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• Alliant Precision Fuze Company Marks Production Start-Up of DSU-33B/B Proximity Sensor for Air-Delivered Ordnance ATK 31 May 2000 -- Representatives from Wisconsin's Congressional delegation, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, and the government of Australia gathered at the headquarters of Alliant Precision Fuze Company in Janesville, Wis. to mark the delivery of the first production units of DSU-33B/B proximity sensors for inventory.
• Boeing Breakthroughs in Computer-Aided Measurement Systems Reduce Joint Strike Fighter Costs Boeing 31 May 2000 -- Highly sophisticated electronic measurement tools that helped Boeing reduce tooling costs for its JSF X-32 concept demonstrators by 72 percent over the F-22 will be used to achieve even greater cost reductions in the next phase of the JSF program.
• Lockheed Martin, Cisco Form Alliance Focused On U.S. Government Market Lockheed Martin 31 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) announced a business alliance with Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) under which Lockheed Martin will incorporate Cisco"s commercial technology solutions into its U.S. government bids.
• Greece Picks F100-PW-229 Engines to Power F-16s Pratt & Whitney 31 May 2000 -- The Government of Greece has announced its selection of Pratt & Whitney's F100-PW-229 engine as the propulsion system for its new procurement of 50 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft.e
• ORBITAL WINS $16 MILLION CONTRACT FROM NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR SPACECRAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Orbital Sciences Corp. 31 May 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it was selected by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C. for a spacecraft systems support services contract, valued at $16 million for the first year.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 31 May 2000
• Military Communiqué Issued by the Armed Forces General Command of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia May 31, 2000 -- The Ethiopian defense forces, after defusing in as short a time as possible the swift actions taken by the enemy to consolidate itself and to broaden its horizon of invasion, have taken various activities to build a capacity to use force for accomplishing the mission of restoring our sovereignty with effectiveness.
• Statement of the Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia May 31, 2000 - The ruling dictatorial EPLF regime disrupted the budding relations between the two peoples, by its invasion and occupation of Ethiopian territories, using border claims as a pretext.
• Prime Minister Meles' Briefing to the Diplomatic Community FDRE Office of Government Spokesperson (31 May 2000) As of today, we have verified that all our territories have been cleared from the invading army. That means our objective of reversing the aggression, by peaceful means if possible or by force if necessary, has been fulfilled.
• ETHIOPIA-ERITREA Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- Ethiopia's prime minister says his country's border war with Eritrea is over. Ethiopia says it will stay in some parts of Eritrea until there is a formal cease-fire.
• ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- Ethiopia says its troops have left western Eritrea, but the army continues to hold ground on the central front of the war with Eritrea.
• ERITREAN AMERICANS AND THE WAR Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- While many foreign residents have fled Eritrea under the threat of war, hundreds of people who have dual Eritrean-American citizenship are refusing to leave.
• U-N WESTERN SAHARA Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council today (Wednesday) extended for two months its mission to Western Sahara but the decision was not unanimous.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- A senior Russian official and a Moscow-backed Chechen official have been killed after their car drove over at least one remote-controlled mine in the Chechen capital, Grozny.

News Reports

• AFGHAN / AIR VIOLATION Voice of America 31 May 2000 -- A report from Afghanistan says planes from neighboring Uzbekistan have violated its air space during the past two-days.