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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 18 Sep 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• DoD Identifies Army Casualty
• MND-B Soldier killed by small-arms fire
• MND-B Soldier killed by roadside bomb
• Press Briefing, Sept. 18, 2006 MNF-I 18 Sep 2006 -- BRIEFERS: MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CALDWELL, SPOKESMAN, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE - IRAQ, AND BRIG. GEN. QASSIM MOUSAWI, SPOKESMAN, IRAQI ARMED FORCES
• CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Sept. 16-18 AFPN 18 Sep 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summaries for Sept. 16 through 18.
• Bombings, Shootings Kill 41 in Iraq VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- Suicide blasts and several shootings across Iraq have killed at least 41 people.
• NATO's Operation Medusa Pushing Taliban from Southern Khandahar Washington File 18 Sep 2006 -- A top NATO commander announced that the alliance's two-week offensive to push Taliban remnants from southern Afghanistan and pave the way for reconstruction and development has proven to be a "significant success."
• NATO Leaders to Discuss Afghanistan Mission, Support Needed AFPS 18 Sep 2006 -- NATO leaders will meet in New York later this week to discuss the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force effort in Afghanistan and the best way to meet its outstanding requirements.
• "Pakistan is stable, I am relaxed and confident": Musharraf IRNA 18 Sep 2006 -- President Pervez Musharraf has categorically ruled out any possibility of a patch up with what he called the fighting Taliban.
• Suicide Bomber Kills Four NATO Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- A suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan has killed at least four NATO soldiers and injured many other people, including children.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New Report: Administration Moving Forward on Plans for Bombing Attacks in Iran The Century Foundation 18 Sep 2006 -- In a new report for The Century Foundation, Retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner warns that some in the Bush administration are making the case for air strikes aimed not only at setting back Iran's nuclear program, but also at toppling the country's government
• National Guard Chief: More Domestic Assets Needed AFPS 18 Sep 2006 -- The National Guard's domestic equipment levels must be significantly improved, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said here Sept. 16.
• California Air Guard Joins Terror Response Exercise in Ukraine AFPS 18 Sep 2006 -- Members of the California Air National Guard are participating in a disaster response exercise here with civilian and military personnel from Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
• 173rd Airborne Brigade becomes a brigade combat team Army News 18 Sep 2006 -- As part of the Army's continuing transformation efforts, the 173rd Airborne Brigade of Vicenza, Italy, became the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Sept. 15 in a ceremony at Warner Barracks.
• Stryker unit now calls Germany 'home' Army News 18 Sep 2006 -- Another piece of U.S. Army, Europe's ongoing transformation fell into place Sept. 15 during ceremonies welcoming USAREUR's newest warriors, the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.
• Army Reserve team keeps track of Theater Provided Equipment Army News 18 Sep 2006 -- In the early stages of the war on terror, the Army Reserve left behind equipment for follow-on units to use in an effort to cut down on deployment time and shipping costs.
• Soldier hit by anti-tank mine praises up-armor Army News 18 Sep 2006 -- Soldiers are issued cumbersome protective gear that they have to lug, carry and drag everywhere they go. With heavy steel doors and blast shields, vehicles in the Army are no exception.
• North Carolina Completes Hull Navy NewsStand 18 Sep 2006 -- Sailors from the Virginia-class submarine PCU North Carolina (SSN 777) reached a significant milestone in their command's history after the final hull welds were completed, Aug. 31, marking the last major milestone before the sub is christened next year.
• GW Completes DEPERM Navy NewsStand 18 Sep 2006 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed Magnetic Treatment (DEPERM) Sept. 14, at Lambert's Point DEPERMing Station in Norfolk.
• Stennis Strike GroupTakes ASW Course From Classroom to Ocean Navy NewsStand 18 Sep 2006 -- USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) became the first Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier to conduct the second phase of the Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Course (IAC II) at sea Sept 15.
• USS Bonhomme Richard Visits Victoria, Canada Navy NewsStand 18 Sep 2006 -- After four days of operational testing on the Nanoose Bay range, USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) Sailors took part in a three-day port visit to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from Sept. 9-11.
• NATO Foreign Ministers To Meet During U.N. General Assembly Washington File 18 Sep 2006 -- NATO's foreign ministers plan to meet September 21 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York for their final high-level talks before the NATO summit in November in Latvia.
• Ukraine says no Russia control of Black Sea facilities RIA Novosti 18 Sep 2006 -- Ukraine issued its latest diplomatic barrage against Russia's military presence on the Black Sea Tuesday when it said its former Soviet stable mate had no right to control infrastructure, navigation and support facilities there.
• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and National Security Advisor Steve Hadley The White House 13 Sep 2006
• Press Briefing by Senior NSC Directors on the President's Bilateral Meetings The White House 18 Sep 2006
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 18 Sep 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for September 18, 2006
• Boeing Successful in Second Laser JDAM Moving Target Test Boeing 18 Sep 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] successfully completed its Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) weapon system flight test program on Sept. 15 with engagement of a target moving at 40 mph.
• EADS obtains contract for the design and development of Spanish Future Soldier (COMFUT) EADS 18 Sep 2006 -- EADS Defence & Security Systems Spain (DS) has been awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Defence the design and development phase of the “Combatiente Futuro” (COMFUT) research and development programme. The Spanish company, through its Defence and Communications Systems business unit, will design, develop and provide the Spanish Army with an operative section prototype – this section will be formed by 36 soldiers, divided into three squads. Beginning this year and ending in 2009, this phase of the programme will last three years. The Spanish Ministry of Defence could acquire up to 7.000 units in the future.
• Pratt & Whitney F135 Completes Final Flight Clearance Review, Paving the Way for the Lightning II First Flight Pratt & Whitney 18 Sep 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney today announced the F135 engine has cleared its third and final flight clearance review conducted by the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office. The successful four-day review examined every part and engine module to ensure the Pratt & Whitney engine is qualified for flight. This clears the way for the first flight of the F-35 Lightning II later this year.
• Boeing Selected for U.S. Army World-Wide Satellite Systems Program Boeing 18 Sep 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been selected by the U.S. Army as one of six contractors to provide satellite communications systems and services for the World-Wide Satellite Systems program under a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract valued at up to $5 billion.
• General Dynamics Information Technology to Provide Chief Information Officer Support to the Missile Defense Agency General Dynamics 18 Sep 2006 -- The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently awarded General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a contract worth up to $48 million to support the MDA Chief Information Officer (CIO).
• Raytheon-SAIC Team Selected for NATO Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Work Raytheon 18 Sep 2006 -- Two businesses of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) are part of a multinational team selected as the preferred bidder to support the integration of the NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD). The estimated value of the work is $95 million. Most of the work will be performed in the Netherlands with the participation of Raytheon Missile Systems and ThalesRaytheonSystems.
• TEAMSAIC Selected For NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Engineering And Integration Support Contract SAIC 18 Sep 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today TEAMSAIC was selected to negotiate a firm fixed-price contract to support the integration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD). The contract will establish a six-year period of performance with an estimated value of $95 million. Most of the work will be performed in the Netherlands.
• Successful Safety Testing of GPS-Guided Artillery Projectile Puts Raytheon-BAE Systems Bofors' Excalibur Closer to Fielding Raytheon 18 Sep 2006 -- The Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors' Excalibur team successfully concluded safety testing of the Excalibur global positioning system-guided 155 mm artillery projectile. Excalibur is the next-generation family of projectiles for U.S. Army and Marine Corps artillery.
• Russia to exhibit latest weaponry at African arms show RIA Novosti 18 Sep 2006 -- Russia will present more than 250 new and modernized weapons at an international arms show in South Africa, arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Monday.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICES OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 18 Sep 2006
• Israel Charges 3 Captured Hezbollah Fighters With Murder VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- Israeli authorities on Monday charged three Hezbollah militants captured in Lebanon with murder and other terrorism-related crimes.
• UN Force Commander in Lebanon briefs visiting French Defence Minister UN News Centre 18 Sep 2006 -- The United Nations Force Commander in Lebanon today briefed the visiting French Defence Minister on the latest situation on the ground, including the recent increases in UN troops and the continued Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment.
• Suspected Suicide Bomber Fails to Kill Somalia's Interim President VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- Bomb blast kills five people in convoy, including President Yusuf's brother, security forces kill six presumed assailants in a gunbattle.
• SOMALIA: Explosion at parliament building kills six IRIN 18 Sep 2006 -- At least six people were killed and up to 10 wounded in an explosion on Monday as the president of Somali's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was leaving the building housing the interim parliament in the town of Baidoa, the temporary seat of government, an official said.
• Blasts Kill 11 Outside Somalia Parliament VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- Somalia's foreign minister says at least 11 people were killed in an apparent assassination attempt on Somali Interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Monday.
• LTTE kills 11 Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka IRNA 18 Sep 2006 -- Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels have hacked to death 11 Muslim construction workers in eastern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.
• Moldova: Transdniestrians Say 'Yes' To Independence, Union With Russia RFE/RL 18 Sep 2006 -- Preliminary results show voters in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region have overwhelmingly voted in favor of maintaining independence, with a view to eventually joining Russia.
• UGANDA: Peace process boosted as rebel leader emerges from hideout IRIN 18 Sep 2006 -- Joseph Kony, leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, joined his deputy, Vincent Otti, at the Ri-Kwangba Camp, on Monday, in a boost for the Ugandan peace process.
• Transdnestr plebiscite outcome calls for talks - Russian FM RIA Novosti 18 Sep 2006 -- Russia's foreign minister said Monday the overwhelming support for a union with Russia in a referendum in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdnestr Sunday was predictable, and he urged that talks on the post-Soviet conflict be resumed.
• Nepalese Government, Rebels Agree to Resume Talks VOA 18 Sep 2006 -- In Nepal, the government and Maoist rebels have decided to hold talks to clear away obstacles to a peace process that began in April

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF POLAND United Nations 18 Sep 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED, LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES United Nations 18 Sep 2006
• UN: Priorities Set As General Assembly Nears RFE/RL 18 Sep 2006 -- The 61st General Assembly of the United Nations starts its debate session on September 19.
• Boeing Receives $278 million NASA Payload Processing Option Boeing 18 Sep 2006 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) contract has been extended for three years by NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
• Lockheed Martin Instrument Suite To Study Dynamic Solar Activity On New International Sun Mission Lockheed Martin 18 Sep 2006 -- A suite of instruments called the Focal Plane Package (FPP) – designed and built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto – is scheduled for launch on the Solar-B satellite from the Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan on Sept. 23, 2006.