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• Boeing Selects Martin-Baker to Produce JSF Ejection Seat Boeing 17 Aug 2000 -- Boeing has selected Martin-Baker to produce the ejection seat design for the operational Boeing Joint Strike Fighter. JSF One Team member Martin-Baker currently provides the ejection seats for the Boeing JSF X-32A and X-32B concept demonstrator aircraft.
• Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Moorestown Gets First Payment for Five Frigate Systems, Marks Norway Day Lockheed Martin 17 Aug 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS)-Moorestown received its first subcontract payment from a Spanish shipbuilder for five integrated weapon systems (IWS) for the Royal Norwegian Navy's new frigate program at a multi-cultural event at its facility heralded as 'Norway Day.
• Titan IV rocket successfully launches from California Lockheed Martin 17 Aug 2000 -- A Lockheed Martin-built Titan IV B rocket successfully launched a classified payload for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at 4:45 p.m. PDT.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 17 Aug 2000
• ETHIOPIA/ERITREA Humanitarian and Human Rights Issues, U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman, 17 August 2000 -- Statement from the State Department deploring human rights abuses in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, 17 August 2000 -- QUESTION: This is exactly on the killings of the children [in Colombia]. There's a lot of reports saying that the military had something to do, and it was not a mistake.

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