08 May 2000 Military News

NASSCO Awarded $22 Million for Second Phase of Ship Conversion Contract for the U.S. Marine Corps General Dynamics 08 May 2000 -- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a General Dynamics company (NYSE: GD), announced that it has received a contract valued at up to $22 million to complete the second phase of a program to convert a U.S. Navy Strategic Sealift Program ship to meet the enhanced readiness capabilities of the U.S. Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Force.e
Marine Corps Awards $7.5 Million Contract To Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Syracuse For TPS-59 Radar Upgrades Lockheed Martin 08 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS-Syracuse) announced that it has been awarded $7.5 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Marine Corps for further upgrades to its AN/TPS-59(V)3 radar.
Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Places U.S. Air Force DSP Satellite into Orbit Boeing 08 May 2000 -- A Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite for the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense was successfully deployed into orbit by a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) following launch aboard a Titan IV rocket.
Boeing Delta II with AF GPS satellite to launch May 10 Boeing 08 May 2000 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket is scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into a nearly 11,000-mile circular orbit on May 10.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 May 2000

CHILDREN / WAR Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- The charity Save the Children is calling for urgent action to protect about 13-million children forced from their homes by war.

SIERRA LEONE EVACUATIONS Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- British Army helicopters have started evacuating British nationals from Sierra Leone.
SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, at least four civilians have been killed and 40 wounded by rebel fighters who opened fire on a crowd of protesters outside the home of rebel leader Foday Sankoh's.
U-N/ SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called once again for a rapid reaction force to help peacekeepers in Sierra Leone curb the deteriorating situation in the West African nation.
CLINTON-SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- The Clinton administration says it is considering providing logistical support to help restore the authority of the beleaguered U-N peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone.

PHILIPPINES / HOSTAGES Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- Twenty-one hostages held by Muslim rebels on a southern Philippines island are pleading for a peaceful solution to the crisis.
PHILIPPINES / MUSLIMS Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- Muslims in the Philippines are anxiously watching the twin hostage crises unfolding in the Mindanao region, in the southern part of the country.
E-U / PHILIPPINES Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana is flying to the Philippines to discuss ways to free European hostages being held by Muslim rebels.

LANKA/CEASEFIRE Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- Sri Lanka has rejected a rebel call for a ceasefire to enable the evacuation of government troops from Jaffna, the former Tamil rebel stronghold.
ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is in Ethiopia, trying to end that country's border war with Eritrea.
Text: Uganda and Rwanda Issue Joint Declaration on DROC 08 May 2000 -- Uganda and Rwanda agreed May 8 to withdraw their forces currently deployed in and around the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC).

ZIMBABWE / CRISIS Voice of America 08 May 2000 -- The crisis in Zimbabwe appears to be deepening, following the killing of a third white farmer.

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