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• U-S ARMS SALES VOA 20 Aug 2001 -- new U-S Congressional report finds the global arms trade grew again last year, with the United States by far the biggest supplier. Most of those American-made weapons are going to developing countries.
• HONG KONG / U-S MILITARY VOA 20 Aug 2001 -- Chinese officials have disclosed they barred a sophisticated U-S Navy surveillance plane from coming to Hong Kong, last week, to take part in a training mission. As V-O-A's Alisha Ryu reports, authorities in Beijing turned down the Pentagon request before two U-S aircraft carriers battle groups held an exercise in the South China Sea, Friday.

Defense Industry

• General Dynamics Extends Tender Offer for all Outstanding Shares of Newport News Shipbuilding General Dynamics 20 Aug 2001 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today extended its pending tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock (including associated rights) of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (NYSE: NNS) to midnight, EDT, on August 31, 2001.
• U.S. Air Force Selects Lockheed Martin For $843 Million Advanced Targeting POD Contract Lockheed Martin 20 Aug 2001 -- The U.S. Air Force today announced Lockheed Martin's Sniper® XRTM (eXtended Range) system as the winner of its Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) competition.
• Lockheed Martin Receives $165 Million Army TACMS Block II LRIP Contract Lockheed Martin 20 Aug 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has received a $165 million sole-source letter contract, with $82.4 million of the contract initially funded, for production of the Army TACMS Block II Missile from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
• Northrop Grumman's E-2C Marks Successful First Live-Fire Test of Ballistic Missile Sensor Northrop Grumman 20 Aug 2001 -- A U.S. Navy flight test crew, flying a Northrop Grumman Corporation-produced (NYSE:NOC) E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft equipped with a new Surveillance Infrared Search and Track (SIRST) sensor, successfully detected and tracked a theater ballistic missile target launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
• NASA Selects Logicon FDC For SEWP III Contract in High-End Networking, Mass Storage Classes Northrop Grumman 20 Aug 2001 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, announced today that its Logicon FDC unit has been selected for NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP III) contract. Logicon was selected for two classes of the contract, Class 11 (high-end networking devices) and Class 13 (mass storage devices).
• Boeing-Built Wideband Gapfiller Military Satellite Communications Program Passes Major Design Milestone Boeing 20 Aug 2001 -- The Boeing-led team that is building the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), a high-capacity military satellite communications system, today announced successful completion of a recent series of preliminary design reviews (PDRs), a key milestone for the program.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 20 Aug 2001

News Reports

• Boeing Plans 30-Percent Expansion to World's Largest Satellite Factory Boeing 20 Aug 2001 -- Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the world's leading satellite manufacturer, is expanding and remodeling its one-million-square-foot satellite factory to accommodate new business and the transfer of satellite manufacturing from other parts of Boeing.
• NASA Selects Logicon FDC For SEWP III Contract in High-End Networking, Mass Storage Classes Northrop Grumman 20 Aug 2001 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) company, announced today that its Logicon FDC unit has been selected for NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP III) contract.