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• Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche Joint Program Office Officially Opens in Huntsville, Alabama Boeing 01 Aug 2000 -- The Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche Joint Program Office (JPO) officially opened in Huntsville, Ala. Officials from Boeing, Sikorsky and the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command joined representatives from the city, county and state, Comanche team members and the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce at a ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication to mark the opening.
• General Dynamics Wins $91 Million Navy Contract for Battlespace Management Program General Dynamics 01 Aug 2000 -- General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $91 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and manufacturing development for the Area Air Defense Commander (AADC) Capability Program.
• Significant New Hellfire II Capability Nears Delivery To U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin 01 Aug 2000 -- The first major new variant of the AGM-114 Hellfire missile in 10 years will shortly complete qualification testing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Identified as the AGM-114M, the new missile incorporates a blast fragmentation warhead and delay fuze in the proven Hellfire II airframe.
• Lockheed Martin's HIMARS Participates in Joint-Service Exercises Lockheed Martin 01 Aug 2000 -- The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) performed exceptionally well in on-going joint training exercises between the artillery communities of Ft. Bragg, N.C., and Camp Lejeune, N.C. The U.S. Army's 18th Field Artillery (FA) Brigade (Airborne) conducted a flyaway deployment exercise involving HIMARS being airlifted to the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune from 26 July through 2 August.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 01 Aug 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN, SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE, UN Press Briefing, 01 August 2000 -- The Security Council and the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee were now ready to go far beyond what the Angola Sanctions Committee had already done, Anwarul Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Chairman of the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
• Exploratory Hearing on Sierra Leone Diamonds - United Nations Security Council, Testimony of Howard Jeter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, 01 August 2000 -- The United States is committed to severing the link between diamonds and conflict in Sierra Leone and elsewhere in Africa and we have taken a number of steps to help the Government of Sierra Leone regain control of its diamond sector. This includes technical and financial support for the Commission on the Management of Strategic Resources and support for Freetown's efforts to structure a certification regime that will exempt from UN sanctions diamonds moving through channels controlled by the Sierra Leone government.
• SIERRA LEONE / DIAMONDS, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- United Nations diplomats say they are determined to take decisive steps to stop the illegal diamond trade that is fueling the civil war in Sierra Leone.
• SIERRA LEONE / U-N, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report released today (Tuesday), calls the situation in Sierra Leone dangerous and volatile although he says there have been some improvements in the country.
• U-N-H-C-R / CONGO, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- The U-N refugee agency says conditions are getting worse for tens-of-thousands of refugees who fled to Congo-Brazzaville to escape fighting between government and rebel forces in Congo-Kinshasa.
• U-N-H-C-R / ERITREA, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- The U-N refugee agency says it is speeding up its program to return home tens-of-thousands of Eritrean refugees in Sudan.
• ALBRIGHT/DJUKANOVIC, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- The United States and Italy are urging the opposition in Yugoslavia to take part in next month's presidential and parliamentary elections and unite behind a single candidate.

News Reports

• INDONESIA / BLAST, Voice of America, 01 August 2000 -- In Jakarta, at least two people were killed and the Philippine ambassador to Indonesia was among the injured when a bomb blast destroyed the car in which he was riding.
• NASA AWARDS FIVE SATELLITE STUDY CONTRACTS TO ORBITAL Orbital Sciences Corp. 01 Aug 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center has recently selected the company to perform five separate spacecraft definition and design studies.