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• ATK and Textron Systems Team on U.S. Army APL-A Program ATK 22 Jun 2000 -- Alliant Integrated Defense Company, Hopkins, Minn., an operating company of ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK), and Textron Systems, Wilmington, Mass., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced an agreement to jointly develop and produce a tactical munition system that will serve as an alternative to anti-personnel landmines.
• ATK Completes Development and Qualification of Solid Rocket Motor for Boeing Delta IV Launch Vehicles ATK 22 Jun 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) said Alliant Aerospace Propulsion Company, Magna, Utah, successfully completed the last of three static test firings of a new solid propulsion Graphite Epoxy Motor designated as the GEM-60 for The Boeing Company's Delta IV Medium-plus family of launch vehicles.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 22 Jun 2000
• SIERRA LEONE REBELS Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- Sierra Leonean military officials say pro- government forces have lost control of the strategic town of Lunsar, near the capital, Freetown.
• SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- Sri Lanka's government says it has agreed with opposition political parties to present a draft-peace plan to Tamil rebels, in an attempt to bring peace to the war ravaged nation.
• U-N / CONGO STATEMENT Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has deplored Congo President Laurent Kabila's decision to shut down the office of a national mediator.
• INDONESIAN VIOLENCE Voice of America 22 June 2000 -- Clashes between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia's eastern Maluku province have claimed five more lives.

News Reports

• Rocketdyne / Astrium RS-72 Engine Testing Successfully Completed at White Sands Boeing 22 Jun 2000 -- A team from The Boeing Company and Astrium GmbH (formerly DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (Dasa)) has successfully completed hot-fire testing of the RS-72 Pathfinder engine at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
• Lockheed Martin Space Systems awarded one of four study contracts for NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project Lockheed Martin 22 Jun 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded one of four study contracts by the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP).