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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 11 Dec 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• Roadside bomb hits combat patrol, kills three MND-B Soldiers
• DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
• CENTAF releases airpower summary for Dec. 11 AFPN 11 Dec 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Dec. 11.
• Iraqi Security Forces Capture 16 Terrorism Suspects AFPS 11 Dec 2006 -- Iraqi security forces captured 16 suspected terrorists yesterday, and a Dec. 9 air strike killed two others, military officials in Iraq reported.
• USS Boxer Sailor Helps Repair Iraqi Weather Station Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2006 -- USS Boxer's (LHD 4) Aerographer's Mate 1st Class (AW/SW) Clayton Corbin reported to Iraq's Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) in the North Persian Gulf Dec. 7 to help repair its automated weather station.
• Pakistani Peace Deal Creates 'Taleban Mini-states' VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- In a new report, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group says militants are using peace deals reached with Pakistan to create a virtual sanctuary in the north of the country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Department of Defense and Canada Sign Next Stage Joint Strike Fighter Agreement 11 Dec 2006 -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and the Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defense Ward Elcock signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to begin future cooperation in the production, sustainment, and follow-on development (PSFD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program.
• Army Unveils First Light Utility Helicopter UH-72A LAKOTA Army News Release 11 Dec 2006 -- Gen. Richard A. Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and Joe Redcloud, Chief of Staff of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lakota Nation, accepted the Army's first Lakota Light Utility Helicopter, UH-72A, in a ceremony today in Columbus, Mississippi.
• Army unveils Light Utility Helicopter UH-72A Lakota Army News 11 Dec 2006 -- Gen. Richard A. Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and Joe RedCloud, a chief of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lakota Nation, accepted the Army's first Lakota Light Utility Helicopter, UH-72A, in a ceremony here today.
• AF delivers much needed supplies to Kenya AFPN 11 Dec 2006 -- After weeks of a deluge that seemingly had no end in sight, something besides rain finally fell from the Eastern Kenya sky -- compliments of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing based in Southwest Asia.
• New Pay, Personnel System on Horizon for Troops AFPS 11 Dec 2006 -- A new system coming in 2008 to the Army and Air Force will integrate pay and personnel and make life easier for servicemembers everywhere, the general in charge of the system's deployment said.
• Mine Countermeasure Ship Piggybacks Way to Middle East Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2006 -- USS Gladiator (MCM 11) is getting a ride aboard the Condock V, a Heavy Lift Vessel contracted by Military Sealift Command (MSC), which departed Ingleside, Texas, Dec. 7 for a trip to the Middle East.
• HST Sailors Completes Overnight Fast Cruise Navy NewsStand 11 Dec 2006 -- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) completed its first overnight Fast Cruise Nov. 30.
• Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 11 Dec 2006
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow The White House 11 Dec 2006

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for December 11, 2006
• Pratt & Whitney's F135 Powers the First F-35 Low Speed Taxi Test Pratt & Whitney 11 Dec 2006 -- The F-35 Lightning II, powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine, successfully completed its first low-speed taxi test.
• EADS North America Begins Delivery of UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters to the U.S. Army EADS 11 Dec 2006 -- EADS North America officially delivered the U.S. Army's first UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter today, marking the beginning of this major defense program with a requirement for up to 322 rotary-wing aircraft and a potential total life-cycle value of over $2 billion.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NEW CENTRALIZED CONTROLLER FOR UNMANNED AIR, GROUND SYSTEMS Lockheed Martin 11 Dec 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has conducted a successful series of tests of a new centralized controller device for unmanned air and ground vehicles.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES $256 MILLION CONTRACT FOR FOUR C-130J AIRCRAFT Lockheed Martin 11 Dec 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received an initial $128 million from the United States government as part of a $256.2 million contract for three C-130J-30 combat delivery aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and one KC-130J tanker for the Marine Corps.
• LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES INITIAL $78 MILLION CONTRACT TO PRODUCE 18 NEW F-16S Lockheed Martin 11 Dec 2006 -- The U.S. government has awarded an initial $78 million as part of a $144 million contract to Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for long-lead tasks related to the production of 18 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Pakistan.
• DOD NAMES BAE SYSTEMS AS 'TRUSTED SOURCE' FOR MICROELECTRONICS BAE System 11 Dec 2006 -- The Department of Defense has accredited BAE Systems' Semiconductor Technology Center in Manassas, Va., as a "trusted source" for defense and space microelectronics.
• Lockheed Martin / Northrop Grumman Integrated Payload Test Bed Demonstrates TSAT-Enabled Missions, System Readiness Northrop Grumman 11 Dec 2006 -- A Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team led by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has applied an integrated payload test bed to demonstrate how TSAT will enable new, network-centric missions for the U.S. military such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations not realizable today.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded $104 Million Contract to Equip NATO NE-3A Aircraft with Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems Northrop Grumman 11 Dec 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a $104.6 million contract to outfit 17 NATO AWACS aircraft with the company's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems.
• U.S. Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman Two Contracts Totaling $254 Million for Joint STARS Fleet Support Northrop Grumman 11 Dec 2006 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) two contracts worth a total of $254 million for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS).
• Northrop Grumman to Provide U.S. Army With Next-Generation Laser Rangefinder Northrop Grumman 11 Dec 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $62 million from the U.S. Army to provide nearly 900 next-generation hand-held laser target locators to assist soldiers in locating and identifying enemy targets.
• Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar Raytheon 11 Dec 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has shipped ahead of schedule and under budget the second Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Forward Based X-Band Transportable (FBX-T) radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for final testing and acceptance.
• SAIC Enters into Master Marketing Agreement with Zebra Imaging SAIC 11 Dec 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it has entered into a master marketing agreement with Zebra Imaging to advance three- dimensional (3D) holographic imaging for defense, intelligence and related opportunities.

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 11 Dec 2006
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ELECTIONS United Nations 11 Dec 2006
• Pakistan says Kashmir stand not changed IRNA 11 Dec 2006 -- Pakistan said on Monday it has not given up its position on Kashmir and stands by the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council to resolve the issue according to the aspirations of Kashmiri people.
• SUDAN: Rising insecurity affecting relief operations IRIN 11 Dec 2006 -- Escalating violence in Darfur, which has forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes in the past six weeks and prompted several relief agencies to relocate staff, is jeopardising humanitarian operations in the western Sudanese region, aid workers said.
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Army recaptures last rebel-held town IRIN 11 Dec 2006 -- The army has recaptured a town in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR), the last of several held by rebels since November, a spokesman for President François Bozize said on Monday.
• Georgia blocks Russian military transit flights - Air Force official RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2006 -- Georgia is impeding the transit of Russian military aircraft delivering cargo and personnel to Russia's military base in Armenia, in breach of a bilateral agreement, a Russian Air Force official said Monday.

News Reports

• Annan Criticizes US In Farewell Speech VOA 11 Dec 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used his farewell address to caution the United States against sacrificing its ideals in the battle against terrorism.
• Analysis: Pinochet's Troubling Legacy cfr.org 11 Dec 2006