DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 26, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1041

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 771-10 August 26, 2010

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 26, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 26, 2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $500,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web-solicited with seven responses. The date of performance completion is Aug. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-04-D-BP24).
Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Rockford, Mich., is being awarded a maximum $9,560,971 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for boots. Other location of performance is Cedar Springs, Mich. Using service is Navy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with three responses. The date of performance completion is Aug. 31, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SP0100-06-R-0059).

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DTN News: Boeing, US Navy Celebrate T-45 Jet Trainer's Million-Flight-Hour Milestone....NSI News Source Info # 1040

(NSI News Source Info) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., - August 26, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today joined the U.S. Navy at Cecil Field in Jacksonville to celebrate the Naval Air Training Command’s 1 millionth flight hour with the T-45 Goshawk, the Navy's premier jet trainer aircraft.

"This milestone is another testament to the quality that this team has put into each and every T-45 that we have training our future aerial combat warriors," said Rear Adm. Bill Sizemore, chief of Naval Air Training. "It's an exciting time in Naval Air Training as we forge into the future with the T-45 Goshawk, converting the remaining analog models into digital/glass cockpits to mirror the aircraft in the fleet."

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DTN News: Pakistan TODAY August 26, 2010 - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Helicopter Unit Join Relief Efforts In Pakistan.NSI News Source Info # 1039

(NSI News Source Info) TOKYO, Japan - August 26, 2010: The first contingent of a 200-strong Japanese military helicopter unit left for Pakistan Saturday to join international relief efforts across the flood-ravaged nation.
Fifty ground troops left the Japanese city of Fukuoka for an army airfield in Multan, central Pakistan, Japanese media reported.

They will prepare the ground for the rest of their unit and six helicopters which will transport people and goods in flood-hit areas, according to the Defence Ministry.

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DTN News: Swiss Abort Major Fighter Jet Purchase....NSI News Source Info # 1038

(NSI News Source Info) GENEVA, Switzerland - August 26, 2010: Switzerland on Wednesday postponed its search for new air force fighter jets for several years, just weeks before it was expected to announce a decision on the multibillion dollar tender.
Swiss Defence Minister Ueli Maurer said at a news conference that the postponement of the replacement of about half of the Swiss army's ageing fleet of F-5 Tiger aircraft "will last at most until 2015".
The tender launched in January 2008 led to a fierce battle between European aerospace group EADS's Eurofighter, French firm Dassault's Rafale and the Gripen built by Sweden's Saab.
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DTN News: Canadian Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Military Planes....NSI News Source Info # 1037

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2010: Russia has been caught once again poking its nose in Canadian airspace.
Two Canadian fighter jets were called upon to intercept a pair of Russian military planes on Tuesday as they flew close to Canadian soil.
The CF-18s were scrambled to greet the Russian TU-95 Bear bombers after they were spotted about 56 kilometres north of Inuvik, N.W.T.

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DTN News: U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Navy Craft Flies Into Restricted Airspace....NSI News Source Info # 1036

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON- August 26, 2010: An unmanned aircraft went off course during testing and entered restricted airspace near the nation's capital earlier this month, the Navy said Wednesday.
The craft, an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle, is one of six the Navy is testing for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. It was supposed to fly a preprogrammed route over the Webster Field Annex at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Md., a Navy spokesman, Lt. Myers Vasquez, said.
During testing on Aug. 2, controllers lost the link to the aircraft and it flew off route into the restricted area. Vasquez said the craft was about 40 miles away from Washington. The Federal Aviation Administration was notified that it was a Navy craft so they were aware and monitoring it, Vasquez said.
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DTN News: North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-il, 'Visiting China With His Son' ....NSI News Source Info # 1035

(NSI News Source Info) SEOUL, South Korea - August 26, 2010: North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il is visiting powerful ally China with his son and heir apparent, South Korean government sources said, ahead of a meeting next month that may settle his succession.
The visit comes ahead of a rare meeting of the Workers' Party (WPK), which rubber stamps major policy decisions in the North. Analysts say the assembly could set in motion the succession of the leader's son, Kim Jong-un.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 25, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1034

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 765-10 August 25, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 25, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 25, 2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Aqua Chem, Inc.*, Knoxville, Tenn., is being awarded a maximum $386,000,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, total set-aside contract for water purification systems parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army and Marine Corps. There were originally 27 proposals solicited with two responses. The date of performance completion is Aug. 24, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7MX-10-D-9007).

