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• JSF X-35B Powers Up Engine, Begins Final Phase of Flight Test Lockheed Martin 05 Jun 2001 -- The short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter, the X-35B, has begun ground runs as the countdown begins to the aircraft's final phase of STOVL flight. The plane completed its conventional and STOVL wing-borne flight requirements last fall and will begin STOVL takeoff and landing operations, beginning with vertical takeoffs, in late June or early July.
• Northrop Grumman Receives $154.9 Million U.S. Navy Contract For Future DDG 51 Class Aegis Destroyers Northrop Grumman 05 Jun 2001 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, a $154.9 million contract to begin advance procurement of materials for the construction of future DDG 51 Class Aegis destroyers.
• California Microwave Systems Introduces New Defense Messaging System Product Northrop Grumman 05 Jun 2001 -- California Microwave Systems (CMS), a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) company, has introduced a new Defense Messaging System (DMS) product called Decision Agent designed to support enterprise DMS messaging for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) applications.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 05 Jun 2001
• PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS United Nations 05 Jun 2001

News Reports

• ORBITAL'S LAUNCH OF NASA'S HESSI SATELLITE POSTPONED Orbital Sciences Corp. 05 Jun 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the launch of its Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's High Energy Solar Spectroscopic (HESSI) satellite has been postponed.
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL ROMANI UNION United Nations 05 Jun 2001