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• Data transfer systems for Type 45 BAE Systems 16 Mar 2001 -- A powerful team (Team 45) of the UK’s leading combat system suppliers, Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) Integrated Systems Division and BAE Systems Combat and Radar Systems (CaRS) has been awarded a contract by the Type 45 Prime Contract Office for the design, development and delivery of Data Transfer Systems (DTS) for the Royal Navy's new AAWD (Anti Air Warfare Destroyer) Type 45 programme.
• BAE SYSTEMS contributes specialist expertise to type 45 destroyer communications system BAE Systems 16 Mar 2001 -- The Communications & Defence Infrastructure Division of BAE Systems Avionics has been selected by Thales Communications Ltd to supply specialist expertise in fulfilling the Fully Integrated Communications System (FICS) requirement for the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Destroyers, the first of which is planned to enter service during 2007.
• Advanced combat management system selected for Type 45 Destroyer BAE Systems 16 Mar 2001 -- A powerful team of the UK’s leading combat system suppliers, BAE Systems Combat and Radar Systems (CaRS) and Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) Integrated Systems Division has been awarded a contract by the Type 45 Prime Contract Office in the order of 50M to supply the Combat Management System for the first three of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.
• General Dynamics Awarded $37.4 Million Canadian Defense Contract General Dynamics 16 Mar 2001 -- General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) announced today that its Computing Devices Canada business unit, based in Ottawa, Ontario, was awarded a US$37.4 million ($58.6 million Canadian) contract by the Canadian National Defence Ministry for the replacement of the acoustics system for the CP-140 Aurora aircraft and the analysis systems located in four ground stations in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
• Oshkosh Truck’s Subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing, Receives $2.4 Million Contract to Refurbish Fire Trucks for the U.S. Army Oshkosh 16 Mar 2001 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] announced today that its subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., will refurbish 23 M2500L fire trucks for the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 16 Mar 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY KOSOVO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE United Nations 16 Mar 2001

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• ORBITAL WINS $56 MILLION SATELLITE CONTRACT Orbital Sciences Corp. 16 Mar 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, has awarded the company a $56 million contract for the Republic of China Satellite (ROCSAT-3)/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) program.