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DTN News: Russia Denies Deployment Of S-300 Missiles In South Ossetia....NSI News Source Info # 1033

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - August 25, 2010: There is no truth to the Georgian Foreign Minister's statement that Russia has deployed S-300 air defense systems in South Ossetia, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"There are no Russian S-300 systems on the territory of South Ossetia. There is no need for it," the source said.
"The protection of the Russian military base as well as South Ossetia is carried out by Buk air defense systems," the source said, adding that the former Georgian republic's landscape would restrict the deployment of S-300 systems.
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DTN News: Russian, French Warships To Hold Exercises Sept. 3-6....NSI News Source Info # 1032

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - August 25, 2010: Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser will take part in a joint exercise with French warships on September 3-6, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.

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DTN News: British Forces Jackal Keeps Proving Its Worth In Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 1031

(NSI News Source Info) LONDON, U.K. - August 25, 2010: When purchase of the latest batch of Jackal vehicles was announced at Defence Equipment & Support's Defence Vehicle Dynamics event in June 2010 it took the number of Jackal vehicles procured for UK forces to more than 500.

The announcement, by Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Minister Peter Luff, to procure another 140 of the 2A version of the weapons-mounted patrol vehicle at a cost of £45m was another vote of confidence in a vehicle which has enabled British patrols to keep in touch with the enemy, often in the toughest of Afghan terrain. Around 40 of the Jackal 2As are due to be delivered this month.

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DTN News: U.S. Army Orders 1,100 Oshkosh Defense Vehicles To Support The National Guard And Reserve....NSI News Source Info # 1030

(NSI News Source Info) OSHKOSH, Wis. - August 25, 2010: Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today it has received a delivery order modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 1,100 trucks and trailers to the National Guard and Reserve as part of the U.S. Army’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) fleet.
“This award demonstrates the government’s confidence in the Oshkosh FMTV program,” said Mike Ivy, vice president and general manager of Army Programs for Oshkosh Defense. “Every truck delivery is important. We are especially pleased to support the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve. We are anxious to do all we can to help modernize these important components of our national security.”
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DTN News: Lockheed Martin Receives $111.4 Million Contract Modification For F-22 Raptor Sustainment....NSI News Source Info # 1029

(NSI News Source Info) MARIETTA, Georgia,- August 25, 2010: Lockheed Martin Corp. [NYSE: LMT] has received a $111.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet, resulting in a contract value of $709 million. This modification is for the 2010 Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor (FASTeR) sustainment contract, which was issued initially in 2008 and extended in 2009.
FASTeR is a Performance-Based Logistics contract providing weapon systems sustainment of the F-22 fleet at all operational bases for the 2010 calendar year, including training systems, customer support, integrated support planning, supply chain management, aircraft modifications and heavy maintenance, sustained engineering, support products and systems engineering.
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DTN News: U.S. Army Adjusts Ground Combat Vehicle Program Acquisition Strategy....NSI News Source Info # 1028

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 25, 2010: Following a comprehensive review of its Ground Combat Vehicle program, the Army today announced that it has cancelled the original contract solicitation and will issue a revised Request for Proposals (RFP) that will better ensure an achievable, affordable and timely infantry fighting vehicle.
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DTN News: Chinese Military Assistance To Pakistan And Implications For India....NSI News Source Info # 1027

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2010: Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan acknowledged that no relationship between two sovereign states is as unique and durable as that between Pakistan and China.
Pakistan China relations started from 1950 when the former broke diplomatic ties with Republic of China and recognized Peoples Republic of China. With the passage of time relations between both the countries strengthened as they have India as a common enemy. Both the countries support each other on international issues too. China supports Pakistan on Kashmir issue while the later supports China on Tibet, Taiwan and Xinjiang issues.
Hussain Haqqani a senior Pakistani diplomat pointed out that “For China, Pakistan is a low cost secondary deterrent to India while for Pakistan, China is a high value guarantor of security against India.”
China also favours tension between India and Pakistan, as in this way India remains busy in South Asia region and it could not challenge China in international arena.
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DTN News: Lebanon TODAY August 25, 2010 - Lebanon In Factional Power Struggle....NSI News Source Info # 1026

