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• Boeing Begins Assembly On United Kingdom C-17 Boeing 28 Jun 2000 -- During a ceremony here, Boeing began assembly of the first C-17 Globemaster III for lease to the U.K. Royal Air Force. Attending the ceremony on the C-17 production line were officials from the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the U.S. Air Force, the City of Long Beach and Boeing.
• Boeing Demonstrates Ways To Reduce Joint Strike Fighter Maintenance, Life-Cycle Costs Boeing 28 Jun 2000 -- Boeing last week demonstrated its Joint Strike Fighter autonomic logistics system and key enabling technologies, verifying how they will significantly reduce the aircraft's life-cycle costs.
• SH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter Conducts First Contractor Flight Test Lockheed Martin 28 Jun 2000 -- The Lockheed Martin engineered SH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter has successfully completed the first in a series of contractor test flights at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md.
• Sanders Enters Agreement to Sell Machining Center Lockheed Martin 28 Jun 2000 -- Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has entered into an agreement with Precision Grinding and Manufacturing (PGM) of Rochester, N.Y., for the sale of Sanders' Machining Center, located at 5 Perimeter Road, Manchester, N.H.
• U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract for THAAD program Lockheed Martin 28 Jun 2000 -- The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL, awarded Lockheed Martin an approximate $4 billion contract to begin the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 28 Jun 2000
• SIERRA LEONE / FIGHTING Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- United Nations officials in Sierra Leone say more clashes have erupted between rival forces making up a shaky pro-government alliance.
• WESTERN SAHARA Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- The United Nations is overseeing a second round of talks in London between the Moroccan government and the Polisario independence movement over the future of Western Sahara.
• RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 28 June 2000 -- Russian military officials say a heavy battle has been raging for days in southeastern Chechnya between Russian troops and as many as 200 rebel fighters.

News Reports

• Boeing Wins Contract to Launch RADARSAT- 2 in 2003 Boeing 28 Jun 2000 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will launch Canada's RADARSAT-2 Earth-observation satellite, with the world's most advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system, on board a Delta II rocket in 2003.