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• ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 3 U.S. SOLDIERS
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Aug. 6-7 AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summaries for Aug. 6 and 7.
• Security Presence Growing in Baghdad, Spokesman Says AFPS 07 Aug 2006 -- The coalition and Iraqi security forces presence in Baghdad is growing, and soon residents will notice an improvement, a senior defense official said here today.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 9 North of Baghdad VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Iraqi police say a suicide truck bomber drove into a police station north of Baghdad, killing nine security personnel and wounding at least 18 civilians.
• NATO Will Stand Up to Militants in Afghanistan, Say Officials Washington File 07 Aug 2006 -- NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan will not be deterred from its mission to protect the Afghan people as they work to recover from decades of war and oppression, say alliance officials.
• Afghanistan: UN mission will expand its presence in southern part of country UN News Centre 07 Aug 2006 -- With Afghanistan facing a growing insurgency in its southern and southeastern provinces, the top United Nations envoy to that country today announced that the UN mission planned to step up its efforts there.
• Evacuation, Humanitarian Aid Continues in Lebanon AFPS 07 Aug 2006 -- As fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group continues, U.S. servicemembers continue to evacuate Americans trapped in Lebanon, Defense Department officials report.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Lake Erie Celebrates 13 Years Of Success On The Seas Navy NewsStand 07 Aug 2006 -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) capped off a year of success and celebrated its 13th birthday, July 24.
• Powers Relieves Bruner as Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 Navy NewsStand 07 Aug 2006 -- Capt. Jeffrey Powers relieved Capt. Barry Bruner as Commander, Submarine Squadron 7 in a ceremony Aug. 7 on Pearl Harbor Naval Station.
• NASA, Air Force agree to aeronautics cooperation AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- NASA and the Air Force have formed an aeronautics research partnership that builds upon and expands on the longstanding relationship between the two organizations.
• 'Ready Elmendorf' will prepare PACAF's F-22s AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- Pacific Air Forces officials are excited about bringing the F-22 Raptor to the command. Aircraft crews will start their training in Virginia before actually landing on the Alaskan tarmac.
• B-2s provide bomber presence in Guam AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- A contingent of four bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., are providing both an increase in forces and a security presence to the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam -- making one of the U.S. military's most unique aircraft ready at a moment's notice.
• KC-10 maintainers keep mission flowing AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- KC-10 Extender maintainers work long days on the flightline with temperatures reaching nearly 135 degrees on the scorching concrete, and it is even hotter in the KC-10s parked on the ramp.
• Space brings invisible power to the fight AFPN 07 Aug 2006 -- When space professionals deploy, they learn how to better provide combat effects, and warfighters learn more about the invisible power space brings to the fight.
• U.S Congress clears F-16 jets deal: Pakistan IRNA 07 Aug 2006 -- The U.S Congress has cleared the sale of F-16s to Pakistan and the deal contains no extraordinary condition, the Foreign Spokesperson Ms. Tasneem Aslam said on Monday.
• Daily Press Briefing State Department 07 Aug 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for August 07, 2006
• ATK Receives $6 Million Order for AIM-9X Propulsion Systems ATK 07 Aug 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received $6 million in follow-on contracts from prime contractor Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to continue manufacturing propulsion steering sections (PSS) for the AIM-9X Sidewinder missile. The contract is for production of Lot 6.
• BAE Systems awards Eurofighter Typhoon contract to Aerosud International breakthrough for South Africa BAE Systems 07 Aug 2006 -- Aerosud, the Pretoria-based aerostructures manufacturer, has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to produce components for the Eurofighter Typhoon, one of the most advanced swing-role fighters in operational service today.
• BAE SYSTEMS SIGNS AGREEMENT TO SELL LIGHTING AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR COMBAT VEHICLES BAE Systems 07 Aug 2006 -- BAE Systems has signed an agreement with ELTAM, a leading developer and manufacturer of intelligent Light Emitting Diode (LED) based light and control systems, to promote and sell its LED-based products for military vehicles. The first product of this family is the LED-based Light, Emergency Light, Battery Status Indicator (LEBSI).
• BAE Systems Awarded $30.5 Million to Upgrade Additional Carriers BAE Systems 07 Aug 2006 -- BAE Systems has been awarded a contract option worth $30.5 million to upgrade 112 M1068 Standard Integrated Command Post System (SICPS) carriers to the A3 model for the U.S. Army. The additional option is expected to take production through to November 2007.