(NSI News Source Info) BEIRUT, Lebanon - August 25, 2010: Two men have been killed in clashes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, between supportersof the Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah, and a rival Sunni faction.
The violence erupted in Burj Abu Haidar following a fight outside a mosque.
The Lebanese army was later forced to intervene after the fighting spread to neighbouring parts of the city.
Leaders of Hezbollah and the pro-Syrian conservative al-Ahbash faction later met and issued a joint statement expressing regret for the violence.
Sectarian tensions have risen recently in Lebanon, amid reports that a UN tribunal could soon implicate members of Hezbollah in the assassination in 2005 of the then Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri.Continue reading the main story
Hezbollah's leader has dismissed the tribunal as an "Israeli project".
'Personal dispute'
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DTN News: South Africa TODAY August 25, 2010 - Zuma Says China To Help South Africa Develop Its Mineral Wealth Technology..NSI News Source Info # 1025

(NSI News Source Info) - August 25, 2010: South African President Jacob Zuma said China agreed to help his country better leverage its mineral wealth and develop new technologies.
The accord is a boost for his policy of “beneficiation,” or developing the country’s mineral industry beyond sending them abroad in unprocessed form. China is the biggest trading partner of South Africa, which posted a $1.5 billion trade surplus with the world’s second-biggest economy in the first seven months of the year, according to Chinese customs statistics.
The two countries talked about the “beneficiation of minerals, technology and electronics,” Zuma told reporters in Beijing today, where he is meeting with leaders including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. The two nations agreed to work together on new energy conservation, Zuma said.
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DTN News: Somalia TODAY August 24, 2010 - At Least 33 People Killed In Attack On Somali Hotel....NSI News Source Info # 1023

(NSI News Source Info) NAIROBI, Kenya - August 24, 2010: Somali insurgents disguised in government military uniforms stormed a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and killed at least 30 people, including 6 lawmakers, laying bare how vulnerable the Somali government is, even in an area it claims to control.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 24, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1022

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 756-10 August 24, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 24, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 24, 2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
NAVY
W.W. Gay Fire & Integrated Systems, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. (N69450-10-D-0046); Wolverine Fire Protection Co., Mt. Morris, Mich. (N69450-10-D-0047); East Coast Fire Protection, Inc., Hanover, Md. (N69450-10-D-0048); and APi National Service Group, St. Paul, Minn. (N69450-10-D-0049), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award design-build construction contract for fire protection construction type projects in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all four contracts combined is $30,000,000. The work to be performed provides for fire protection installation or repairs (new construction and renovations) with some design capabilities. The preponderance of the work will include fire suppression systems (wet, dry, pre-action, wet chemical, deluge and high speed deluge and ultra high speed deluge); water supplies (fire pumps, tanks and underground water mains); low and high expansion foam; gaseous (carbon dioxide and clean agents) special hazard protection; and fire alarm systems (detection, reporting, and mass communication). W.W. Gay Fire & Integrated Systems, Inc., is being awarded task order #0001 at $1,022,656 for construction of the sprinkler, fire alarm, and mass notification system at 2200 complex at Marine Corp Logistics Base Albany, Albany, Ga. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2012. All work on this contract will be performed within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to: South Carolina (25 percent), Florida (25 percent), Texas (10 percent), Louisiana (10 percent), Mississippi (10 percent), Alabama (10 percent), and Georgia (10 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of August 2015. Contract funds for task order #0001 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 15 proposals received. These four contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 24, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1021

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Carter on way to North Korea to free U.S. prisoner: report8:36 pm - Reuters
CAV International Wins $57MM Airfield Contract with US Navy in Rota, Spain8:23 pm - PR Newswire
AC Tool Supply Offers Stimulus to Florida HVAC Contractors for Air Conditioning "Cash for Clunkers" Rebate Program8:00 pm - Marketwire
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Meets with Chicago's Veteran Entrepreneurs; Salutes SBA's Veterans Assistance Programs7:11 pm - Business Wire
Quasar International Holdings, Inc., f/k/a Quasar Aerospace Industries, Inc. Announces Clarification of August 16, 2010 Press Release and Postponement of Annual Shareholder Meeting6:53 pm - Marketwire
REO Unveils New Website6:39 pm - PR Newswire
Embraer sends crew to probe China plane crash6:22 pm - at Reuters

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DTN News: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, Again....NSI News Source Info # 1020

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 24, 2010: The Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) have agreed to engage in direct peace talks Sept. 2 in Washington. Neither side has expressed any enthusiasm about the talks. In part, this comes from the fact that entering any negotiations with enthusiasm weakens your bargaining position. But the deeper reason is simply that there have been so many peace talks between the two sides and so many failures that it is difficult for a rational person to see much hope in them. Moreover, the failures have not occurred for trivial reasons. They have occurred because of profound divergences in the interests and outlooks of each side.
These particular talks are further flawed because of their origin. Neither side was eager for the talks. They are taking place because the United States wanted them. Indeed, in a certain sense, both sides are talking because they do not want to alienate the United States and because it is easier to talk and fail than it is to refuse to talk.

