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• Boeing JSF Concept Demonstrator Completes First Flight Boeing 18 Sep 2000 -- The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32A concept demonstrator successfully recorded a major milestone when the airplane made its initial flight, flying from Palmdale and landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
• CACI Awarded $27.2 Million Army Training Models Contract CACI 18 Sep 2000 -- CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) announced that it has won a $27.2 million contract to provide analytical and software development support for the U.S. Army Training Models (ATM) project. The delivery order/contract, awarded by Defense Supply Services, Washington, through CACI's General Services Administration (GSA) Information Technology Schedule, includes a one-year base period with four option years.
• GE Aircraft Engines Awarded $385 Million U.S. Navy Contract GE Aviation 18 Sep 2000 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded to GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) a $385 million contract for 73 F414-GE-404 engines to power F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft.
• ORBITAL RECEIVES CONTRACT FOR LANTIRN BOMB IMPACT ASSESSMENT SOLID-STATE VIDEO RECORDER Orbital Sciences Corp. 18 Sep 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that its Fairchild Defense division, a leading supplier of sophisticated avionics systems for high-performance military aircraft, has received a development contract to provide a digital solid-state video recorder for the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) Bomb Impact Assessment (BIA) program.
• Pratt & Whitney Selected for Multi-Year C-17 Engine Maintenance Contract Pratt & Whitney 18 Sep 2000 -- Pratt & Whitney has been selected as the winner of an unprecedented five-year contract from The Boeing Company, to provide a comprehensive package of off-wing maintenance, repair and overhaul for the C-17 Globemaster III's P&W F117 engines. The contract is valued over $750 million.
• Pratt & Whitney JSF119 Engine Demonstrates Flawless Performance in First Flight Pratt & Whitney 18 Sep 2000 -- Pratt & Whitney's JSF119 engine met or exceeded all performance requirements powering the first flight of Boeing's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter X-32A concept demonstrator. The airplane took off at 10:55 a.m. Eastern Time from the Palmdale, Calif., test site and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as planned.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 18 Sep 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES United Nations 18 Sep 2000
• Cohen Tells Indonesian Leaders to Disarm, Disband Militias, American Forces Press Service, 18 September 2000 -- During a long day ofmeetings, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen told Indonesianleaders Sept. 18 that they must disband and disarm the "killermilitias" on the island of Timor.
• DoD News Briefing, U.S. Department of Defense, 18 September 2000 -- The United States strongly supports Indonesia's historic transition to democracy, but that transition must include a clear commitment to the rule of law and an end to the violence in East and West Timor.
• INDONESIA-SECURITY, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- U-S Defense Secretary William Cohen has delivered a sharp warning to Indonesia about the militias terrorizing refugees and aid workers in West Timor.
• UN mission holds meeting with Indonesia on security in West Timor, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor today received reassurances from a senior Indonesian official that a concrete plan was being drawn up to disarm militias and improve the security situation in West Timor, where three aid workers from the UN refugee agency were brutally murdered on 6 September.
• Press Briefing By Office of Un High Commissioner For Refugees, UN Press Briefing, 18 September 2000 -- At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Nicolas Bwakira, Director, New York Liaison Office, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told correspondents that the recent murder of an agency staff member and the abduction of another had occurred amid growing tensions in the country of Guinea.
• One UN refugee worker dead, one missing following attack in Guinea, UN News, 18 September 2000 -- Armed assailants on Sunday killed a top United Nations refugee official in Guinea and abducted an agency staff member, who remains missing.
• Opening Statement on 6 + 2 Meeting On Afghanistan, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 18 September 2000 -- Secretary Of State Madeleine K. Albright's oening statement before the Afghanistan peace talks.
• NORTHERN IRELAND / VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- A bomb blast in a Northern Ireland seaside town has injured at least three men.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES UPDATE, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- Thousands of civilians are fleeing an intensive government assault on Muslim rebels holding 19 hostages in the southern Philippines.
• U.S., Filipino Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties, American Forces Press Service, 18 September 2000 -- Defense Secretary William S.Cohen said the main theme of his trip to Asia is tosolidify relationships, and he spent the weekend doingexactly that.
• IVORY COAST SHOOTING, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- The military ruler of Ivory Coast says he narrowly survived an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen who attacked his home.
• Military observers start training for new UN mission in Ethiopia-Eritrea, UN News, 18 September 2000 -- As the newly authorized United Nations peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea continues to gather pace, UN military observers today began a training course to prepare for the challenges ahead.
• CONGO REBEL PROFILE, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- Congolese rebel-leader Jean-Pierre Bemba says his men are preparing to attack a government-held town unless President Laurent Kabila follows through with a regional peace plan.

News Reports

• Zimbabwe: Search of Opposition Party Offices, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 18 September 2000 -- The United States is very concerned by events in Zimbabwe which constitute government harassment of a legitimate opposition political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
• E-U / SERBIA, Voice of America, 18 September 2000 -- The European Union (E-U) has endorsed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's opposition in this Sunday's (September 24th) election.