• General Dynamics Receives $135 Million To Upgrade Tanks to Latest Configuration General Dynamics 07 Aug 2006 -- The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $134.6 million contract to upgrade 60 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks to the System Enhancement Package (SEP) configuration (M1A2 SEP), the latest, most technologically advanced Abrams tank. The contract includes a $145 million option to upgrade 60 additional M1A2 Abrams tanks.
• General Dynamics to Support the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren Division General Dynamics 07 Aug 2006 -- The U.S. Navy has selected General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to provide engineering, analytical and technical support to achieve Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) among and between electronic systems and equipment at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $16 Million to Build Radar Detection Systems for Apache Longbow Helicopter Lockheed Martin 07 Aug 2006 -- The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $16 million contract to provide 37 AN/APR-48A Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI) systems for the AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter.
• Raytheon Delivers Next-Generation F-15 AESA Radar to Boeing Ahead of Schedule Raytheon 07 Aug 2006 -- Raytheon Company delivered ahead of schedule to The Boeing Company the first next-generation active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-15C.
• BAE Systems THAAD Seeker Scores Successful Intercept BAE Systems 07 Aug 2006 -- The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system detected an incoming ballistic missile target using a BAE Systems seeker and achieved a successful intercept in a July 12 test firing at White Sands Missile Range. The test was conducted by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], the prime contractor and systems integrator.
• Boeing Demonstrates Aerospace Relay Mirror System Boeing 07 Aug 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force achieved major progress in their relay system development program by successfully redirecting a laser beam to a target using their Aerospace Relay Mirror System (ARMS).
• Raytheon Delivers 500th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Raytheon 07 Aug 2006 -- Raytheon Company has delivered its 500th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM). Final assembly and testing of the missile occurred at Raytheon's all-up-round facility in Camden, Ark.
• Rosoboronexport says U.S. sanctions may affect RRJ project RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2006 -- Sanctions imposed by the United States against Russian aircraft-maker Sukhoi and arms exporter Rosoboronexport may have negative effects on the Russian Regional Jet project, the Rosoboronexport head said Monday.
• Rosoboronexport unaffected by U.S. sanctions - head RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2006 -- U.S. sanctions against Rosoboronexport will not affect the company's work, the general director of the Russian state arms exporter said Monday.
• U.S. sanctions against Russian companies unrelated to WMD-Ivanov RIA Novosti 07 Aug 2006 -- Russia's defense minister said Monday U.S. sanctions against Russia's state arms exporter and a state-owned aircraft manufacturer were unrelated to nonproliferation issues.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 07 Aug 2006
• U.S. Supports Quick Passage of U.N. Resolutions on Mideast Washington File 07 Aug 2006 -- President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the two draft resolutions to be presented to the U.N. Security Council provide a "strong basis" for the end of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
• U.N. Security Council Continues Work on Mideast Proposals Washington File 07 Aug 2006 -- Before completing negotiations on the French-U.S. draft resolution dealing with the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, the U.N. Security Council will meet with a delegation from the Arab League because the council wants "to listen to everyone's views," U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said August 7.
• President Bush and Secretary of State Rice Discuss the Middle East Crisis The White House 07 Aug 2006
• Olmert Tours Front-Line Areas, Consults With Northern Command Officers VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Israeli warplanes struck the cities of Beirut and Tyre, as well as small villages along the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday
• Hezbollah Rockets Cause Mayhem in Northern Israel VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Twelve Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday and at least nine other people were wounded in a Hezbollah rocket attack
• Lebanese PM Revises Death Toll in Israeli Strike on Border Village VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Lebanon's prime minister has revised the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a border village, saying only one person died instead of 40.
• Bush: Draft UN Resolution to Address Root Causes of Mideast Conflict VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- President Bush says a draft resolution before the U.N. Security Council is part of a process designed to address the root causes of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon
• Security Council Considers Amendments to Truce Plan in Lebanon VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- At the United Nations, the Security Council is discussing amendments to a French-American sponsored resolution to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
• Seven Sick as Palestinians Investigate Suspicious Letter Addressed to PM VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Palestinian officials are investigating a suspicious letter addressed to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh that allegedly sickened seven people.