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DTN News: Boeing To Build Additional Military Hosted Payload For Intelsat Satellite Series....NSI News Source Info # 1019

(NSI News Source Info) EL SEGUNDO, Calif., - August 24, 2010: Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it has received a contract from Intelsat S.A. to provide a second ultra-high frequency (UHF) hosted payload on another of the four commercial communications satellites that Intelsat ordered from Boeing last year. Financial details were not disclosed.
The second UHF hosted payload will be installed on the IS-27 satellite. The payload will offer 20 25-KHz UHF channels capable of serving the U.S. government and other Intelsat General clients around the world. The second payload will be identical to the UHF payload for the Australian Defence Force that will be hosted on the IS-22 satellite and launched in 2012.
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DTN News: US Coast Guard Orders Three Additional Airbus Military CN235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft....NSI News Source Info # 1018

(NSI News Source Info) MADRID, Spain - August 24, 2010: The US Coast Guard, which holds options for up to six more aircraft over the next four years, is using the CN235s as Maritime Patrol Aircraft, under the designation HC-144A Ocean Sentry. The contract
for the three HC-144As is valued at US $117 million.
The HC-144 is based on the CN235 of which more than 250 are in operation in 26 countries. It plays a crucial role in Coast Guard aviation missions that include maritime patrol, ntelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance, cargo and personnel transport, as well as disaster relief.
The aircraft achieved initial operational capability last year, and has since distinguished itself with exceptional performance in a variety of situations, including the Coast Guard's responses to the Haiti earthquake and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. HC-144s have even been used to transport rehabilitated wildlife affected by the spill.
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DTN News: United Kingdom Awards Lockheed Martin $5 Million Order For Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft Systems....NSI News Source Info # 1017

(NSI News Source Info) DENVER,- August 24, 2010: The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles.Desert Hawk III’s improved payloads maximize target detection and recognition by providing 360-degree -- daytime and nighttime -- coverage in a common turret package. These latest generation payloads also include a Lockheed Martin-developed navigation system that delivers more refined target position information and superior image stability to the troops.

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DTN News: Indian Su-30 Second-Tier Airports In China Can Be Difficult To Attack By Interception....NSI News Source Info # 1016

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 24, 2010: Indian Su-30 second-tier airports in China can be difficult to attack by interceptionCore Tip: The Indian Air Force has bases near the border with India deployed a squadron of Su-30MKI fighters. Indian Air Force officials said the aircraft can carry nuclear weapons into the Chinese hinterland. In addition to Russia and India jointly developed "BrahMos" missile, India is actively developing a range of 1,000 km of "Fearless" long-range cruise missiles onboard, hoping to become a strategic strike Su -30 platform.

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DTN News: South Africa Armed Forces Maintaining Hospitals During Strike....NSI News Source Info # 1015

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 24, 2010: A public sector strike has bitterly divided South Africa as protesting workers are accused of deliberately endangering the lives of hospital patients.
The crippling stoppage, now in its sixth day, has seen the army deployed to hospitals and the government health minister forced to return to his previous job as a doctor.
Demonstrating workers have been condemned for allegedly blocking hospital entrances, assaulting colleagues who want to work and even disrupting surgery in operating theatres.
Violence erupted again today when police fired teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons and arrested 67 public servants in Gauteng and Northern Cape provinces. There were several injuries.
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DTN News: Patria And Croatian MoD Agreed On An Amendment To The Armoured Wheeled Vehicle Contract....NSI News Source Info # 1014

