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• U.S. Air Force and Boeing Propose Joint Strategy for Airlift Acquisition Boeing 19 Dec 2000 -- The U.S. Air Force and The Boeing Company issued a Request for Information, or RFI, proposing a new joint government-industry purchasing strategy for the BC-17X, a derivative of the Air Force C-17.
• Spain's Santa Barbara to Manufacture Components for General Dynamics' Abrams Tank General Dynamics 19 Dec 2000 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has reached an agreement in principle for Empresa Nacional Santa Barbara (ENSB) de Industrials Militares, S.A., of Madrid, Spain, to manufacture select components for the Abrams main battle tank.

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• SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ASTRA 2D Boeing 19 Dec 2000 -- ASTRA 2D, a high-power Boeing 376 satellite built for Société Européenne des Satellites S.A. (SES) of Luxembourg, was successfully launched on board an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America.