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• GE Aircraft Engines Awarded $418 Million U.S. Navy Contract For F414 Engines GE Aviation 20 Jun 2001 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded to GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) a $418 million contract for 86 F414-GE-400 engines to power F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft.
• U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $9.4 Million Contract for Advanced Hull Design General Dynamics 20 Jun 2001 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded $9.4 million to Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), for ongoing advanced hull design through the Advanced Hull Form Inshore Demonstrator (AHFID) project.
• Northrop Grumman Oxygen Generating System Successfully Flight Tested on Belgian Air Force C-130 Aircraft Northrop Grumman 20 Jun 2001 -- Litton Life Support, a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, and Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge, England, today announced the successful flight test of an On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) on a Belgian Air Force C-130 aircraft.
• Pratt & Whitney, International Partners Collaborate on JSF119 Engine Program Pratt & Whitney 20 Jun 2001 -- Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is working with a team of international aerospace suppliers in support of the P&W-powered F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
• Contracts with Greek Defense Ministry Thales 20 Jun 2001 -- The French companies Dassault Aviation, Thomson-CSF Detexis, SNECMA Moteurs and Matra BAe Dynamics France today announced in Athens the signing of contracts with the Greek Defence Ministry for the provision of 15 Mirage 2000-5 Mark 2 aircraft, and the upgrade to the same standard of the current Greek fleet of 10 Mirage 2000 aircraft.
• THOMSON-CSF WILL SUPPLY MARITIME PATROL SYSTEMS TO THE INDONESIAN AIRFORCE Thomson-CSF 20 Jun 2001 -- Pilkington Optronics, a member of Thomson-CSF Optrosys, based in St Asaph North Wales, has been awarded a contract to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with its Kite night vision weapon sight.
• Thomson-CSF wins contract for night vision sights Thomson-CSF 20 Jun 2001 -- The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thomson-CSF Comsys the first phase of the Aristote network contract.
• Air Command Systems International awarded NATO contracts Thomson-CSF 20 Jun 2001 -- Air Command Systems International (ACSI), a joint venture equally owned by Raytheon Company and Thomson-CSF, has been awarded four additional NATO Air Command and Control Level of Capability 1 (ACCS LOC1) contracts for work associated with validation sites in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.
• Diehl VA Systeme and Thomson-CSF Sextant intend to found a joint avionics company Thomson-CSF 20 Jun 2001 -- Diehl VA Systeme and Thomson-CSF Sextant intend to found a joint avionics equipment company named "Diehl Avionik Systeme GmbH" in which Diehl will hold a share of 51% and Thomson-CSF Sextant a share of 49%.
• ORBITAL AWARDED $5 MILLION SUBORBITAL ROCKET CONTRACT BY U.S. ARMY Orbital Sciences Corp. 20 Jun 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) has awarded the company a $5 million contract for a ballistic missile target launch vehicle to support operational testing of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 20 Jun 2001
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING ON KOSOVO United Nations 20 Jun 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES United Nations 20 Jun 2001

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