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• Boeing Completes First CH-47F Chinook Flight Boeing 29 Jun 2001 -- Boeing has launched another chapter in the history of its longest-running continuous aircraft production program. The new CH-47F Chinook prototype heavy-lift helicopter, the sixth Chinook type designed for the U.S. Army, recently completed its first flight at the Boeing Philadelphia manufacturing facility.
• First Marine Corps Pilot Hovers in JSF X-35B Lockheed Martin 29 Jun 2001 -- The U.S. Marine Corps today got its first pilot evaluation of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter's vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing performance.
• Lockheed Martin's Guided MLRS Successful in Second Ballistic Test at White Sands Lockheed Martin 29 Jun 2001 -- The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control successfully tested the new Guided version of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Conducted on June 27, this was the second successful ballistic flight test of the Guided MLRS rocket.
• Lockheed Martin Successfully Conducts Final MLRS M270A1 Developmental Flight Test Lockheed Martin 29 Jun 2001 -- Today, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control - Dallas successfully conducted the final developmental flight test of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) upgraded M270A1 launcher at White Sands Missile Range, N.M..

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 29 Jun 2001
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TASK FORCE United Nations 29 Jun 2001

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• Boeing-Built ICO Satellite Successfully Launched Boeing 29 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.