FAIRFAX, Va., July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Perot Systems Corp. to support the Directorate of Information Management transition at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey.
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LANCASTER, Pa., July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. company Herley Industries Inc. has been selected to provide the Captor Radar used in the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft with microwave assembly technologies.
GREENBELT, Md., July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to compete for advisory and assistance services task orders in the European area of operations.
MOORESTOWN, N.J., July 6 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide development support for the situational awareness Space Fence system.
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LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- Debbie Rowe, mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, after first saying she would go now says she won't attend his Tuesday memorial in Los Angeles.
SUMEDANG, Indonesia, July 6 (UPI) -- Officials in Indonesia's West Java province have declared a state of emergency in the fight against AIDS.
URUMQI, China, July 6 (UPI) -- The death toll from rioting in China's Xinjiang-Uighur region, home to Muslim Uighurs, has been raised to 156, regional officials said Monday.
MOSCOW, July 6 (UPI) -- The United States and Russia agreed to help Afghanistan with economic and security objectives, and provide transit across Russia for U.S. military equipment.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 6 (UPI) -- Militant attacks in Afghanistan Monday killed six U.S. soldiers, officials said.
BRUSSELS, July 6 (UPI) -- The European Commission said it is studying reforming derivatives trading to increase transparency in a complex market.
STANFORD, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say rare sheep called "hair sheep" could be a key to improving medical diagnostic tests conducted in the developing world.
NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- Atlanta Braves infielder Martin Prado's prowess at the plate produced his first National League Player of the Week award Monday.
LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson's family is working with Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries on plans for the King of Pop's remains, officials said.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 6 (UPI) -- South Carolina police were looking into whether a man officers shot to death in North Carolina Monday was linked to five killings in the state, officials said.
BASTAD, Sweden, July 6 (UPI) -- Seeded players Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia were among the first-round winners Monday in the first Swedish Open.
TOKYO, July 6 (UPI) -- Japanese toy makers said custom-made figurines created to resemble those that purchase them are selling out rapidly.
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 6 (UPI) -- Mayo Clinic and University of California-San Francisco medical researchers say they have found a connection between DNA alterations and brain cancer.
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 6 (UPI) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said he was "very clear" in his support of the U.S. dollar as the primary central bank reserve currency.