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Defense Policy / Programs

• RUMSFELD/STRATEGY VOA 03 Aug 2001 -- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has hinted at a major shift in security policy that could lead to significant troop reductions.

Defense Industry

• Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract To Demonstrate Less Intense Sonic Boom Northrop Grumman 03 Aug 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) will perform the first flight demonstration of a sonic boom mitigated by airframe shaping as part of a cooperative industry and government effort under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Quiet Supersonic Platform (QSP) program.
• Pratt & Whitney, Italian Companies Sign LOIs for Military Engine Work Pratt & Whitney 03 Aug 2001 -- Letters of Intent (LOIs) between Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and a number of aerospace and manufacturing companies from Italy have been signed recently, signifying the companies’ agreement to work together in anticipation of supporting various military engine programs.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 03 Aug 2001
• PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL CONNOR ON LEBANON VIDEOTAPES United Nations 03 Aug 2001

News Reports

• SPECIAL REPORT: BUSH FOREIGN POLICY: MAJORITY CONDEMN U.S. 'UNILATERALISM' US Dept. of State Foreign Media Reaction 03 Aug 2001

• Genesis Launch Aboard Boeing Delta Delayed for Weather Boeing 03 Aug 2001 -- At T minus 6, today's Genesis launch on a Boeing Delta II rocket was scrubbed due to adverse weather conditions including thick clouds and high moisture content, both of which violate requirements needed for launch.
• ORBITAL TO SELL ITS SENSOR SYSTEMS DIVISION Orbital Sciences Corp. 03 Aug 2001 -- Continuing its successful year-long campaign to reduce debt, boost cash and return the company's primary focus to its core space technology products, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with the Hamilton Sundstrand unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) for the sale of the company's Pomona, California-based Sensor Systems Division (SSD) for approximately $20 million in cash. Orbital anticipates that the transaction will close in September.