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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 26 Jun 2006 [PDF]
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• CENTAF releases combined airpower summary AFPN 26 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for June 24 to 26.
• JFCOM Prepares U.S., Coalition Forces for Iraq Deployment AFPS 26 Jun 2006 -- U.S. Joint Forces Command yesterday concluded a week-long mission rehearsal exercise here, designed to help prepare the 21,000 U.S. servicemembers scheduled for rotational deployment to Iraq later this year meet their upcoming mission.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Air Force, Army agree on plans for joint cargo aircraft AFPN 26 Jun 2006 -- With the signing of a memorandum of agreement June 20, the vice chiefs of staff of the Air Force and the Army have agreed on a way ahead for converging the service's independent acquisition programs for a joint cargo aircraft.
• USS Monterey, HMS Cornwall Sailors Swap Ships Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- Sailors from USS Monterey (CG 61) took the opportunity June 23 to swap places with British sailors for a night aboard the British frigate HMS Cornwall (F99), while operating together in the North Atlantic Ocean during the Neptune Warrior course.
• Shoup Celebrates Fourth Birthday During Valiant Shield ‘06 Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- USS Shoup (DDG 86) turned 4 years old June 22 while participating in Exercise Valiant Shield ’06, a joint exercise designed to reinforce the United States’ commitment to the Pacific Region.
• Navy Testing Standardized Menu Program Aboard USS Halsey Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- USS Halsey (DDG 97) Sailors are participating in a standardized menu program the Navy is testing on selected afloat units Navywide.
• Foreign Observers Get a Close-Up Look at Valiant Shield Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- As USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) got ready for its participation in Exercise Valiant Shield June 17, seven observers - five from the Republic of Korea and two from Singapore - came aboard to get a close-up look at how Kitty Hawk and other U.S. Navy ships conduct high tempo operations.
• Neptune Warrior Prepares USS Monterey’s CIC for Multinational Operations Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- The Neptune Warrior Course was in full swing June 25 as various scenarios tested USS Monterey (CG 61) in its ability to deal with threats from the sea and air.
• U.S., Thai Navies Conduct Live-Fire Practice at Sea Navy NewsStand 26 Jun 2006 -- A ship-deployed surface target (SDST) was launched from USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during a gunnery exercise with the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) June 23, in the Gulf of Thailand.
• Training Transformation Gives Troops Leg Up in Current, Future Ops AFPS 26 Jun 2006 -- If the Defense Department's training transformation effort was summed up into a simple bumper-sticker-type slogan, it would read, "Train as you operate," a senior Defense Department told the Pentagon Channel.
• The future of Russian-Turkish military-technical cooperation RIA Novosti 26 Jun 2006 -- Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, due to arrive in Moscow on June 28 for an official visit, will discuss bilateral military-technical cooperation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
• Pentagon budget split between rearmament and overseas wars RIA Novosti 26 Jun 2006 -- The Pentagon's budget equals half of the world's defense spending. Why is the United States spending so much on its military?
• Press Gaggle by Tony Snow The White House 26 Jun 2006
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 26 Jun 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Department of State 26 Jun 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 26, 2006
• BAE Systems leads with the Talisman at Undersea Defence Technology Europe BAE Systems 26 Jun 2006 -- Talisman, a next-generation autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), will spearhead the Companys presence at Undersea Defence Technology in Hamburg, Germany, from 27-29 June 2006.
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $385.6 Million Arrowhead Production Contract Lockheed Martin 26 Jun 2006 -- The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] the Lot 3 follow-on production contract for Arrowhead®, the “eyes of the Apache.” Developed by Lockheed Martin, Arrowhead is the Army’s Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.
• Raytheon Receives $9.3 Million Award for Manufacture of ALR-69A(V) Radar Warning Receivers Raytheon 26 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has won a $9.3 million follow-on contract to manufacture 10 ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver systems for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The system is an upgrade replacement of the ALR-69(V) currently installed on U.S. Air Force C-130, F-16, A-10 and MH-53 aircraft.
• DARPA Selects Raytheon to Develop its Secure Enterprise Network Raytheon 26 Jun 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will develop and deploy a new communications network for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The $14 million contract calls for Raytheon to build DARPA's Secure Enterprise Network (DSEN), a state-of-the-art, secure network, and to provide support to DARPA's existing classified systems.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 26 Jun 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE LAUNCHING SMALL ARMS SURVEY 2006 United Nations 26 Jun 2006
• Proliferation of illicit small arms leads to culture of violence and impunity - Annan UN News Centre 26 Jun 2006 -- Describing the world as being "awash with small arms," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that every year an estimated $1 billion worth of these weapons are traded illicitly worldwide, exacerbating conflict, sparking refugee flows, undermining the rule of law and spawning a "culture of violence and impunity."
