DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Xi Cancels Clinton Meeting: US official

Asian Defense News: DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's Xi Cancels Clinton Meeting: US official

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 5, 2012: China's likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State, a US official said Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers.

Hillary Clinton had been due to meet Vice President Xi later Wednesday during a brief visit to Beijing that looks set to be dominated by a series of territorial disputes between China and its neighbours, notably in the South China Sea.

"We were informed after 11:00 pm last night by the Chinese side that for unexpected scheduling reasons, the meeting between Vice President Xi and Secretary Clinton is not going to happen today," said the official, who requested anonymity.

"We understand from the Chinese side that Vice President Xi's meetings with the prime minister of Singapore and a Russian official have also been cancelled today."

Clinton has voiced hope that China, which claims virtually all of the South China Sea, will agree to work out a code of conduct on regional territorial disputes, and has encouraged 

Southeast Asian nations to stand united.

But Beijing has repeatedly expressed concern over what it sees as interference by Washington in the region.

Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said ahead of Clinton's arrival Tuesday that China hoped the United States would "do more to promote regional peace and stability, instead of the opposite." 

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Senior Leader Outlines ‘Insider Threat’ Response

Asian Defense News: DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: ISAF Senior Leader Outlines ‘Insider Threat’ Response

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Karen Parrish - American Forces Press Service
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 5, 2012: Coalition forces and Afghan government leaders are attacking the issue of insider threats in Afghanistan on several levels, a top commander in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said today.

Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, commander of ISAF Joint Command, spoke with Pentagon reporters via satellite from the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Insider attacks, which have cost 45 ISAF lives so far this year, occur when an Afghan soldier or policeman, or an enemy impersonating one, deliberately kills or injures a coalition member. Terry told reporters the degree of insurgent involvement in such attacks varies.

“I sense these actions are driven by fear of an increasingly stronger and more capable Afghan national security force … [as the] insurgency is continuously degraded and discredited,” the general said.

Afghanistan’s army and police forces and the nation’s leaders, from President Hamid Karzai through the Interior and Defense ministries and down to provincial and district governor levels, are “seized by” the issue and committed to stopping it, Terry said.

Terry offered his condolences to the families of those who have been killed in the attacks. “We will never let them be forgotten,” said.

The general said the rise in attacks over the summer may reflect the adaptive nature of an enemy whose bombing, assassination and intimidation campaigns are turning Afghanistan’s people against the insurgency. “The reality is we're going to face this,” he said.

An Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman announced today that hundreds of Afghan soldiers have been detained or removed from service. Terry said while he has not yet heard the particulars about those actions, the Afghan Interior and Defense ministries seek to limit insider attacks by examining their recruiting procedures and looking for ways to vet possible recruits more closely.

He noted the coalition is helping in the effort, analyzing data on past insider attacks to determine trends and identify threat factors. With that information, plus the ministries’ findings, “we can better focus our vetting and screening efforts,” the general said. “In other words, go back in and look at specific populations that we think are at risk.”   

The eight-step vetting process for recruits includes background and criminal checks, medical and drug screening, interviews and references, Terry said. The Afghan ministries are examining those processes to ensure they’re as secure and verifiable as possible, he added.

“In addition to that, they're looking at increased efforts to improve the living conditions for their soldiers,” the general noted, “and also how they prepare their soldiers for leave periods, and then specifically how they address those soldiers once they return from leave.”

Terry said his own Army experience tells him soldiers are most vulnerable to outside influence when they’re away from their units, and he suggested Afghan military leaders consider leave periods as critical for their attention. 

Another initiative, he said, is a counterintelligence program that places people trained in countering insider attacks “inside of the formations, so that we can identify some of this threat before it actually materializes out there.”

Terry said some 25 percent of insider attacks since 2007 have involved either direct enemy planning or insurgent support to an attacker. Some of the remaining attacks are personally motivated by things such as perceived insults, he added, noting the overall issue features some cultural factors coalition leaders also are examining.

“I would just say that what we all recognize is that this is society that's really been traumatized by 30-plus years of war,” Terry said. “It also has a gun culture.”

In Afghan culture, resolving grievances and disputes often involves “the barrel of a gun,” he said.

“As we look toward cultural sensitivity … and greater understanding of the culture and of the religion, I think we also have to understand what this country and what this population [have] gone through over time,” Terry said.  

