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• Boeing JSF X-32A Completes Supersonic Flight Boeing 21 Dec 2000 -- The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32A concept demonstrator aircraft broke the sound barrier, expanding the flight envelope and meeting another of the company's 'up-and-away' test objectives.
• Boeing Wins Contract to Modify Special Operations C-130s Boeing 21 Dec 2000 -- The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Boeing a $50 million contract to develop and produce Engine Infrared Suppression Systems, or EIRS, for its C-130 aircraft.
• Air Force Chief of Staff Accepts Latest Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Boeing 21 Dec 2000 -- U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Ryan accepted the 70th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III for the U.S. Air Force in a ceremony here Tuesday.
• RAH-66 Comanche With New Empennage Completes First Flight Boeing 21 Dec 2000 -- The Comanche team, on Dec. 18 capped off a year of successful flight testing with the first flight of a new empennage on RAH-66 Comanche Prototype No. 1.
• U.S. Navy Awards $78 Million Contract Option to Bath Iron Works for Engineering Services on the DDG 51 Program General Dynamics 21 Dec 2000 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a $78 million cost-plus-award fee option for Lead Yard Services on the DDG 51 Class AEGIS Destroyer Program.

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• NASA Orders Additional Launch from Boeing Delta Rocket Program Anniversary year of achievements, orders, launches paves the way for Boeing Delta IV Boeing 21 Dec 2000 -- A decision yesterday made by NASA to exercise an existing contract option to launch the Mars Exploration Rover 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket in 2003 capped a banner year for the Boeing Delta program.