• Lebanon:The Need for International Peacekeepers VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Lebanon has been pounded by outbreaks of violence and war throughout its recent history. In 1978, following years of tension along the country's border with Israel, the United Nations Security Council authorized the creation of a multinational force to help bring peace and security to the region
• Israel, Lebanon Warily Watch UN Security Council VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Israel and Lebanon are reacting coolly to a draft United Nations resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon
• Bombardment in Southern Lebanon Cuts Off Last Road Out of Tyre VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- In south Lebanon, the last road leading out of the city of Tyre has been cut by Israeli airstrikes
• UN: Lebanon, Arab States Seek Changes To Draft Resolution RFE/RL 07 Aug 2006 -- As violence in Lebanon continues, diplomatic efforts are focusing on passing a UN Security Council resolution capable of stopping the fighting.
• UN Sub-Commission voices 'outrage' at rights violations in Lebanon UN News Centre 07 Aug 2006 -- The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights today adopted a statement decrying the rights violations taking place in Lebanon and voicing hope that the Security Council will foster an end to the fighting and a lasting solution to the conflict.
• Analysis: Somalia at the Brink cfr.org 07 Aug 2006 -- While much of the world's attention has been focused on violence in the Middle East in recent weeks, another troublesome conflict is churning away in Somalia
• Backgrounder: Somalia's High Stakes Power Struggle cfr.org 07 Aug 2006
• UN envoy to Somalia welcomes news that parties get closer on political dealings, urges talks UN News Centre 07 Aug 2006 -- Praising Ethiopia's mediation efforts this weekend between the various parties in strife-torn Somalia, the senior United Nations envoy to the Horn of Africa country said today he was encouraged by recent reports from the seat of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) in Baidoa, and called on all sides to resume negotiations begun in June.
• Lankan government calls LTTE to return to peace table IRNA 07 Aug 2006 -- Sri Lankan government today asked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels to return to the peace talks and expressed its commitment to find a negotiated settlement to all issues even as fighting between Tamil tigers and government forces escalated in the country's north-east region
• Sri Lanka launches fresh strikes against LTTE positions IRNA 07 Aug 2006 -- Sri Lankan military today resumed shelling Tamil Tiger positions in the island's embattled northeast, a day after the rebel warned that such strikes could lead to a full-scale war.
• Sri Lanka slides towards war, Norway-brokered deal rejected IRNA 07 Aug 2006 -- Sri Lanka appeared headed towards full- scale war as army troops shelled Tamil Tiger positions in the north- east, holding up a deal worked out by the rebels and peacebroker Norway to open a canal at the root of intense fighting that killed 425 people and led to a massive exodus.
• UN condemns execution-style killings of aid workers in Sri Lanka; urges probe UN News Centre 07 Aug 2006 -- The United Nations today strongly condemned the execution-style killings of 15 aid workers from French organization Action against Hunger in northeastern Sri Lanka, calling on the authorities to apprehend those responsible and urging an immediate cessation of hostilities between Tamil separatists and the Government on the strife-torn island.
• 15 Aid Workers Found Executed as Fighting Continues in Sri Lanka VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- Fifteen aid workers have been found executed in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Muttur - where fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels has raged for nearly two weeks
• Côte d'Ivoire: Security Council calls for cooperation in election preparations UN News Centre 07 Aug 2006 -- Urging all sides in the divided West African country of Côte d'Ivoire to play their part to ensure that free and fair elections can be staged by the end of October, the Security Council today called for the deployment of "as many mobile courts as possible" to help in the process of identifying and registering voters who do not have official papers.
• COTE D IVOIRE: Gbagbo vows to remain in power until the next elections IRIN 07 Aug 2006 -- President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire has said he and the existing parliament will not budge from power until elections can be held - even if they are delayed beyond the existing October 30 deadline.
• Nepal Maoists Warn Peace Talks Could Collapse VOA 07 Aug 2006 -- In Nepal, Maoist rebels have warned that recent peace talks could collapse
• CAMEROON-NIGERIA: Bakassi inhabitants opt for independence ahead of Nigerian pullout IRIN 07 Aug 2006 -- Inhabitants of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea have declared independence days before Nigeria is due to cede the area to Cameroon under a United Nations-backed settlement.
• CHAD-SUDAN: Presidents to thrash out peace plan in Dakar IRIN 07 Aug 2006 -- Heads of state from Chad and Sudan are expected to meet in the Senegal capital Dakar on Wednesday at a summit meant to patch up tattered relations between the two neighbours.
• CENTRAL AFRICA: Regional summit to discuss insecurity IRIN 07 Aug 2006 -- On the eve of Chadian President Idriss Deby's inauguration ceremony this Tuesday, six Central African heads of state will meet in the Chadian capital N'djamena to discuss growing instability in the region.

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