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• BAE SYSTEMS awarded an $11.7 million contract to integrate Broach onto JSOW BAE Systems 30 Apr 2001 -- BAE Systems has been awarded an $11.7 million contract for integration of its BROACH warhead on the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) for the United States Navy.
• Boeing SLAM-ER Successful in Automatic Target Acquistion Launch Boeing 30 Apr 2001 -- The U.S. Navy last week successfully launched a SLAM-ER missile on a test range at the Naval Air Warfare Center at China Lake, Calif.
• Air Force of Chile selects GE F110 Engines For New F-16 Aircraft GE Aviation 30 Apr 2001 -- After an intense technical evaluation, the Air Force of Chile (Fuerza Aerea de Chile) has selected GE's F110 fighter engine to power its new fleet of F-16 aircraft.
• Northrop Grumman's California Microwave Systems to Begin Work on Sixth U.S. Army ARL-M Aircraft Northrop Grumman 30 Apr 2001 -- California Microwave Systems (CMS), a unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector, has been awarded a $10 million increment as part of an estimated $27.4 million contract by the U.S. Army to begin work on a sixth RC-7B Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Multifunction (ARL-M) aircraft.
• Northrop Grumman Delivers 10th Joint STARS Production Aircraft Northrop Grumman 30 Apr 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) today delivered the 10th E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force's 93rd Air Control Wing, based at Robins AFB, Ga., two months ahead of schedule.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Apr 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ISRAEL United Nations 30 Apr 2001

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• ATK Boosters Help Launch Mars Odyssey Spacecraft Aboard Boeing Delta II Rocket ATK 30 Apr 2001 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK)(Alliant Techsystems) said nine of its solid propellant rocket motors helped successfully launch NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft toward the red planet from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. earlier this month.
• ATK Successfully Test Fires Independently Developed Solid Propulsion Rocket Motor ATK 30 Apr 2001 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK)(Alliant Techsystems) said ATK Aerospace Propulsion Company, Magna, Utah, successfully completed a static test firing of its independently developed Material Qualification Motor (MQM), which incorporates new technologies in rocket motor propellant formulation, nozzle materials, and insulation to reduce costs and enhance reliability.
• Lockheed Martin Builds First Atlas V Rocket, Prepares for Shipment to Cape Canaveral Lockheed Martin 30 Apr 2001 -- In a rollout ceremony today, Lockheed Martin Space Systems announced that it has completed assembly of the first Atlas V rocket, designated AV-001, and is shipping it to Space Launch Complex 41 (LC 41), the company's Atlas V launch site at Cape Canaveral, Fla.