's Announcement on Civilian Bombing 24 April 2000 -- The United States government welcomes President Omar Bashir's April 19 announcement that the Sudanese government will end its aerial bombing of civilian targets in "deep" southern Sudan.
MALAYSIA / PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES Voice of America 24 April 2000 -- Suspected Philippine gunmen have kidnapped more than 20 people from a Malaysian resort island off the coast of Borneo.
SRI LANKA FIGHTING Voice of America 24 April 2000 -- Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka say they have recovered large amounts of weapons and ammunition from a government military base in northern Sri Lanka that they overran on Sunday.
INDONESIA / MALUKU / VIOLENCE Voice of America 24 April 2000 -- At least four people are dead and 18 injured in a fresh outbreak of violence in Indonesia's Maluku province.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 24 April 2000 -- Rebel fighters have ambushed a Russian military convoy in Chechnya, killing at least 15 soldiers.

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis to Continue Assembly of International Space Station on 10-day Mission Boeing 24 Apr 2000 -- A new 'glass cockpit' that increases Shuttle safety by improving the display of key information about ascent and entry mission performance is one of more than 100 significant improvements Space Shuttle Atlantis will debut during its upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Shuttle is set to lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 4:15 p.m. EDT.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems' Hubble Space Telescope marks ten years of astronomical discovery Lockheed Martin 24 Apr 2000 -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST), built and integrated at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, was launched ten years ago aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, on April 24, 1990, ushering in a new golden age of astronomy. HST was released by the crew into Earth orbit the next day and the Universe hasn't looked the same since.

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