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Defense Industry

• ATK Awarded $1.2 Million Contract to Produce Component for Crotale NG Air Defense System ATK 10 Apr 2001 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) (Alliant Techsystems), said it has been awarded a $1.2 million contract from Thales Air Defense (formerly Thomson-CSF/Airsys), Bagneux, France, to produce launch pod containers for the Crotale NG (Next Generation) air defense system. Deliveries under the contract will continue through April 2002.
• General Dynamics Awarded $32 Million Sole-Source Contract for Mobile Telecommunication Switches General Dynamics 10 Apr 2001 -- General Dynamics Communications Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was recently awarded a sole-source contract to provide Army tactical commanders with a compact, lightweight, highly mobile telephone switching system.
• ONR And Lockheed Martin Announce Cooperative Agreement For Advanced Hull Form Demonstration Lockheed Martin 10 Apr 2001 -- Lockheed Martin's Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Marine Systems (NE&SS) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have announced a ground-breaking cooperative agreement to jointly demonstrate ONR funded technologies which have been embodied in a revolutionary new ship called SLICE.
• Northrop Grumman Receives $23.6 Million Contract for Production of BQM-74E Aerial Targets Northrop Grumman 10 Apr 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) has received a $23.6 million firm, fixed price contract from the U.S. Navy to produce 78 BQM-74E aerial targets and associated kits.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Apr 2001
• BRIEFING ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 10 Apr 2001

News Reports

• Pratt & Whitney to Develop New Upper Stage Rocket Engine Pratt & Whitney 10 Apr 2001 -- Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Space Propulsion operations announced today its plans to begin development of a full scale engine demonstrator for a next generation high-performance liquid-hydrogen-fueled 60,000 pound-thrust-class rocket engine, designated the RL60.