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• Boeing JSF X-32A Completes Low- and Medium-Speed Taxi Tests Boeing 24 May 2000 -- The Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator yesterday drew another step closer to first flight with the successful completion of initial low- and medium-speed taxi tests. The taxi tests verified function and integration of aircraft systems, including steering, braking, engine controls and flight-control surfaces when the airplane is in motion.
• General Dynamics Amphibious Systems / USMC Team Wins Packard Award for Second Time General Dynamics 24 May 2000 -- General Dynamics Amphibious Systems and the United States Marine Corps Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) team, co-located in Woodbridge, Virginia, have won the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award for the second time in three years.e
• General Dynamics to Provide Digital Certificates for Defense Department Contractors General Dynamics 24 May 2000 -- or contractors can register online with a follow-up letter verifying identity. Class 3 service is for medium-value data in low to medium-risk environments and requires a software token.
• Lockheed Martin Delivers Ahead of Schedule Again Lockheed Martin 24 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin has successfully installed the third Tomahawk Weapon Control System onto the UK Submarine fleet. The latest system, installed on HMS Trafalgar, at the Devonport Royal Dockyard, passed its Harbour Acceptance Test one-week ahead of schedule.
• Merlin turns in Wizard Performance at Latest Trials Lockheed Martin 24 May 2000 -- The Royal Navy's new EH101 Merlin Mk1 helicopter has returned from its latest series of trials having demonstrated once again that it is the most advanced system of its kind in the world.
• Lockheed Martin Selected to Undertake MoD UAV Study Contract Lockheed Martin 24 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin has announced that it is one of four companies that have been selected to undertake UAV studies for the MoD Tactical UAV Integrated Product Team under the Smart Procurement Initiative process. SENDER is planned to be a state-of-the-art Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) system. It will provide a reconnaissance capability, which will support military operations of all types. These could include peacekeeping, airfield protection, or support to NATO and UN operations. The Assessment Stage 1 contract will define the optimum systems and designs to meet the MoD Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability requirement in more detail.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 May 2000
• U.N. Mission to Assess UNAMSIL's Problems By Judy Aita Washington File 24 May 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a high-level mission to Sierra Leone to look into the problems that have plagued the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, known as UNAMSIL, and recommend how to improve the 13,000-troop mission.
• SIERRA LEONE U-N TROOPS Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- The President of the United Nations Security Council says he expects quick approval of additional peacekeeping troops for Sierra Leone.
• BRITAIN / SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- The British Defense Ministry has confirmed that British forces in Sierra Leone are distributing weapons to Sierra Leone army troops to aid their fight against rebels.
• ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM SOUTH LEBANON Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- When its ally in the security zone, the Christian militia known as the South Lebanon Army virtually collapsed as the Israeli pullout began in earnest, the operation was hastily speeded up.
• ISRAEL / LEBANON Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is warning Syria and Lebanon that he will consider any firing into Israel from south Lebanon an act of war.
• LANKA/ SHELLING Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- Fighting in the east is seen as a bid by Tamil separatists to divert the army's attention from fighting in the north, on the Jafna Peninsula.
• INDIA/SRI LANKA Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- International diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis in Sri Lanka are gathering momentum.
• NIGERIA / CLASHES Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- News reports from northern Nigeria say clashes between Muslims and Christians have killed at least 50 people in recent days.
• U-S - INDONESIA Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- U-S officials say the Pentagon is making small, cautious steps toward renewing relations with Indonesia's military.
• COLOMBIA BLOCKADES Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- Transportation to Colombia's coast has been paralyzed by a popular backlash to the government's latest olive branch to leftist guerrillas.
• U-N / ANGOLA Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- The United Nations Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it is sending an emergency relief mission to Angola later in the week.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY MEDECINS DU MONDE United Nations 24 May 2000
• YUGOSLAVIA / FOREIGN POLICY Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- Yugoslavia's increasingly isolated government has launched a foreign policy initiative seeking closer ties with Russia and China.
• ZIMBABWE SITUATION Voice of America 24 May 2000 -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a new law allowing the government to seize white-owned farms without compensation.
• Lockheed Martin's New Atlas III Debuts in Spectacular Launch from Cape Canaveral Lockheed Martin 24 May 2000 -- Atlas III, the newest rocket to fly from the historic Complex 36 launch site at Cape Canaveral, made its debut this afternoon in a dramatic liftoff powered by the new Russian RD-180 engine. The liftoff occurred at 7:10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, followed by successful separation of the W4 spacecraft and insertion into geosynchronous transfer orbit just under 29 minutes later.