30 August 2002 Military News

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 Aug 2002
ISRAEL / LEBANON VOA 30 Aug 2002-- Israel has called on the United States to help prevent an escalation of violence along the border with Lebanon

BAE SYSTEMS completes sale of chaff and flare business to Esterline technologies BAE Systems 30 Aug 2002 -- BAE Systems North America completed the sale of its expendable defensive countermeasures business, located in Lillington, N.C., and East Camden, Ark, on 29th August 2002.
Boeing Delivers 90th C-17 to Air Force Chief of Staff Boeing 30 Aug 2002 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] has delivered the 90th C-17 transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. In a ceremony yesterday near the C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif., Howard Chambers, vice president and general manager of Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, presented the keys to the new C-17 Globemaster III to Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff.
General Dynamics Awarded Army’s Objective Force Warrior Agreement General Dynamics 30 Aug 2002 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was awarded one of two lead technology integration agreements today for the U.S. Army’s Objective Force Warrior (OFW) program. The OFW program will provide the core network-centric system deployed by dismounted soldiers in the year 2010.

CHINA/TERRORISM VOA 30 Aug 2002-- U-S officials in Beijing say a Muslim separatist group from China may have been plotting attacks on foreign interests in Central Asia
Former President Bush Visits HST 30 Aug 2002-- Distinguished visitors on carriers come and go. But it was a bit of a surprise to have the 41st President of the United States walking about on this ship.
SHAPE NEWS MORNING UPDATE 30 Aug 2002-- NATO-led peacekeepers, UN police under fire by ethnic Albanians

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