Because of cultural attitudes toward social factors such as friendship and hospitality, Terry said, “I fundamentally believe, … and this is based on my experience of three tours over here, … that [the] closer you are in terms of relationship and friendship with the Afghan partners, probably the safer you are.”

Within their own ranks, ISAF forces are emphasizing cultural sensitivity training and building relationships with Afghan partner forces, Terry said.

Meanwhile, Afghan units are gaining strength and capability, he said, noting Afghanistan’s army and police forces are getting close to 350,000 people fielded.

“I don't, frankly, see that slowing down,” he said.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 5, 2012

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 5, 2012

 Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  726-12 September 5, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 5, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  September 5, 2012   are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

            Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $67,540,517 for fixed-price delivery order #0007 under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-12-D-0209).  This delivery order is issued for the purchase of 207 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) production cargo vehicles for the Marine Corps, 60 MTVR cargo vehicles for the Navy Seabees, Nonrecurring Engineering, and Federal Retail Excise Tax for 299 cargo vehicles.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 29, 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $37,594,595 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

            

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $26,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for DDG 1000 class services.  This modification provides additional class services associated with the detail design and construction of DDG 1000 class ships.  This work will provide technical and industrial engineering in the interpretation and application of the detail design to support construction and the maintenance of the ship design.   Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by March 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington DC., is the contracting activity. 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Insightec Ltd., Dallas, Texas, was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract (SPM2D1-11-D-8364).  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract with a maximum $48,000,000 for imaging systems, subsystems and components.  Other location of performance is Israel.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were forty-three responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Sept. 7, 2013.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. 

            

Geo-Med L.L.C.*, Altamonte Springs, Fla., was awarded contract (SPM2D1-12-D-8200).  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract with a maximum $36,550,740 for various medical and surgical supplies.  Other locations of performance are Tenn.; Ga.; N.C.; Pa.; and Mass.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  There were eighty-six responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Sept. 6, 2017.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

            

BAE Systems Specialty Group, Jessup, Pa., was issued a modification exercising the second option year on contract (SPM1C1-08-D-1080/P00037).  The award is a firm fixed price contract with a maximum $26,940,150 for modular lightweight load carrying equipment.  Other locations of performance are Ky.; Tenn.; Ariz.; Wis.; and Puerto Rico.  Using military service is Army.  There were seven responses to the DLA Internet Bid Board System solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Oct. 31, 2013.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.   

            

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded contract (SPRBL1-12-D-0019).  The award is a firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract with a maximum $19,700,959 for acquisition of spare data bus cards.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using military service is Army.  There was one solicitation with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Army Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2013.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

            

HDT EP Inc., Geneva, Ohio, was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract (SPM8EB-11-D-0004/P00001).  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity contract with a maximum $8,151,208 for retro fit kit compressor.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using military services are Army and Air Force.  There were four responses to the DLA Internet Bid Board System solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012-2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Sept. 29, 2013.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. 

*Small Busines 

CORRECTION

Below is a correction of contract announced earlier: 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Release number 721-12, Sept. 4, 2012, to Cobham Mission Systems Davenport, Davenport, Iowa, was awarded contract (SPRRA1-12-D-0121) a firm fixed price contract is corrected from a maximum $15,764,431 to $14,942,566 for nitrogen inerting units.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Corp., For 207 MTVR Related To Navy And Marine Corps

Asian Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Corp., For 207 MTVR Related To Navy And Marine Corps

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 5, 2012: Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $67,540,517 for fixed-price delivery order #0007 under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-12-D-0209).  

This delivery order is issued for the purchase of 207 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) production cargo vehicles for the Marine Corps, 60 MTVR cargo vehicles for the Navy Seabees, Nonrecurring Engineering, and Federal Retail Excise Tax for 299 cargo vehicles.  

Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 29, 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $37,594,595 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.  

 Built to go over even the roughest terrains and through the most hazardous environments, the Oshkosh® Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) is a high-performance, extremely durable, all-terrain vehicle military personnel can rely on. The MTVR easily carries 15 tons over the highway and up to 7 tons off-road. And with advanced technologies like TAK-4® independent suspension and the Command Zone™ integrated control and diagnostics system, the MTVR has the brawn and the brains to take on any obstacle that attempts to impede the mission.

With the ability to operate in the most extreme conditions, the Oshkosh MTVR provides the durability, reliability and versatility the armed forces need. And with the addition of an all-aluminum cab, a strict anti-corrosion program and total life-cycle support, the MTVR will continue to perform on any mission, every time – wherever that mission is.

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