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• ATK/Thiokol Joint Venture Awarded Contracts Totaling $80 Million for Trident Missile Propulsion Systems ATK 29 Mar 2001 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK)(Alliant Techsystems) said the ATK/Thiokol Propulsion Consolidated Joint Venture has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of $80 million from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company -- Missiles & Space Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., to produce solid propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM).
• BAE SYSTEMS selected for UK MOD pilot direct broadcast system BAE Systems 29 Mar 2001 -- BAE Systems has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence to carry out a Pilot programme to explore and develop a full Direct Broadcast System capability to support British forces during expeditionary deployments.
• Boeing JSF X-32B Completes Successful First Flight Boeing 29 Mar 2001 -- The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B demonstrator today successfully completed its first flight, entering a four-month test program to validate the Boeing direct-lift approach to short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) flight.
• First U.S. Air Force Milstar II Satellite Begins On-Orbit Testing Lockheed Martin 29 Mar 2001 -- A combined MILSATCOM Joint Program Office/Lockheed Martin team has begun on-orbit testing of the first U.S. Air Force Milstar II communications satellite following the successful Feb. 27 launch and activation of critical spacecraft systems.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 29 Mar 2001

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• Boeing and Alenia Spazio to Sign Memorandum of Agreement Boeing 29 Mar 2001 -- In a signing ceremony to be held today at the Satellite 2001 Conference in Washington, D.C., officials from Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Alenia Spazio, a Finmeccanica company, will sign a Memorandum of Agreement.
• ORBITAL WINS NEW LAUNCH CONTRACT FOR PEGASUS ROCKET Orbital Sciences Corp. 29 Mar 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that its Pegasus XL rocket, the world's premier small space launch vehicle, has been selected by Spectrum Astro, Inc. to launch the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite that it is manufacturing for the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program.