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• BAE SYSTEMS delivers Swing Role Radar capability to Eurofighter Typhoon BAE Systems 19 Jun 2001 -- The CAPTOR radar software that provides Eurofighter with its swing role capability has been formally delivered by Euroradar to Eurofighter GmbH.
• BAE SYSTEMS wins $10 million F/A-18 ATFLIR contract BAE Systems 19 Jun 2001 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by Raytheon Electronic Systems to supply key elements of the U.S. Navy’s ATFLIR (Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infra Red) system for use on Boeing F/A-18 aircraft.
• More Than 50 Lockheed Martin F-16s Planned for Israel, More Than $2 Billion Value Lockheed Martin 19 Jun 2001 -- The Government of Israel has reached an understanding with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to purchase more than 50 additional F-16 aircraft.
• Northrop Grumman and EADS Airborne Systems Establish Teaming Agreement on Air Traffic Control IFF Systems Northrop Grumman 19 Jun 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES3) and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) have signed a teaming agreement focused on the introduction of a new standard in cost-effective monopulse secondary surveillance radar for the ground-based air traffic control (ATC) market.
• DOJ Requests Additional Information on Northrop Grumman's Plan to Acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Northrop Grumman 19 Jun 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced that it intends to comply promptly with a request received yesterday from the U.S. Department of Justice for additional information under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 regarding its proposed acquisition of Newport News Shipbuilding (NYSE:NNS).
• Egypt Orders Sixth E-2C Hawkeye From Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman 19 Jun 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has signed a foreign military sales (FMS) contract to deliver an E-2C Hawkeye 2000 export configuration aircraft to Egypt.
• Thales and Raytheon Company launch global joint venture Thales 19 Jun 2001 -- Thales (Paris: TCFP.PA and London: THS) and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) today announced that all required U.S. and European regulatory approvals have been obtained for their new joint venture, Thales Raytheon Systems. Operations began June 1, 2001.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 19 Jun 2001

News Reports

• BOEING-BUILT ICO SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED Boeing 19 Jun 2001 -- A Boeing modified 601 satellite was successfully launched today on an Atlas IIAS vehicle at Cape Canaveral AS, Fla. Liftoff occurred at 12:41 a.m. EDT, (4:41 a.m. GMT and 9:41 p.m. PDT, June 18.) Acquisition on the spacecraft was received one hour and 54 minutes later at Brisbane, Australia confirming that systems are operating normally.
• ORBITAL'S LAUNCH OF PEGASUS ROCKET TO BE RESCHEDULED Orbital Sciences Corp. 19 Jun 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has decided to postpone the launch of its High Energy Spectroscopic Imaging (HESSI) satellite aboard the company's Pegasus XL space launch vehicle. NASA has elected to delay the HESSI mission in order to allow time for review of the analysis being performed by the X-43A Mishap Review Board.
• ORBITAL'S BSAT-2b GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SHIPPED TO LAUNCH SITE IN KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA Orbital Sciences Corp. 19 Jun 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that BSAT-2b, the second of three geostationary (GEO) satellites that the company plans to deliver to customers in 2001, has been shipped to its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.