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DALLAS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received contracts totaling $603 million from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), both combat proven and highly successful in the current Global War on Terror. Work on the contracts will be performed at the company's facilities in Camden, AR, and Grand Prairie, TX, with the last contract scheduled...

BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to maneuver and guide 81mm air-dropped mortars to a stationary ground target after release from an aircraft. The guide-to-target flight tests verified the ability of the novel General Dynamics guidance system to provide a precision strike capability utilizing low-cost mortars. These test results build on previous pre-programmed maneuver...

     HONOLULU, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Supreme Court ruled "the Navy and its leaders -- not federal judges -- should determine how best to defend our nation," Robert H. Thomas and Mark M. Murakami of the Hawaii law firm of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert wrote in a recent commentary.  Thomas and Murakami had filed an amicus brief in Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council on behalf of nine retired Navy admirals, the Navy League of...

VANCOUVER, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - In the context of HudBay Minerals Inc.'s (TSX-HBM) pending business combination with Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX-LUN) and the subsequently announced alternative breakup bid by Jaguar Financial Corp (TSX-JFC), Callinan Mines (TSX.V-CAA) will take all necessary actions to defend and preserve its interest in the Callinan and 777 Mines and the potential damages which may be awarded in Callinan's court action against HudBay Minerals Inc. ("HudBay")....

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ninety-four (94) countries -- including most U.S. NATO allies -- signed a Convention on Cluster Munitions treaty banning cluster bombs in Oslo, Norway. The U.S. was not present to join the majority of the world's nations in stopping the use of these weapons, which kill or maim mostly civilians and children. President-Elect Barack Obama has said he supports initiatives to minimize civilian casualties from conventional weapons, including cluster...

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 80 countries - including most U.S. allies in NATO - began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs in Oslo, Norway today. The U.S. government is not there and the Bush administration has refused to join the majority of the world's nations in stopping the use of these weapons, which kill or maim mostly civilians and children. President-Elect Barack Obama has said he supports initiatives to minimize civilian casualties from conventional...

An office worker in Worcester, England, kept a World War I shell as a paperweight for years without knowing it was still live, a friend says. Jon Williamson said his friend, Jeff Heyes, had unknowingly put his own life in danger by keeping the live shell on his desk, using the potentially deadly item as a simple paperweight, the Daily Mail said Friday. Williamson said it was not until he saw the shell that its potential danger became apparent to Heyes, who had the item removed by area...

Of all the threats facing U.S. soldiers in combat, among the most dangerous are roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices (IED's). At the 61st Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics this week in San Antonio, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist David Mott is presenting research aimed at predicting the risk of traumatic brain injury for U.S. soldiers and other people who are wounded by improvised explosive devices.There are a number of grave...

Ungava Mines Inc. (OTCBB: UGVMF) (the "Corporation") announces that Mr. Paul Vorvis, LLB, MBA has been appointed the President of Ungava Mines Inc. Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and...

Nearctic Nickel Mines Inc. (PINK SHEETS: NNMIF)(the "Corporation") announces that Mr. Paul Vorvis, LLB, MBA has been appointed the President of Nearctic Nickel Mines Inc. Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant...