18 July 2000 Military News

General Dynamics Receives Order for 10 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge Vehicles General Dynamics 18 Jul 2000 -- The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $34.4 million contract for 10 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge (HAB) vehicles. Delivery of the vehicles, at a rate of one per month, begins June 2001.
United Arab Emirates Select F-16 Desert Falcon Training System Offered by Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Akron Lockheed Martin 18 Jul 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Akron has received a notice of award from the United Arab Emirates for the production and delivery of an F-16 Block 60 Training System valued at $50 million over seven years.
LOCKHEED MARTIN MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS Announces Successful Demonstration of the Modular Synthetic Aperture Radar System (MODSAR) Lockheed Martin 18 Jul 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems (M&DS) recently demonstrated its new Modular Synthetic Aperture Radar (MODSAR) System on an F-16 fighter jet aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 18 Jul 2000

UN peacekeeper from Nigeria killed by Sierra Leone rebels, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- The United Nations reported today that a UN peacekeeper from Nigeria had been killed in Sierra Leone in an attack by rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).
In a daring mission, UN peacekeepers in Sierra Leone rescue detained troops, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- After exhausting every diplomatic and political means to free detained United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone, the UN mission in the country staged a daring rescue operation bringing to safety the 233 UN troops illegally surrounded for over two months by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels.

UN agencies review efforts to aid East Timorese refugees in West Timor, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- Amid ongoing security problems in camps for East Timorese refugees in West Timor, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today began a two-day meeting with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations to review their assistance activities in the area.
UN women's fund sponsors peace conference for Burundian women, UN News, 18 July 2000 -- In an effort to give Burundian women a greater voice in promoting the peace process in their country, a United Nations women's rights agency has co-sponsored a conference, that brought together some 50 Burundian women delegates and observers in Arusha, Tanzania.
UN planning team concludes mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- A report containing a concept of operation for a prospective United Nations peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia is expected to go to the Security Council some time next week, a UN spokesman said today in New York.
UN force in Lebanon inspects withdrawal line along Israeli border, UN News, 17 July 2000 -- Officers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army began today an inspection tour of the withdrawal line along the border with Israel.

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