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• ATK Awarded Contract Options Worth $148 Million to Produce Small-Caliber Ammunition ATK 08 May 2001 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK)(Alliant Techsystems) said it has been awarded contract options with a combined value of $148 million from the U.S. Army Operations Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., to produce small-caliber ammunition for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
• U.S. Air Force Demonstrates Precision-Strike Accuracy in CALCM Boeing 08 May 2001 -- The U.S. Air Force last week demonstrated precision-strike accuracy with a Block 1A Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) in a flight test at the Utah Test and Training Range. The test also validated advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) processing flight software, which provides the precision delivery guidance.
• General Dynamics Statement on Northrop Grumman Hostile Offer to Acquire Newport News Shipbuilding General Dynamics 08 May 2001 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) issued the following statement in response to an announcement that Northrop Grumman Corporation will make a hostile offer to acquire the outstanding shares of Newport News Shipbuilding:
• Northrop Grumman Receives GSA Task Order to Assist Navy Families Northrop Grumman 08 May 2001 -- Litton PRC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), has won the U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command Public Works Field Support Office (NAVFAC) task order under the General Services Administration's ANSWER contract.
• Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems Sector Receives Approval of Shared Services Procurement System Northrop Grumman 08 May 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) recently received approval from the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) for its shared services purchasing system.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 08 May 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY LIBERIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER United Nations 08 May 2001

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• PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF GREECE United Nations 08 May 2001
• Sea Launch Delivers Second Satellite to Orbit for XM Satellite Radio Boeing 08 May 2001 -- A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket today successfully launched the XM "Roll" satellite, completing Sea Launch's sixth successful mission.
• All Systems are GO for XM Liftoff Today Boeing 08 May 2001 -- The Sea Launch team is counting down to liftoff at 3:10 p.m. (PDT) today of the XM-1 satellite, "Roll," from the launch site at the Equator, 154 degrees West Longitude.
• SECOND BOEING-BUILT XM SATELLITE ROLLS INTO ORBIT Boeing 08 May 2001 -- A powerful Boeing 702 satellite built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc., was successfully launched today from the Sea Launch Company's Odyssey Launch Platform on the equator.