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• PENTAGON / SMALL ARMS VOA 13 Jul 2001 -- As the headquarters of a military operation that spans the globe, the Pentagon might be expected to watch closely the U-N conference on the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons that began this past week (Monday 7/9).

Defense Industry

• Lead-in Fighter forges ahead BAE Systems 13 Jul 2001 -- The 30th and 31st BAE Systems Hawk Lead-in Fighter aircraft and the two Tactical Weapons System Training Systems (TWSTS) for the Lead-in Fighter have been accepted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
• BAE SYSTEMS to provide us Navy's new aircraft collision avoidance system BAE Systems 13 Jul 2001 -- The United States Navy has selected BAE Systems Advanced Systems to develop its new Mid-Air Collision Avoidance System (MCAS).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 13 Jul 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS BY FRENCH MINISTER United Nations 13 Jul 2001

News Reports

• ORBITAL SHIPS ORBVIEW-4 HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SATELLITE TO LAUNCH SITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Jul 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that is has shipped the OrbView-4 high-resolution imaging satellite, which it developed and produced for its Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) affiliate, from its Germantown, Maryland satellite manufacturing facility to the mission launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California.
• ARIANE LAUNCH OF ORBITAL-BUILT BSAT-2B GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DOES NOT ACHIEVE INTENDED ORBIT Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Jul 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the Ariane 5 rocket that launched the company-built BSAT-2b geostationary communications satellite yesterday evening did not achieve the mission's intended orbit.