APBI ANNOUNCEMENT The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's Advance Planning Briefing for Industry will be held on July 10-12, 2000 at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's, Sparkman Center Auditorium, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This briefing is a continuing effort to keep industry informed of the U.S. Army's long range technology development objectives and contractual opportunities. These briefings will be of particular interest to industrial executives who are concerned with the formulation of corporate long range objectives. If you wish to receive a registration package, send a written request along with a return mailing label to Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-RD-AS-TI (APBI Coordinator), Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000. We will begin mailing registration packages May 2000. Foreign nationals wishing to attend the briefing must submit requests through their embassies to Headquarters, Department of the Army. Upon approval of the visit request, a registration package will be forwarded. For further information, contact Ms. Lauretta Mitchell, 256-876-4270, Mitchell-la@redstone.army.mil, at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command or Ms. Tammy Williams, 256-955-6016, Williams-ts@redstone.army.mil at Optical Sciences Corp. Posted 02/16/00 (W-SN426137).

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