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08 March 2001 Military News

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  • Boeing Completes JSF X-32B Maximum-Thrust STOVL Engine Runs Boeing 08 Mar 2001 -- Boeing yesterday completed maximum-thrust engine runs in the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) mode on its Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator, achieving a major milestone in preparation for first flight.
  • Northrop Grumman-Led Team Recognized By U.S. Air Force For F-22 Avionics Cost Savings Northrop Grumman 08 Mar 2001 -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector-led joint venture with Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTNA) (NYSE:RTNB) has received the U.S. Air Force's first "F-22 War on Costs" Gold Award -- the highest honor bestowed on F-22 aircraft suppliers -- for an outstanding team effort to dramatically reduce avionics costs associated with the F-22.
  • Army’s Brigade Combat Team at Fort Lewis is First Unit Equipped with Oshkosh HEMTT-LHS Oshkosh 08 Mar 2001 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB], a leading manufacturer of trucks and truck bodies, announced today that the company has reached a major military milestone as the 296th Brigade Support Battalion became the First Unit Equipped (FUE) with its new Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck-Load Handling System (HEMTT-LHS) model.

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  • Boeing Outfits Space Station 'Moving Van' Boeing 08 Mar 2001 -- The launch of STS-102 to the International Space Station (ISS), the eighth shuttle mission to visit the orbiting laboratory, serves as a crew rotation flight



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