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• ATK Missile Products Company to Become ATK Tactical Systems Company; Name Change Reflects Expanded Product Offering and Customer Base ATK 27 Jul 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said ATK Missile Products Company, Rocket Center, W.Va., will become ATK Tactical Systems Company effective Aug. 1.
• Lockheed Martin, Boeing To Enhance New-Generation/Targeting Night-Vision Suite For Apache Longbow Lockheed Martin 27 Jul 2001 -- The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin have agreed to initiate the incorporation of new technology into the new-generation Arrowhead sensor system that will give the AH-64D Apache Longbow the world's most versatile and capable targeting and night vision system suite by 2005.
• Thales acquires BAE Systems'shareholding in Thomson Marconi Sonar Thales 27 Jul 2001 -- Thales today announced the acquisition of BAE SYSTEMS’ share (49.9%) in Thomson Marconi Sonar (TMS). The deal makes Thales the sole shareholder of TMS. TMS has operating units in the United Kingdom, France and Australia, employing more than 2,500 people world-wide and generating sales in 2000 of 345 million euros. Thales will rename TMS according to its global branding strategy.

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 27 Jul 2001

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• Israel Aircraft Industries' MBT Division Receives Contract From ImageSat International To Develop New EROS B Commercial Satellite Israel Aerospace Industries 27 Jul 2001 -- Israel Aircraft Industries' MBT Division has been awarded a contract worth about $110 million from ImageSat International, to develop and produce the first in a series of new EROS B (Earth Resources Observation Satellite) commercial satellites.