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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 31 May 2006 [PDF]
• MND-B SOLDIER DIES OF NON-COMBAT RELATED CAUSE
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Ham 31 May 2006 -- Presenter: Deputy Director for Regional Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham
• CENTAF releases airpower summary AFPN 31 May 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for May 30.
• Terrorist Leaders Captured in Iraq; Detainees Released AFPS 31 May 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition forces captured eight terrorist leaders in recent operations in Baghdad neighborhoods. Also, the Iraqi-led Combined Review and Release Board released more than 200 detainees.
• 1,500 1AD Soldiers move from Kuwait to Iraq Army News 31 May 2006 -- Two battalion task forces of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, have moved into Iraq to provide additional security for the people of Al Anbar province and to enable effective local and provincial governance.
• Sailors Save Iraqi Contract Worker Navy NewsStand 31 May 2006 -- The quick response of two USS Port Royal (CG 73) crew members saved the life of an Iraqi contract worker overcome by smoke inhalation while fighting a fire on Khawr Al Amaya oil terminal (KAAOT) May 26.
• MSD 71 Trains Iraqi Marines Aboard Oil Terminals Navy NewsStand 31 May 2006 -- Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 71 Sailors are training their Iraqi marine counterparts to defend the waters surrounding Iraq’s oil platforms, Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT).
• Afghanistan: U.S. Now Faces Resurgent Taliban, Resentful Public RFE/RL 31 May 2006 -- The United States and its coalition partners now find themselves confronted not only by a seemingly stronger Taliban, but, following a deadly traffic accident and riot in Kabul, also by a population that is suddenly expressing long-held resentment of the foreign forces that they blame for all that is wrong with their country.
• Afghan Parliament Seeks Arrest of US Troops Involved in Accident VOA 31 May 2006 -- Afghanistan's parliament has passed a resolution demanding the arrest of U.S. soldiers involved in a deadly car crash.
• Taleban Guerrillas Overrun Afghan District Headquarters VOA 31 May 2006 -- Afghan authorities say Taleban guerrillas have overrun a district headquarters in central Uruzgan province, driving out government forces in a battle that lasted for several hours.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: Press Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld and Adm. Keating at United States Northern Command 31 May 2006 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Adm. Timothy J. Keating
• USS Preble, HSC-85, HSL-45 Assist in Fishermen Rescue Navy NewsStand 31 May 2006 -- The Navy assisted the Coast Guard in rescuing Sailors from a sinking fishing boat approximately 100 miles southwest of San Diego May 23.
• New York City Bids Fair Winds, Following Seas to Fleet Week Ships Navy NewsStand 31 May 2006 -- The 19th New York City Fleet Week came to a close May 31, as Sailors and Marines left New York City in their wake, headed for their next destination.
• Operational Test Command evaluates digital communications Army News 01 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) is conducting a series of tests and evaluations on digitized, network-based communication systems through June at Fort Hood, Texas, and the National Training Center at Fort Erwin, Calif.
• U.S., Kyrgyz Officials Meet To Negotiate Over Air Base RFE/RL 31 May 2006 -- Negotiations on resolving a dispute on the use o

• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 31 May 2006
f a Kyrgyz military air base by the United States are under way in Bishkek
• India test fired 'Brahmos' missile IRNA 31 May 2006 -- India on Wednesday test fired a surface-to-surface version of the Indo-Russian Brahmos cruise missile in Pokhran desert, Gujarat state.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for May 31, 2006
• BAE Systems Delivers Initial F-35 JSF Electronic Warfare System BAE Systems 31 May 2006 -- BAE Systems has delivered the first electronic warfare system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas.
• Boeing Announces Supplier Agreement with Telephonics Corporation for Combat Search and Rescue Program Boeing 31 May 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has announced an agreement with Telephonics Corporation of Farmingdale, N.Y., to support the proposed HH-47 Combat Search and Rescue helicopter program for the U.S. Air Force.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN UPGRADES THIRD FALCONER AIR OPERATIONS CENTER Lockheed Martin 31 May 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed the latest upgrades to the military’s premier joint air battle management system, Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS), at the third Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC). The TBMCS 1.1.3 upgrade being fielded to the AOCs enables warfighters to fully support the command and control process for air operations via a web-browser without being physically located at the AOC.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN DELIVERS UPGRADED P-3 MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT FOR U.S. NAVY FOREIGN MILITARY SALE Lockheed Martin 31 May 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today delivered the 10th upgraded P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft originally contracted by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command as part of a foreign military sale to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN).
• CACI Awarded First Task Order Under Strategic Services Sourcing Contract CACI 31 May 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) announced today that it has been awarded the first task order of its new Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC), headquartered at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. On March 15, CACI announced it was one of just seven prime contractors on the S3 program, which has a total estimated ceiling value of $19.25 billion. The new task order is a two-year award, with a ceiling value of $33 million, to support geographic information systems (GIS) for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) through the U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC). The contract continues the ongoing expansion of CACI's business in intelligence solutions.
• Boeing-led Industry Team to Pursue Secure Border Initiative Effort Boeing 31 May 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials today announced that its best-of-industry team is pursuing the SBInet program. The Boeing-led team submitted its proposal to the U.S. government and is competing for an estimated $2 billion contract award.
• Russia pulls out of joint plane project with Ukraine - minister RIA Novosti 31 May 2006 -- Russia has withdrawn from a joint program with Ukraine to produce the An-70 military transport aircraft as the project is outdated, the defense minister said Wednesday.
• Former Soviet aircraft carrier sold in China for $16mln RIA Novosti 31 May 2006 -- A former Soviet aircraft carrier was auctioned off Wednesday in the Chinese town of Shenzhen for 128 million yuan ($16 mln).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 31 May 2006
• Georgian minister blasts "illegal" Russian peacekeeper rotation RIA Novosti 31 May 2006 -- The Georgian state minister for conflict resolution issues Wednesday protested the rotation of Russian peacekeepers in the Caucasian country's breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions.
• Georgia peacekeeper rotation to go ahead as planned - minister RIA Novosti 31 May 2006 -- The rotation of Russian peacekeepers in the zone of Georgia's long-running conflict with the breakaway South Ossetia region will not be cancelled, the defense minister said Wednesday.
• Karabakh conflict should be solved bilaterally - defense minister RIA Novosti 31 May 2006 -- A long-running dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region should be resolved by the two countries themselves and not by third parties, Russia's defense minister said Wednesday.
• Fighting Subsides But Humanitarian Crisis Looms in East Timor VOA 31 May 2006 -- More than a week of violence in the East Timorese capital, Dili, has calmed a day after the president took over the country's security
• SOMALIA: Fresh fighting breaks out in Mogadishu IRIN 31 May 2006 -- At least five people were killed and a dozen others wounded when fighting between Islamic court militiamen and forces loyal to an alliance of secular leaders erupted in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, early on Wednesday.
• CONGO: Interview with Paul Goma, sub-prefect of Mindouli IRIN 31 May 2006 -- Through its High Commission for the Reinsertion of Former Combatants, the government of the Republic of Cong has begun conducting awareness campaigns in different departments of the country, prior to the launch later this year of a national Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reinsertion (DDR) programme, which the World Bank is funding at a cost of US $17 million.

News Reports

• Boeing to Develop New Electronic Circuits for Extreme Space Environments Boeing 31 May 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is part of a university-industry team that received a one-year, $2.75 million NASA contract to further develop a reliable, cost effective electronic technology that helps robotic and human space missions operate in environments of extreme cold and space radiation.