Monday, October 24, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 24, 2011

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 24, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 24, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 24, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Global Integrated Security (USA), Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $480,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the reconstruction security support services throughout Afghanistan in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 19, 2015. Five bids were solicited, with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-12-D-0001).

Core Engineering and Construction, Inc., Winter Park, Fla., was awarded a $45,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the remediation services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2016. There were 54 bids solicited, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-12-D-0002).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $33,336,156 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to produce 12 launcher mod kits. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Lufkin, Texas; Chelmsford, Mass.; and Ocala, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0001).

Benard Associates, Wayne, N.J., was awarded a $23,974,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the renovation and addition services for West Point Middle School. Work will be performed in West Point, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2015. Thirty bids were solicited, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-12-C-0001).

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $14,395,550 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of UH-60 fault-function panels. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-D-0010).

BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded a $9,031,771 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the refurbishment and analysis services for the Paladin integrated management bridge, three. Work will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0550).

NAVY

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $89,954,864 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2109) to exercise an option for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine platforms. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (75 percent), and Newport News, Va. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $16,868,744 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to contract (N00024-11-C-5106) to exercise options for Aegis Weapon System and Aegis Combat System combat systems engineering, in-country support services, and staging support to fulfill Aegis lifetime support requirements for the Republic of Korea Navy. This contract modification involves the Republic of Korea under Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (85.8 percent); Seoul, South Korea (10.8 percent); Pusan, South Korea (1.7 percent); and Chinhae, South Korea (1.7 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2016. 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.

AIR FORCE

The Boeing Co., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded an $11,129,648 firm-fixed-price contract for spares and will provide five major subassemblies required to build-up six AC-130U 25 mm ammunition storage handling systems assemblies. These subassemblies are conveyor assembly, loader/downloader, magazine transfer unit, magazine driver gearbox, and the gun drive gearbox. Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8520-12-D-0003).


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DTN News: Happy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights 2011

Asian Defense News: DTN News: Happy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights 2011
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 24, 2011: We Wish All our Readers and Viewers aHappy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights. May Ma Lakshmi Showers You and Your Family with Love, Luck, Beauty, Happiness as well Wealth and Prosperity for the coming Year.




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Sunday, October 23, 2011

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghanistan With Pakistan In US-Pak War Says Hamid Karzai

Asian Defense News: DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghanistan With Pakistan In US-Pak War Says Hamid Karzai
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 23, 2011: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad — a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his eastern neighbor during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent visit to Kabul.

Such a scenario is exceedingly unlikely, and Karzai's remarks appeared to be less a serious statement of policy than an overture to Pakistan, whose cooperation is sorely needed if Afghanistan is to have a chance at stability after years of conflict and civil war.

Nonetheless, Karzai's comments during an interview with the private GEO television station in Pakistan broadcast on Saturday contrasted sharply with his show of alliance with Washington during Clinton's visit last week, during which the American ramped up the pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants using its territory for attacks into Afghanistan.

"If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan," Karzai said. "If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."

He said his country was indebted to Pakistan for taking in millions of Afghan refugees over the years and stressed that Kabul would not allow any nation — be it the U.S., India, Russia, China or anyone else — to dictate its policies.
"Anybody that attacks Pakistan, Afghanistan will stand with Pakistan," he said. "Afghanistan will never betray its brother."

Both Washington and Kabul have repeatedly said Pakistan is providing sanctuary to terrorist groups launching attacks in Afghanistan.

Clinton, joined by a bevy of top U.S. officials including CIA director David Petraeus, flew to Pakistan after her Kabul visit with the blunt message that if Islamabad is unwilling or unable to take the fight to the al-Qaida and Taliban-linked Haqqani network operating from its western border with Afghanistan, the U.S. "would show" Pakistan how to eliminate that militant group's safe havens.

Even so, she said the U.S. has no intention of deploying U.S. forces across the border in Pakistan. She suggested that the favored solution would be reconciliation and peace efforts and that Islamabad needs to cooperate.