(NSI News Source Info) HELSINKI, Finland - August 24, 2010: Patria and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia signed an Amendment related to the manufacturing and delivery contract of 126 Patria AMV 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicles on July 2010. The negotiations were started on the Croatian MoD’s initiative due to the financial reasons.
According to the amendment the number of vehicles remains unchanged and the deliveries will be completed by the end of 2012. The vehicle versions were updated to match the current requirements of the Ministry of Defence.
Majority of the vehicles will be manufactured in Croatia by Patria’s local consortium partner Duro Dakovic Special Vehicles (DDSV).The new revised contract also strengthens financial capabilities of DDSV in this program.In addition to the initial batch of 6 vehicles manufactured in Finland Patria has completed the transfer of technology to DDSV. DDSV has already locally manufactured the first 9 Patria AMV 8x8 basic vehicles.
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DTN News: Force Protection Receives $64.1 Million Award For Additional Vehicle Modernization....NSI News Source Info # 1013

(NSI News Source Info) LADSON, SC - August 23, 2010: Force Protection Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Force Protection Inc. (NASDAQ:FRPT), a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, today announced that it has received a modification to existing contract M67854-07-D-5031 with an approximate value of $64.1 million for seat survivability upgrade kits for 1,946 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category I Cougar vehicles. The modification is subject to definitization. Work will be performed primarily in Afghanistan with additional work in Kuwait and home stations in the United States. All work under this modification is expected to be complete by February, 2011.

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DTN News: U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Complete GPS III Design Phase Ahead Of Schedule....NSI News Source Info # 1012

(NSI News Source Info) NEWTOWN, Pa., - August 23, 2010: The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program’s Critical Design Review (CDR) phase two months ahead of the baseline schedule. CDR completion, the program’s most significant milestone to-date, validates the detailed GPS III design to ensure it meets warfighter and civil requirements, and allows the program to begin the production phase.
More than 350 representatives from the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning Systems Wing, the GPS III contractor team, as well as user communities from the Department of Defense, Air Force Space Command, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration participated in a four-day Space Vehicle CDR at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s new Patriot Center in Newtown, Pa.
Completion of the CDR phase represents the culmination of many rigorous assembly, subsystem, element, space vehicle and system level CDR events and validates the overall design maturity of the GPS III Space Vehicle and Lockheed Martin’s readiness to enter production.
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 23, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 23, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 23, 2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $46,873,788 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5111) for the definitization of the production of an AN/SPY-1D(V) transmitter group, MK 99 Mod 8 fire control system and engineering services in support of the DDG 113 Aegis weapons systems ship set. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass. (88 percent), and Sudbury, Mass. (12 percent), and is expected to be completed by February 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.
JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., is being awarded a $40,373,200 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to purchase up to 280 extendable boom fork lifts and associated training. Delivery Order 0001 will be executed in the amount of $23,214,590. Work will be performed in McConnelsburg, Pa., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 23, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1010

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Nextant Aerospace Begins Power Runs for Engine Certification3:50 pm -
LORD Corporation, Active Shock, and General Kinetics Engineering Corporation Resolve Dispute3:49 pm -
Omnivox Awarded Medical Technology Contract Worth $33 Million3:16 pm -
German defence minister wants to shrink army3:04 pm -
Lockheed, Pentagon in talks on delayed fighter deal2:59 pm -
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DTN News: Boeing Joins ProActive Technologies Team In Bid for B-52 Aircrew Training System....NSI News Source Info # 1009

(NSI News Source Info) ST. LOUIS, - August 23, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], along with teammate ProActive Technologies LLC of Orlando, Fla., has submitted a proposal for the U.S. Air Force's B-52 Training System Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program. The contract provides program management and on-site CLS to operate, maintain, sustain, and upgrade training devices located at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and Minot Air Force Base, N.D.

ProActive will be the prime contractor on the team, with Boeing's Global Services & Support division adding its extensive expertise in developing training devices and in maintaining, modifying, and upgrading the B-52 aircraft itself. The Air Force is expected to award the contract in March 2011.

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DTN News: Tata Jaguar Land Rover Plans To Assemble Freelander2 From Chikhli Plant From November....NSI News Source Info # 1008

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - August 23, 2010: Tata group firm Jaguar Land Rover is understood to have geared up to start assembly of sports utility vehicle Freelander2 from November this year at Chikhli facility in Maharashtra, used earlier by Mercedes Benz. According to sources close to the development, Tata Motors is currently conducting maintenance work and installing machineries on behalf of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) at Chikhli to start the assembly around November.
"JLR has decided to start assembling vehicles with their cheapest offering in India, which is Freelander2. It wants to start production soon. So it has decided to utilise Tata Motors' almost ready facility at Chikhli," a source said. Tata Motors had earlier given the Chikhli facility to Mercedes Benz on lease. The German luxury carmaker handed over the facility again in December 2009. The plant had a capacity to produce 3,500 units in single shift.

