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• Secretary Cohen Sept. 19 News Briefing in Bangkok, U.S. Department of Defense, 19 September 2000 -- "I made it clear that Indonesia must act aggressively todisarm and disband these militia groups and hold their leaders andsupporters accountable for their atrocities..."

Defense Industry

• Boeing-Led Team To Pursue Common Aviation Command And Control System Program Boeing 19 Sep 2000 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has organized a team of companies to pursue the United States Marine Corps Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) program. Team members are leaders in defense and commercial industry with extensive expertise in systems engineering and integration, software and hardware development, battle management, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) architectures.
• Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Avionics Block 3.0 Ahead of Schedule Boeing 19 Sep 2000 -- Boeing recently began flight-testing the F-22 Avionics Block 3.0 integrated software on its 757 flying test bed (FTB), a month ahead of schedule. Achieving this critical milestone helps to keep the program on track for software delivery by the end of the year.
• General Dynamics Wins $31 Million Contract to Develop Digital Fire Control System for the Towed Artillery Digitization Program General Dynamics 19 Sep 2000 -- General Dynamics Armament Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $30.6 million contract by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps to develop a digital fire control system solution for the XM777 155mm lightweight howitzer as part of the Towed Artillery Digitization program.
• Lockheed Martin's JASSM Performs Engineering and Manufacturing Development Controls Flight Test Lockheed Martin 19 Sep 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control's Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASSM) team launched its first Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) controls flight test at the Eglin Air Force Base Test Range in Florida.
• Pratt & Whitney Awarded Engine Contract For C-17s Leased To United Kingdom Pratt & Whitney 19 Sep 2000 -- Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply 16 F117 turbofan engines for four C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft being leased to the United Kingdom.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 Sep 2000
• PAK / BLAST, Voice of America, 19 September 2000 -- Authorities in Pakistan say they have arrestedthree men in connection with a bomb blast, which killed 16 people at a produce market in the capital,Islamabad Tuesday morning.
• PHILIPPINES / SITREP, Voice of America, 19 September 2000 -- The Philippine military's offensive on Muslim rebels in the south of the country continued for a fourth day Tuesday, with the aim of wiping out the Abu Sayyaf and rescuing the hostages they are holding.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA United Nations 19 Sep 2000
• U-S / INDONESIA, Voice of America, 19 September 2000 -- U-S Defense Secretary William Cohen says he is concerned about the lack of civilian control over the military in Indonesia.
• Gunmen attack World Health Organization compound in Somalia, UN News, 19 September 2000 -- Two United Nations security officers have been evacuated from a city in southern Somalia after armed gunmen attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) compound where they were staying, a UN spokesman announced today.
• Efforts continue to locate abducted UN refugee worker in Guinea, UN News, 19 September 2000 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is taking all possible measures to find the aid worker abducted yesterday in Guinea in an attack that left another staff member dead, the UN agency said today.
• Returns of Sierra Leone refugees from Guinea may pose health risks, WHO warns, UN News, 19 September 2000 -- With the current crisis in Guinea threatening to push large numbers of Sierra Leonean refugees back to their home country, the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that a new influx will put intense pressure on already overburdened health centres there.

News Reports

• Lockheed Martin-built GE-1A Satellite Shipped to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for Fall Launch Lockheed Martin 19 Sep 2000 -- The GE-1A telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for Americom Asia-Pacific (AAP) , a joint venture between GE American Communications and Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, was recently shipped from the Lockheed Martin facilities in Sunnyvale, CA to the launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for an early October launch.