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• BAE SYSTEMS awarded Echidna initial design contract BAE Systems 15 May 2001 -- Strengthening its reputation as Australia's leading Electronic Warfare design house, BAE Systems, has today been awarded an Initial Design Activity (IDA) contract for the Department of Defence's Project Air 5416 - known as Project Echidna.
• BAE SYSTEMS awarded $30.4m contract to support C4I for Amphibious Warfare Programs BAE Systems 15 May 2001 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract with a ceiling value of $30.4 million by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centre in Charleston, South Carolina.
• BAE SYSTEMS receives U.S. Army contract for multi-platform mine detection and neutralisation system BAE Systems 15 May 2001 -- The U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) has, on behalf of the Programme Manager for Mines, Countermines and Demolitions, awarded BAE Systems an 18 month, $3.3 million contract for the Programme Definition and Risk Reduction phase of the GSTAMIDS (Ground Stand-off Minefield Detection System) Block I system.
• International Conference Highlights Global Nature of Lockheed Martin JSF Lockheed Martin 15 May 2001 -- Business representatives from Canada, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway and Turkey visited Fort Worth today to prospect for potential roles in the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter program.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 15 May 2001

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• ATK Successfully Completes Static Tests of Nozzle for Boeing Delta IV RS-68 Engine ATK 15 May 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a rocket nozzle for the Boeing RS-68 engine developed by Thiokol Propulsion Corp., Brigham City, Utah, has successfully completed a series of static tests conducted by Boeing at the NASA Stennis Space Center, Miss., and the Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
• X-37 Reusable Spaceplane Program Achieves Milestones Boeing 15 May 2001 -- The Boeing Company today announced it has made substantial progress toward key milestones in the X-37 reusable spaceplane program, initiated under a cooperative agreement signed with NASA in July 1999.
• SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR BOEING-BUILT PAS-10 Boeing 15 May 2001 -- PAS-10, a Boeing 601HP satellite, was successfully launched last night aboard a Proton rocket.