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• Boeing Receives Contract to Upgrade Canadian CF-18 Hornets Boeing 23 Apr 2001 -- The government of Canada has awarded a $436 million (USD) contract to The Boeing Company for the modernization of 80 Canadian Forces CF-18 strike fighters.
• 50th Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow Arrives at Fort Rucker Boeing 23 Apr 2001 -- U.S. Army pilots last week delivered the final three of 50 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters to be based at Fort Rucker, Ala., the center of individual U.S. Army helicopter pilot training. Col. Cash Striplin, Training and Doctrine Command's System Manager for Apache Longbow at Fort Rucker, was one of six pilots who flew the helicopters from Boeing in Mesa, Ariz., to Fort Rucker.
• Lockheed Martin Successfully Fires First Army TACMS Block IA Unitary Missile Lockheed Martin 23 Apr 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Dallas successfully conducted the first flight test of an Army Tactical Missile System (Army TACMS) Block IA Unitary Missile The test was conducted on Saturday, April 21, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Preliminary data suggest that all test objectives were achieved.
• Global Hawk Unmanned Reconnaissance System Sets Aviation Record With Deployment To Australia Northrop Grumman 23 Apr 2001 -- The U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance system arrived here at 8:40 p.m. local time, setting an aviation record with its 23-hour, 20-minute trip across the Pacific Ocean.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 23 Apr 2001

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• Boeing Rocketdyne RS-68 Engine Triumphs in 10K Run Boeing 23 Apr 2001 -- The Rocketdyne RS-68 engine, being developed by The Boeing Company for the Delta IV family of launch vehicles, has achieved a major milestone in logging more than 10,000 seconds of accumulated hot-fire test time. The engine program is on track for first launch of the Delta IV in early 2002.
• Boeing, Space Systems/Loral Announce Delta IV Launch Boeing 23 Apr 2001 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Space Systems/Loral officials confirmed today that a Brazilian telecommunications satellite will be launched on a Delta IV rocket next year.