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• BAE SYSTEMS Awarded Major U.S. Navy Contract BAE Systems 30 Jan 2001 -- BAE Systems has won a $63.7 million five-year contract from the United States Navy to provide quality high-tech engineering services in support of technical programmes at the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
• BAE SYSTEMS Wins France's First Ammunition Contract Competition BAE Systems 30 Jan 2001 -- BAE Systems has fought off tough competition from European and U.S. suppliers to win the first competitive contract by the French government for army ammunition, the company announced today.
• BAE SYSTEMS Wins U.S. Army Contract to Provide Simulation and Training Solutions BAE Systems 30 Jan 2001 -- BAE Systems today announced the company's selection to provide simulation and training solutions under the U.S. Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) Omnibus Contract.
• Boeing begins flight testing NATO AWACS upgrades Boeing 30 Jan 2001 -- Boeing has begun flight-testing a number of enhancements installed on board a NATO AWACS aircraft. These upgrades are part of the $491 million NATO Mid-Term Modernization Program. Retrofit of the entire fleet of 17 aircraft will be implemented during a follow on contract.
• Boeing Delta II Rocket Lifts Air Force Navigational Satellite into Orbit Boeing 30 Jan 2001 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket fired up the night sky to launch a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational satellite into space. Liftoff occurred at 2:55 a.m. EST. Twenty-five minutes later, the satellite was placed into an elliptical orbit almost 11,000 miles above the Earth.
• Air Force successfully launches Global Positioning System satellite built by Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin 30 Jan 2001 -- Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Jan 2001

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• PRESS BRIEFING BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR United Nations 30 Jan 2001