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DTN News: China To Test-Fire New Anti-Ship Missile....NSI News Source Info # 1007

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada- August 23, 2010: China will test its new the Dong Feng 21D anti-ship ballistic missile, the country's state media said Friday. There is speculation that Beijing is responding to the U.S. deployment of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington to the West Sea and the South China Sea to join naval exercises with Korea and Vietnam, which China considers too close for comfort.
Internet China National Radio said the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation will soon test-fire "a weapon under an important state weapons project."

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DTN News: Russia To Hold Tender For Purchase Of Helicopter Carrier - Paper....NSI News Source Info # 1006

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - August 23, 2010: The Russian Defense Ministry will hold a tender on the purchase of a helicopter carrier, alongside ongoing negotiations with France on buying a Mistral-class ship, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.
Mistral-class helicopter carrier
Earlier Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) complained to the Federal Antitrust Service about the Defense Ministry's reluctance to allow Russian shipyards to compete with foreign shipbuilders on an equal footing, Kommersant said.
The USC has offered to build the ship for $500-700 million, which is higher than France's price of around $430-540 million.
The USC is set to participate in the tender with its three shipyards including Zvezda Shipbuilding Company in the Russian Far East, St.Petersburg's Admiralteyskiye Verfi shipyard and the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Zvezda shipyard, which has established a joint venture with South Korean Daewoo Marine Shipbuilding & Engineering, will offer the Dokdo helicopter carrier.

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DTN News: Indian Coast Guard Two Hi-Tech Hovercraft To Be Based At Chennai....NSI News Source Info # 1005

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - August 23, 2010: With 12 more hovercraft likely to be inducted in the Coast Guard in next three years, the agency's eastern region is likely to purchase two such craft and base them off Chennai to improve security along the coastline.

The Coast Guard already has six hovercrafts and 12 more are under construction. Out of these, the Coast Guard's eastern region is planning to purchase two for Chennai, two for Rameswaram and two for Puducherry.
The cost of a hovercraft is approximately Rs8 crore. According to Coast Guard officials, the presence of hovercraft in Chennai will enhance the force's preparedness in meeting any eventuality, like the need for sudden evacuation in the shortest time.

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DTN News: Former UN Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix Hails 'Positive' Bushehr Plant Launch....NSI News Source Info # 1004

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2010: Iran began injecting the first supply of nuclear fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, after Russia delivered its first batch of nuclear fuel.

The fact that Russia is supplying Iran with fuel is "very positive," as it demonstrates that Tehran could rely on foreign suppliers for its fuel need, Blix told the BBC on Sunday.

The remarks came on the heel of similar claims by State Department spokesman Darby Holladay.

Holladay acknowledged that the Iranian nuclear facility carries no risk of proliferation but stressed that launching the power plant "underscores that Iran does not need an indigenous enrichment capability if its intentions are purely peaceful."

The west insists that Iran should exchange its low-enriched uranium abroad for fuel for a medical research reactor.

However, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has rejected such claims.

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DTN News: North Korea's Stealth Warfare Manual Revealed....NSI News Source Info # 1003

(NSI News Source Info) SEOUL, South Korea - August 23, 2010: The North Korean military has developed various kinds of camouflage materials like stealth paint and set up fake facilities and equipment to cheat state-of-the-art reconnaissance satellites and aircraft, a confidential field manual obtained exclusively by the Chosun Ilbo shows. The manual was smuggled out of the North by a source through a Christian organization called Caleb Mission.
So far information about the North Korean military's camouflage tactics trickled out only piecemeal through testimonies of North Korean defectors, but this is the first time a confidential military field manual with details has been revealed.
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DTN News: Pentagon Again Postpones Test Of Missile-Destroying Laser....NSI News Source Info # 1002

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - August 23, 2010: A test of a powerful missile-intercepting laser, scheduled for Sunday morning, was postponed for the fourth time due to technical problems, Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on its website.
The laser, housed aboard a modified Boeing 747-400 Freighter, was to intercept a simulated short-range ballistic missile during Sunday's tests, to be held off California's coast. The previous postponements took place in the past three weeks.

