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• NASA To Take Control Of TDRS-H Satellite Boeing 10 Aug 2001 -- Control of the Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-H, launched June 2000, will be officially transferred to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by manufacturer Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) upon government acceptance.
• Boeing Gets $33.6 Million Helmet-Mounted Cueing System Contract Boeing 10 Aug 2001 -- The Boeing Company yesterday received a $33.6 million U.S. Defense Department contract to produce 131 additional Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems, or JHMCS, continuing the program's progress through low-rate initial production.
• Northrop Grumman, DoJ, DoD Agree to Newport News Shipbuilding Acquisition Timeline Northrop Grumman 10 Aug 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today that it will comply with a Department of Justice request not to issue before Aug. 20, 2001, its intent to consummate its proposed acquisition of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (NYSE: NNS); this would mean that Northrop Grumman could not consummate such an acquisition earlier than Sept. 4, 2001 (10 business days after notification).

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• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Aug 2001

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• Boeing and NASA Complete Dual Aerospike Engine Tests Boeing 10 Aug 2001 -- A series of three hot-fire tests on tandem Boeing Rocketdyne XRS-2200 aerospike engines has been completed at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, confirming the performance of electromechanical actuators (EMAs) that were used in propellant valving for the engines.