On 16 June 2003 the minority shareholder, BAE Systems, sold its 25 % share to European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, making EADS sole shareholder.

BAE sold its 25 % stake in June 2003 and the company became EADS Astrium.

In 2003 Thales UK's design won the competition for the Royal Navy Future Carrier ( CVF ) and the company now participates in an alliance company with BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence.

In 2003 it became an independent division known as BAE Systems Submarines after BAE systems split its ship and submarine building operations.

Olver was then appointed Deputy Group Chief Executive in January 2003 and served in that role until his departure for BAE Systems plc in July 2004.

( EthnoAdmin 2003 ) In 1931, Steward, pressed for money, began fieldwork on the Great Basin Shoshone under the auspices of Kroeber ’ s Culture Element Distribution ( CED ) survey ; in 1935 he received an appointment to the Smithsonian ’ s Bureau of American Ethnography ( BAE ), which published some of his most influential works.

In 2003 the YSL and Govan shipyards were placed under the control of a new unit of BAE, BAE Systems Naval Ships.

The first flight to Antarctica took place on February 12, 1989, and usually these take place on the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, employing the BAE 146-200, Twin Otter, King Air 100 and ( since 2003 ) the DHC-7 leased from Voyageur Airways of Canada.

In 2008, Alexander Dennis unveiled the hybrid-electric powered version of Enviro200 Dart ( known as the Enviro200H, not to be confused with the TransBus Enviro200H which was unveiled in 2003 ) using BAE Systems's HybriDrive series drive system with Cummins ISBe 4-cylinder engine fitted for power generation.

* Wilson, John F. et al., Informal Funds Transfer Systems: An Analysis of the Hawala System, International Monetary Fund, October, 2003

* M. Brian Blake, " Coordinating Multiple Agents for Workflow-Oriented Process Orchestration ", Information Systems and e-Business Management Journal, Springer-Verlag, December 2003.

* Peterson and Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Third Edition, 2003

Proceedings of ACM CHI 2003 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 193 – 200.

In 2003, Texaco Ovonics Battery Systems was restructured into Cobasys, a 50 / 50 joint venture between Chevron and Energy Conversion Devices ( ECD ) Ovonics.

* In September 2003 two people-Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton-intending to protest against the Defence Systems Equipment International ( DSEI ) show in London's Docklands, were stopped and searched under the Act.

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In 2003 Warnock and his wife donated 200, 000 shares of Adobe Systems valued at over 5. 7 million dollars

* John Gall ( 2003 ) The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small.

On March 6, 2003, the SCO Group ( formerly known as Caldera International and Caldera Systems ) filed a $ 1 billion lawsuit in the US against IBM for allegedly “ devaluing ” its version of the UNIX operating system.

* Intelligent Bathroom Fixtures and Systems ( comparison between passive and active vision systems for use with plumbing fixtures, as published in Leonardo, 36 ( 3 ), pp 199 – 120, June 2003 )

* D. Liberzon Switching in Systems and Control ( 2003 Springer ) pp. 89ff

He gave the Canadian government six months from January 9, 2003 to remedy the situation, which prompted the controversial announcement on July 8 that Health Canada would begin distribution of marijuana grown under contract to Prairie Plant Systems in Flin Flon, Manitoba.

In 2003, Texaco Ovonics Battery Systems was restructured into Cobasys, a 50 / 50 joint venture between Chevron and Energy Conversion Devices ( ECD ) Ovonics.

Terminal guidance is provided by an active radar seeker which is a joint development ( June 2003 ) between MBDA's Seeker Division and Thales Airborne Systems and builds on their co-operation on the 4A ( Active Anti-Air Seeker ) family of seekers that equip the MICA and ASTER missiles.

He became Vice President and general manager of Cisco's Gigabit Systems Business Unit, until leaving the company in December 2003 to head Kealia, Inc.

* Forsyth, Douglas J. and Daniel Verdier, eds., The Origins of National Financial Systems: Alexander Gerschenkron Reconsidered, London and New York, Routledge, ( 2003 ) ISBN 0-415-30168-8

She is the music composer for the Fire Emblem video game franchise, which was not released outside Japan until 2003, and several other Intelligent Systems developed games.

