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• Boeing Previews UCAV System Boeing 27 Sep 2000 -- To a large audience of customers, suppliers and employees, Boeing provided a preview in St. Louis of a revolutionary new weapon system concept called the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV).
• ORBITAL TO SELL FAIRCHILD DEFENSE UNIT TO SMITHS INDUSTRIES FOR $100 MILLION Orbital Sciences Corp. 27 Sep 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Smiths Industries plc to sell Orbital's Fairchild Defense electronics business to a U.S. subsidiary of Smiths for $100 million in cash. The transaction, which has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, is expected to close in late October, subject to U.S. government regulatory reviews. Orbital anticipates using net proceeds from the divestiture to reduce bank debt and increase overall liquidity.
• Boeing Selects Team of Experienced, Innovative Industry Leaders to Pursue Global Positioning System III Architecture Study Boeing 27 Sep 2000 -- A team of four global information industry leaders has been selected by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] to pursue a Global Positioning System (GPS) III architecture study that will help define the path for the future of navigation and timing, Boeing announced.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 Sep 2000
• PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF UN KOSOVO MISSION United Nations 27 Sep 2000
• New ferry service to link East Timor with Oecussi enclave, UN News, 27 September 2000 -- A new passenger ferry service will soon link East Timor to its Oecussi enclave in Indonesia, in order to connect the two parts of the territory until a safe land route can be established through militia-swamped West Timor, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said in a statement issued in Dili.
• U-N-H-C-R / CONGO REFUGEES, Voice of America, 27 September 2000 -- The United Nations refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, has sent a delegation to study how aid can be brought to tens of thousands of refugees trapped in remote, inaccessible parts of the Republic of Congo.

News Reports

• YUGO ELECTIONS, Voice of America, 27 September 2000 -- Opposition leaders are rejecting an announcement by Yugoslav authorities that a crucial presidential race against incumbent Slobodan Milosevic will move into a second round.
• FRY Elections: 'Victory Snatched' From Opposition, Foreign Media Reaction Reports, 27 September 2000 -- Foreign media commentary on the Yugoslav elections.
• Yugoslav elections show voters' wish for change, Annan says, UN News, 27 September 2000 -- Following the presidential elections in Yugoslavia on 24 September, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the polling results revealed a clear wish on the part of the voters for "genuine change," a United Nations spokesman said in New York.
• Boeing Comments on Development in Hughes Deal Boeing 27 Sep 2000 -- The following is a statement by Harry Stonecipher, Boeing president and chief operating officer, on FTC and EC approval of Boeing's acquisition of Hughes Electronics Corporation's space and communications businesses
• Lockheed Martin-built GE-6 Satellite Shipped to Baikonur for October Launch Lockheed Martin 27 Sep 2000 -- The GE-6 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for GE American Communications (GE Americom), was recently shipped from production facilities in Sunnyvale, CA to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for a late October launch.