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DTN News: Pakistan In Pictures Of The Day - Flood Devastation August 22, 2010....NSI News Source Info # 1001

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2010: Flood Devastation
HYDERABAD: Flood water has forced its way into the outskirts of Shahdadkot amid efforts to save the city from inundation while Kotri Barrage is in very high flood, Geo News reported Sunday.

MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 22: Houses are seen surrounded by flood waters from a Pakistan Army helicopter on August 22, 2010 in the village of Shah Jamaal west of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 20 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,600 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

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DTN News: Swiss Defense Minister Draws Fire With Billion-Euro Jet Fighter Plan....NSI News Source Info # 1000

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2010: As Switzerland is making a number of budget cuts, many people expected defense to be a natural candidate for cutbacks.
And so there was surprise when a leaked document from the defense ministry revealed plans to increase spending, by ordering new fighter jets at a cost of up to 3.8 billion euros ($ 4.9 billion).
Defense Minister Ueli Maurer wants to replace the country's aging fleet of fighters, purchased as long ago as 1976. He would need an increase in the defense budget to pay for his plan to order 22 fighters.
Maurer is from the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), traditionally strong supporters of the Swiss military. However, even some of the defense minister's party colleagues, such as Toni Bortoluzzi, are skeptical.
"We've been talking for ages about reducing the budget," said Bortoluzzi. "We're really going to have to have a discussion about this, to see whether this amount of money is available.
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DTN News: Berlin To Train Afghan Police Even After Security Handover....NSI News Source Info # 999

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2010: After responsibility for security is handed over to Afghan police and soldiers in 2014, German police trainers will continue to teach local recruits.
"That seems to me to be in tune with the sustainability of our current engagement," German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told the dpa news agency.
"But whether three, five, twenty or another number of police trainers will stay in Afghanistan, I can't yet say."
In July, Afghan President Harmid Karzai told international diplomats at a conference that 2014 was the date when Afghans "will be responsible for all military and law enforcement operations throughout our country."
It is a non-binding date, but has been seized upon by Western politicians facing electorates at home who are increasingly opposed to sending soldiers to fight an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency for a national government plagued by high levels of corruption.
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DTN News: Iran Unveils Its First Locally Made Long-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle....NSI News Source Info # 998

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2010: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran’s first locally made long-range unmanned aerial drone, saying his country’s military arsenal is aimed solely at deterring enemies.
“We are not after adventurism,” Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony in Tehran marking Iran’s annual Defense Industry Day, his comments aired live by state-run Press TV. “Iran will never attack anywhere.”
The Iranian leader was shown standing on a podium next to the newly introduced aircraft, known as the Karrar, which can also carry out bombing missions against ground targets, the news channel said.
Iran has hailed its recent military advances as proof that it is technologically self-sufficient and ready to confront threats, even as the country remains under four sets of United Nations sanctions for refusing to scale back its nuclear program.
The U.S. and several of its allies say Iran’s nuclear activities are a cover for development of a bomb, a claim that Iran rejects, saying it needs the technology to generate power for its growing population. Israel, which hasn’t ruled out attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites, views the work as a threat to its existence.
“The main message of our defense achievements is to deter any type of confrontation,” Ahmadinejad said at the launch of the Karrar.
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DTN News: Palestine TODAY August 22, 2010 - Gaza Future Vague Five Years After Unilateral Israeli disengagement....NSI News Source Info # 997

(NSI News Source Info) GAZA, - August 22, 2010: Although five years have passed since the Israeli unilateral disengagement plan was implemented and Israel completely pulled out from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian analysts believe that Israel is still keeping its grip on the densely populated costal enclave.
SITUATION IN GAZA DETERIORATED
Palestinian observers said that the Gaza Strip has witnesses several eras of changes over the past five years following the Israeli withdrawal. These changes, mainly the Hamas movement's takeover of the enclave, have served Israel's interests in blocking the establishment of the independent state.
Naji Shurab, a political science teacher at the Gaza-based al- Azhar university, believed that changes in the Gaza Strip over the past five years were significant, adding "the siege and the Israeli war on the enclave have exhausted it, in addition to the internal Palestinian disputes."
He expressed his belief that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip "is a strategic goal in dealing with the Palestinian territories," which included "intensifying the internal political Palestinian rift that isolated the Gaza Strip completely from the West Bank."
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