* Wolcott, P. & Goodman, S. E. ( 2003 ), Global Diffusion of the Internet – I India: Is the Elephant Learning to Dance ?, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 11: 560 – 646.

In April 2003, BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Siebel Systems submitted BPEL4WS 1. 1 to OASIS for standardization via the Web Services BPEL Technical Committee.

In 2003, she discovered the source code of voting machine manufacturer, Diebold Election Systems, which now operates under the name Premier Election Systems.

* Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery by Gian J. Quasar, International Marine / Ragged Mountain Press ( 2003 ) ISBN 0-07-142640-X ; contains list of missing craft as researched in official records.

During his military career, he served as Commander, United States European Command ( COMUSEUCOM ) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ) from 2003 to 2006 and as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003.

In 2003, he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.

In their book, Cobra II, military correspondent Michael R. Gordon and military historian and retired Marine Corps general Bernard Trainor argued that Franks failed to recognize the threat the Saddam Fedayeen irregular fighters posed to the invading ground forces in 2003 and their potential to form the core of a post-war insurgency.

Since the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the US Marine Corps has introduced a thermobaric ' Novel Explosive ' ( SMAW-NE ) round for the Mk 153 SMAW rocket launcher.

British Ammunition Technicians of 11 EOD Regiment RLC were requested by the US Forces commanders to operate in support of the US Marine Corps in clearing the Iraqi oilfields of booby traps and were amongst the very first British service personnel sent into Iraq in 2003 prior to the actual ground invasion itself.

** Oakwood Mutiny-The Oakwood Mutiny refers to a short-lived event which occurred in 27 July 2003 when members of the Philippine Marine Corps and Army took hold of the Glorietta Mall and the Oakwood Premier Condominium in Makati City.

A U. S. 1st Marine Division | Marine Corps M1 Abrams tank patrols a Baghdad street in April 2003.

Joseph Jacob " Joe " Foss ( April 17, 1915 – January 1, 2003 ) was the leading fighter ace of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and a 1943 recipient of the Medal of Honor, recognizing his role in the air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

A U. S. 1st Marine Division | Marine Corps M1 Abrams tank patrols a Baghdad street after its fall in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

* Task Force Tarawa, the name of the 2nd Marine Brigade during the 2003 invasion of Iraq

US Marine Corps M1A1 on a live fire exercise in Iraq, 2003.

A subsequent election virtually eliminated the New Democratic Party from the legislature, and Gordon Campbell of the BC Liberals auctioned off the PacifiCat fleet on March 24, 2003 for $ 19. 4 million ($ 6. 5 million / vessel ) to the Washington Marine Group.

* Task Force Tarawa, the name given the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade during the 2003 invasion of Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He led his unit to within 130 km of Baghdad before being relieved of command on April 4, 2003 by Major General James Mattis, the commanding officer of the 1st Marine Division.

Past honorees have included: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz ( 2002 ), Senator Joe Lieberman ( 1997 ), Senator Max Cleland ( 2000 ), then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney ( 1991 ), all three Secretaries of the U. S. Armed Services ( 2001 ), Congresswoman Jane Harman and Congressman Jim Saxton ( 2003 ), Indiana Senator Evan Bayh ( 2004 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace ( USMC ) ( 2005 ), Senator John McCain ( 2006 ), Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ( 2007 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen ( 2008 ), and ( 2009 ) all five chiefs of the U. S. Armed Forces and the Commander of the U. S. Special Operations Command ( U. S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr .; U. S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway ; U. S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead ; Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen ; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz ; Commander of U. S. Special Operations Command U. S. Navy Adm. Eric T.

A U. S. 1st Marine Division | Marine Corps M1 Abrams tank patrols a Baghdad street after its fall in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

United States Marine Matthew Bogdanos has led the search for these stolen artifacts since 2003.

Among his previous postings were Director of Operations ( J-3 ) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Commanding General of 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force, taking part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and First Battle of Fallujah.

Sidney Sanders McMath ( June 14, 1912October 4, 2003 ) was a decorated U. S. Marine, attorney and the 34th Governor of Arkansas ( 1949 – 1953 ) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid rural electrification, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, strict bank and utility regulation, repeal of the poll tax, open and honest elections and broad expansion of opportunity for black citizens in the decade following World War II.