Friday, March 25, 2011

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Barak Confirms ~ 'Iron Dome' To Be Deployed Within Days

Asian Defense News: DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Barak Confirms ~ 'Iron Dome' To Be Deployed Within Days
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 25, 2011: Defense minister says anti-rocket system likely move around to meet operational needs; cautions system is not a 100% solution Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday confirmed that he authorized the deployment of the Iron Dome missile defense system.


Speaking during a tour of the Gaza region, Barak said: "I authorized the IDF in the coming days to authorize the first operational deployment of Iron Dome batteries, here in the southern region."

The test deployment, he said, "will continue for several weeks and the layout will vary with operational needs."

The defense minister praised Iron Dome's technology, calling it an "extraordinary development" by the defense industry. He cautioned, however, that it does not provide a 100 percent solution to the rocket threat.

The Iron Dome system will be part of the IDF's solution to the barrage of rockets fired into southern Israel from Gaza in the last week, a statement from the IDF spokesperson said.

Iron Dome is designed to defend against rockets at a range of 4-70 km and each battery consists of a multi-mission radar manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and three launchers, each equipped with 20 interceptors named Tamir.

The defense minister also praised the IDF's operations in the southern region. "The IDF is doing a very good job - very professional and creative, with [good] results, along the border and in the Gaza Strip itself," he said.

"Terror organizations in the Strip took a hard hit during the last 10 days," Barak said, adding that the groups had lost fighters during that period.

He noted that "some 100 rockets and mortars that reached communities further [from the Strip] than usual" were hit, including Beersheba, Ashdod, Sderot, Ashkelon, and the Gaza border-region communities. "We have no intention to allow terrorist organizations to renew the situation and breaking the status quo," he said. The defense minister added, "We will act as it is needed to return the operations back to the [border] line itself."

"I don't recommend to Hamas or Islamic Jihad to attempt and return us to the situation when [rockets] were fired at areas deep into the country and at communities in the border region."


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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 25, 2011

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 25, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - March 25, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued March 25, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $77,172,660 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for patient monitoring equipment, parts and training. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were originally 17 proposals solicited with nine responses. This contract is exercising the second option year. The date of performance completion is March 29, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM2D1-09-D-8349).

Naughton Energy Corp.*, Pocono Pines, Pa., is being awarded a maximum $8,970,453 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are in Philadelphia and New York. Using services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were originally 696 proposals solicited with 680 responses. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2014. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-8525).

Parker-Hannifin Corp., Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $7,379,620 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for hydraulic actuators. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2014. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (SP0400-01-D-9726).

ARMY

Navistar Defense, Warrenville, Ill., was awarded on March 23 a $40,832,977 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the acquisition of 829 rocket-propelled grenade net kits for the MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. Work will be performed in Warrenville, Ill., with an estimated completion date of July 28, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-D-0014).

HX5, LLC, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded on March 23 an $18,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of research and development, science and engineering, and related logistical and administrative support services for all Engineer Research and Development Center laboratories and other local Corps entities. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Federal Business Opportunities Program with four bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-D-0001).

NAVY

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $10,596,300 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for the procurement of 741 Honeywell model GG1320 ring laser gyros for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the U.S. Navy (714) and the government of Australia (27 spares). Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla. (87 percent), and St. Louis, Mo. (13 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin-MS2, Liverpool, N.Y., is being awarded a $7,907,803 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee option exercise modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-6282) for the production and support of multi-function towed arrays for the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 antisubmarine warfare combat systems. The multi function towed array is the next generation passive and active sonar receiver. It affords several enhancements to the AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array System allowing greater coverage, increased capability/reliability, and reduced obsolescence. Multi-function towed array significantly contributes to the capability of surface ships to detect, localize and prosecute undersea threats and is a critical sensor to a combat systems suite. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. (60 percent); Baltimore, Md. (20 percent); Cleveland, Ohio (14 percent); and Phoenix, Ariz. (6 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $7,325,687 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar-day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark. This regular overhaul will include dry-docking and undocking the ship; underwater hull painting; main engine overhaul; propeller shaft inspection; cleaning and gas freeing tanks, voids and cofferdams; tank structural surveying and testing; and non-skid renewal. The ship’s primary mission is to deliver ammunition, provisions, stores, spare parts, potable water and petroleum to the Navy’s carrier strike groups and other naval forces at sea. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $8,787,682. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and posted to the Federal Business Opportunities Web page, with three offers received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting activity (N40442-11-C-3049).

Correction to Navy contract (N62473-11-d-0016) issued Feb 3, 2011, money was awarded in an additional contract to a fifth company. Contract awarded on Feb. 3, 2011, to BEST Contracting Services, Inc., Gardena, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0006); MTM Construction, Inc., City of Industry, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0007); Premier Roofing CA, Inc.*, Spring Valley, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0008); and RL Campbell Management Services, Inc.*, Jacksonville, Fla. (N62473-11-D-0009), is revised to show DRI Commercial, Irvine, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0016) as sharing in the combined $100,000,000 award.

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DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Air India To Take First 787 In October: Sources

Asian Defense News: DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Air India To Take First 787 In October: Sources
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 25, 2011:

Air India is slated to take its first 787 in October, the first of 27 the carrier has on order, Boeing and airline sources tell ATI and Flightglobal.


The first aircraft, likely Airplane 25, will be registered VT-ANA, and powered with twin General Electric GEnx-1B engines.

According to Boeing's latest Z23 schedule planning, the Indian carrier will be among the four asian airlines to receive 20 787s in 2011.

All Nippon Airways is slated to receive its first in July, with Japan Airlines to follow in October, followed by China Southern in late in 2011.

Air India said at last month's Aero India in Bangalore it anticipated receiving its first 787 in the fourth quarter, in line with the October target, more than three years after its first was expected in September 2008.


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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Turkey Has Postponed Purchase Of 100 F-35 JSF

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**Turkey has postponed the purchase of 100 US-made F-35 warplanes in objection to the American's refusal to share the aircraft's technology
(NSI News Source Info) TEHRAN, Iran - March 25, 2011:Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Tuesday that negotiations with Pentagon officials over procurement of source codes used in the software designed for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), and codes used externally to operate the military aircraft had not yielded "satisfactory results," Today's Zaman newspaper reported on Thursday.

He said a range of topics has been covered in the talks but stressed that it did not yield sufficient grounds to convince Turkey to purchase the jets.

"We will evaluate the order in the next meeting of Turkey's Defense Industry Implementation Committee," Gonul said.

Turkish engineers reportedly would not be able to make any changes to the software that operates F-35 fighter jets without the source codes. The external flight codes are also necessary to navigate the jets.

The fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II -- also known as Joint Strike Fighter or JSF -- is a single-seat, single-engine and multi-role fighter. The aircraft can conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground combat missions.

The F-35 Lightning II is manufactured in three different main versions; conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL), carrier variant (CV) as well as a short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL). A fourth variant, the F-35 I, is a version exclusively manufactured for the Israeli regime.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway and Denmark have contributed financially to the development of F-35. Israel and Singapore have joined the project as security partners.

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