U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces on Saturday concluded two operations aimed at disrupting insurgent operations in Kabul, provinces south of the Afghan capital and along the eastern border with Pakistan — all places where the Haqqani network has launched attacks.

"A number of Haqqani affiliated insurgents plus additional fighters have been either detained or killed," Army Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings, a spokesman for the coalition said Sunday. No further details were immediately available.

The focus on fighting those who refuse to embrace peace efforts while seeking reconciliation is pivotal in NATO's push to try to stabilize and secure Afghanistan as much as possible by the end of 2014, when foreign troops are scheduled to withdraw or move into support roles.

But the insurgents have remained intransigent and attacks and bombings plague Afghanistan, claiming the lives of civilians as well as those of Afghan and international forces.

NATO said that one of its service members was killed Sunday following an insurgent attack in the south of Afghanistan, a traditional Taliban stronghold.

Earlier, the alliance had reported the death of another of its troops in an attack in the eastern part of the country on Saturday.

NATO did not provide additional details, but the deaths raised to 473 the number of NATO service members killed so far this year in Afghanistan.

Separately, five villagers were killed while trying to remove a roadside mine planted by the Taliban in the Pashtun Zarghun district of the western province of Herat, the provincial governor's spokesman, Mohyaddin Noori, said Sunday.

The villagers had found six mines that were planted to target Afghan security forces in the area and, instead of notifying authorities, tried to move them themselves.

NATO and Afghan forces have been expanding their operations in the east, targeting the Haqqani network that operates out of Pakistan's North Waziristan region. Pakistan has been reluctant to move more forcefully against the Haqqani, arguing such an act could spark a broader tribal war in the region with which it is militarily ill-equipped militarily to handle.
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Associated Press writers Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann in Kabul contributed to this report.




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Saturday, October 22, 2011

DTN News - EADS NEWS: Airbus Military And The Royal Thai Police Join Forces To Help Thailand

Asian Defense News: DTN News - EADS NEWS: Airbus Military And The Royal Thai Police Join Forces To Help Thailand
NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 22, 2011: The Royal Thai Police and Airbus Military have used a C295 aircraft for the transport of 12 people and 4.3 tonnes of humanitarian provisions, such as water and tents, to the province of Nakhorn Sawan, affected by the recent floods.


The mission with the C295 was initially planned just as a demonstration flight, but after these terrible events, it was changed to aid the local population. The C295 put to good use its capabilities to operate in rough environments and short and unprepared airstrips, with limited or no ground aids.

Thailand has been suffering floods and heavy rain since the end of July. The Government already indicated that over 270 people have died and more than three million people have been affected by the floods.

EADS Related News;

21 October 2011

Malaysia Airlines’ First A380 takes off from Toulouse for its maiden flight

21 October 2011

Airbus Military and the Royal Thai Police join forces to help Thailand

21 October 2011

Eurocopter Chile Delivers the First Ecureuil AS350 B3e for the Americas to Servicios Aéreos Kipreos

21 October 2011

CASSIDIAN deploys the broadband telecommunications network operated by the French National Gendarmerie at an altitude of 3,842 m

20 October 2011

TAM finalizes order for 32 A320 Family aircraft, including 22 A320neo

19 October 2011

CASSIDIAN's newly developed SPEXER™ 1000 Security Radar offers unprecedented level of critical infrastructure protection

19 October 2011

Air New Zealand orders up to 12 ATR 72-600s

19 October 2011

Eurocopter stands ready to provide the appropriate platforms for future defense needs of the Republic of Korea

19 October 2011

CASSIDIAN boosts its light UAV activity with the acquisition of SurveyCopter

18 October 2011

A350 XWB’s Trent engine rolls-out for initial flight tests

18 October 2011

Eurocopter reinforces its commitment to strengthen the Republic of Korea’s aerospace industry, and highlights the Surion and its naval derivative

18 October 2011

Eurofighter delivers to the Spanish Air Force the Typhoon nr. 300

17 October 2011

Virgin Australia inaugurates ATR 72-500 services


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