• World: UN Conference Targets Small-Arms Trafficking RFE/RL 26 Jun 2006 -- A major UN conference on the illegal global trade in small arms kicked off today at UN headquarters in New York.
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 26 Jun 2006
• Lankan Tigers reject President Rajapakse's offer for direct deal IRNA 26 Jun 2006 -- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has rejected President Mahindra Rajapakse's offer of a direct peace deal with the rebel outfit mainly to curb the threatening truce-related violence, which has taken the lives of over 800 people since last December.
• Another example of LTTE's commitment to terror: Lankan president IRNA 26 Jun 2006 -- "The assassination of Major General Parami Kulatunga, the deputy chief of staff of the Sri Lanka Army, is a another example of the LTTE's continued commitment to terrorism and its cowardly use of suicide killers, deserving of contempt and condemnation," said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special message on the LTTE's assassination carried out Monday morning.
• SUDAN: UN tries to resolve Darfur suspension IRIN 26 Jun 2006 -- United National officials were on Monday trying to break a diplomatic impasse after the Sudanese government suspended their operations in the western region of Darfur.
• Restrictions on UN in Sudan lifted; first meeting of Darfur peace commission held UN News Centre 26 Jun 2006 -- This weekend saw several positive developments in Sudan, with restrictions against United Nations operations there lifted, and with a top official of the world Organization attending the first meeting of the Darfur Joint Commission since the signing of the peace agreement for that violence-racked region.
• US Rejects Dealings With New Somali Courts Leader VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- The United States Monday said it would have no contact with the new leader of Somalia's Islamic Courts movement, but it did not rule out the notion the group can still be a partner in restoring a functioning government there
• SOMALIA: Islamic courts set up consultative council IRIN 26 Jun 2006 -- The Union of the Islamic Courts (UIC) which controls Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has set up a consultative council which will act as the advisory body of the Islamic group, an official said on Monday.
• Israel Masses Troops at Gaza Border, Threatens Harsh Action Over Kidnapping of Soldier VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- Israel is threatening harsh retaliation after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier near the Gaza Strip.
• Israel Masses Troops at Gaza Border VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he has ordered the army to prepare for a major offensive against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, following the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.
• Congo Militia Threatens to Order Killing of UN Peacekeepers VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- A Congolese militia group has threatened to order the execution of seven U.N. peacekeepers being held hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• NIGERIA: Worsening violence in Delta could force foreign intervention IRIN 26 Jun 2006 -- In the first half of this year an average of more than four hostages have been seized monthly in the Niger Delta, an unprecedented rate of kidnappings since the first stirrings of violent protest in the early 1990s in the region that produces most of Nigeria's oil.
• DRC: EU troops arriving in Congo, can use force if need be - force commander IRIN 26 Jun 2006 -- Advance teams of the European Union's Force for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as EUFOR DRCongo, have begun arriving in the capital, Kinshasa.
• Moldova, Ukraine to bring Transdnestr back to negotiating table RIA Novosti 26 Jun 2006 -- Moldova and Ukraine will try to persuade Moldova's breakaway Transdnestr region to have its status determined through multiparty negotiations rather than a plebiscite, the countries' foreign ministers said Monday.
• Abkhazian president says he is ready to meet with Saakashvili RIA Novosti 26 Jun 2006 -- The president of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region said Monday he was ready to meet with the Georgian president if they eventually signed an agreement on security guarantees.
• Suicide Bomber Kills Sri Lankan General VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- A senior Sri Lankan general and two other people have been killed in a bombing in the capital Colombo.
• Australian, Indonesia Resolve Dispute Over Papua Province VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- The Australian prime minister has told the Indonesian president his country does not support the Papuan separatist movement

News Reports

• East Timor's Embattled Prime Minister Resigns VOA 26 Jun 2006 -- East Timor's beleaguered Prime Minister Mari Alkitiri has resigned after weeks of violence and turmoil in the tiny nation.
• Northrop Grumman Wins NASA Task Order for Software Assurance of the Mars Science Laboratory Northrop Grumman 26 Jun 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was awarded a task order to independently verify and validate mission-critical software on the Mars Science Laboratory for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• Alcatel Alenia Space will develop and supply the radio frequency subsystem for PRISMA satellites Thales 26 Jun 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it will develop and supply the S-Band Formation Flying Radio Frequency (FFRF) sensor for the PRISMA mission. PRISMA primary goal is to perform guidance, navigation and control demonstrations as well as in-flight validation of sensor technologies for future missions in which rendezvous and formation flying are a prerequisite, such as Darwin.