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• PRESS CONFERENCE BY QUARTET United Nations 17 Sep 2002
• MIDEAST-U-N-POWELL VOA 17 Sept 2002-- Top diplomats of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations have endorsed a program of steps leading to a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement including Palestinian statehood within three years. The so-called Middle East "quartet" met Tuesday on the sidelines of the U-N General Assembly in New York
• FRANCE/ETA VOA 17 Sept 2002-- Spain is hailing the arrests of two suspected Basque terrorists in France as, "magnificent news"

Defense Policy / Programs

• Millennium Challenge Part Of 'Transformation Journey,' General Says AFPS 17 Sept 2002-- DoD will apply lessons learned from a recently concluded joint military experiment -- the largest ever - to shape the forces of the future, a four-star general said here today.
• SFOR 12 begins Bosnia peacekeeping duties Army News Sevice 17 Sept 2002-- With the ancient military tradition of passing the guidon, the transfer of authority for Multinational Division (North) in Bosnia-Herzegovina shifted from Hawaii's "Tropic Lightning" Division to Pennsylvania's Keystone Division Sept. 16.
• NUWC Keyport Dedicates New Pier Navy News Stand 17 Sept 2002-- "Our pier is number one" stated Capt. Mary Townsend-Manning, commanding officer of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport, as she presented the center's new Pier 1 on Aug. 29.
• Amphibious Ships Depart Okinawa for Joint Exercise Navy News Stand 17 Sept 2002-- The USS Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) departed the White Beach Naval Facility here Sept. 10 to conduct a semi-annual joint exercise designed to integrate the Navy/Marine Corps team into one cohesive combat force.
• F-22 redesignation reflects combat role AFPN 17 Sept 2002-- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper announced a change in the designation of the F-22 Raptor at the 2002 Air Force Association National Convention here Sept. 17. The change is meant to more accurately reflect the aircraft's multimission roles and capabilities in contemporary strategic environments.
• Squadron inactivating after 34 years AFPN 17 Sept 2002-- Air Force officials determined the unit's mission could be successfully accomplished with several other aircraft, including the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft, and by ground systems
• Air Force announces depot strategy AFPN 17 Sept 2002-- Air Force officials recently announced their Depot Maintenance Strategy and Master Plan for the years 2004 to 2020, charting a new course for how the service's three air logistics centers will support America's warfighters.
• Gen. Kernan And Maj. Gen. Cash Discuss Millennium Challenge's Lessons Learned 17 Sept 2002-- Kernan: An experiment's different. And an experiment like Millennium Challenge is significantly different because there we were trying to test a hypothesis and we were looking at the supporting ideas, what is the concept, sort of the "out of the box" type thinking. We were not focused primarily on just what we have today, but what we might -- what we envision for the future.

Defense Industry

• Kelly Aviation Center, L.P. Selected For F110 Engine Production And Overhaul GE Aviation 17 Sep 2002 -- Kelly Aviation Center, L.P., a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers and GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), has been selected by GEAE to perform F110 fighter engine production, overhaul, and service at its facility in San Antonio, Texas.
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Nears Completion of $250 Million Capital Investment to Build F/A-22 Raptor Air Dominance Fighter Lockheed Martin 17 Sep 2002 -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is moving toward the successful completion of a decade-long capital investment project at its facility in Marietta, Ga., totaling approximately $250 million.
• Lockheed Martin Delivers First Trainer Upgrade for Bradley Fighting Vehicle to U.S. Army Lockheed Martin 17 Sep 2002 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems delivered the first Close Combat Tactical Trainer M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle simulator kit to the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas.
• Lockheed Martin Awarded Navy Contract in Support of Cruiser Conversion Lockheed Martin 17 Sep 2002 -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $6.5 million U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) installed aboard 22 of the service's 27 Ticonderoga-class cruisers. This contract, associated with the Navy's Cruiser Conversion program, is in addition to the previously awarded multi-year contract for the continued production and delivery of VLS for the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers through 2004. The multi-year contract has a value of up to $323 million if all options are exercised.
• Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $18.6 Million Contract for Laser Guided Bomb Kits Lockheed Martin 17 Sep 2002 -- Lockheed Martin today announced that it has received an $18.6 million U.S. Air Force contract to produce Paveway II GBU-10 Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The announcement follows the Air Force's determination last month that Lockheed Martin is fully qualified to build GBU-10 and GBU-12 kits.
• Lockheed Martin Delivers First Trainer Upgrade for Bradley Fighting Vehicle to U.S. Army Lockheed Martin 17 Sep 2002 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems delivered the first Close Combat Tactical Trainer M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle simulator kit to the U.S. Army at Fort Hood, Texas.
• Northrop Grumman Makes Filings With U.S. Justice Department European Commission as Merger with TRW Progresses Northrop Grumman 17 Sep 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), announced today that it has made two filings with government regulators related to its pending acquisition of TRW Inc. (NYSE:TRW). With the filings, the company said the acquisition remains on track for closure during the fourth quarterof 2002.
• U.S. Air Force Selects Northrop Grumman Team to Provide Tactical Datalink Network Management System Northrop Grumman 17 Sep 2002 -- The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center has selected a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-led team to field its tactical datalink network management system. With this new capability, Joint Interface Control Officers (JICO) will be able to ensure real-time sharing of threat, target and command and control information.

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY MONGOLIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER United Nations 17 Sep 2002
• LAND MINES/REBEL GROUPS VOA 17 Sept 2002-- Activists working to ban land mines say their campaign not only includes getting governments to sign the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. They are also urging rebel groups to make a commitment to stop using land mines
• INDONESIA / BASHIR / AL-QAIDA VOA 17 Sept 2002-- Indonesian police say there is not enough evidence to justify the arrest of Abu Bakar Bashir - an Islamic cleric with alleged links to the al-Qaida terrorist network