DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China Shocks The World, for example, while the U.S. introduced stealth aircrafts  F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor  three decades ago, China now has two of these in development and flying  Shenyang J-31 (F60) and Chengdu J-20. While the U.S. has been operating aircraft carriers for nearly a century, China commissioned its first one this year and is operating jet aircraft from it. Nearly all the mechanical and electronic equipment on this carrier is Chinese made, and often of Chinese design.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China Shocks The World, for example, while the U.S. introduced stealth aircrafts  F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor  three decades ago, China now has two of these in development and flying  Shenyang J-31 (F60) and Chengdu J-20. While the U.S. has been operating aircraft carriers for nearly a century, China commissioned its first one this year and is operating jet aircraft from it. Nearly all the mechanical and electronic equipment on this carrier is Chinese made, and often of Chinese design.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Celebrates Another Grand Theft

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Celebrates Another Grand Theft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China has officially revealed its copy of the Russian Su-30MK2 and is calling it the J-16, claiming that the aircraft is of Chinese design. Many unauthorized pictures of the J-16 have shown up in the past year. These made it clear that the J-16 was a copy of the Russian Su-30MK2. At least 24 J-16s have been built and are being delivered to the Chinese Navy.

 

Russia and China jointly developed the two seat version of the Su-30, as the Su-30MKK in the late 1990s, and, a decade ago, an upgraded version (the Su-30MK2). China has received about a hundred legal Su-30MK2s but now nearly identical J-16s are showing up. Russia is not amused or fooled.

This kind of blatant technology theft is nothing new. The Chinese J-11 jet fighter is an illegal Chinese copy of the Russian Su-27. This plagiarism has been a source of friction between Russia and China for nearly a decade. It all began, legally, in 1995, when China paid $2.5 billion for the right to build 200 Su-27s. Russia would supply engines and electronics, with China building the other components according to Russian plans and specifications. But after 95 of the Chinese built aircraft were built Russia cancelled the agreement. They claimed that China was using the knowledge acquired with this Su-27 program to build their own copy of the Su-27, the J-11. Russia kept the piracy issue quiet for as long as it could and warned the Chinese that simply copying Russian technology would produce an inferior aircraft. Apparently the Chinese did not agree and are continuing their work on the J-11, using only, what they claim, is Chinese technology.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin Amounting $755 Million For Procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin Amounting $755 Million For Procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $755,134,781 firm-fixed-price contract. 

The award will provide for the procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3, which includes support for Foreign Military Sales, and related services. 

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie; Lufkin, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Chelmsford, Mass.; and Ocala, Fla.; with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2015.

 One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-13-C-0068). 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Boeing For Modification Apache AH-64D Helicopters

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Boeing For Modification Apache AH-64D Helicopters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $71,026,920 firm-fixed-price contract. 

The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Apache AH-64D helicopters in support of Foreign Military Sales. 

Work will be performed in Mesa, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2017. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. 

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0147). 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Corp., Amounting $42 Million For FMTV

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Corp., Amounting $42 Million For FMTV

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded a $42,289,271 firm-fixed-price contract. 

The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. 

Work will be performed in Oshkosh, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. 

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159).

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DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russian Navy To Get Over 50 New Warships By 2016

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russian Navy To Get Over 50 New Warships By 2016

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 3, 2013:  The Russian Navy will get over 50 new warships by 2016, including strategic nuclear submarines and special operations support vessels, the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

 

“By 2016, the combat strength of the Navy will be replenished with 18 surface warships of various ranks and designation, and also 30 special-purpose and counter-subversion vessels. It is also planned to put 6 multi-purpose and strategic submarines into operation,” the ministry said in a statement.

The quality of new generations of surface warships and submarines being built for the Russian Navy will improve with stronger state acceptance control at the shipyards involved in the Navy’s shipbuilding program, the statement said.

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Senior Pakistan Militant Reported Dead In Strike

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Senior Pakistan Militant Reported Dead In Strike

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 3, 2013: A U.S. drone strike killed Mullah Nazir, a Pakistani militant leader who maintained a truce with the Pakistan army but U.S. commanders said cooperated with Afghan Taliban fighters in attacks on U.S. troops, according to news reports.

Mr. Nazir was one of nine people killed in the strike on a house in a village in the Pakistani territory of South Waziristan, the Associated Press reported, citing Pakistani security officials. Another strike hit a vehicle in North Waziristan, killing four people, the AP said.

In Washington, U.S. officials stopped short of confirming Mr. Nazir's death, but said his elimination would be a "significant blow."

"It would be helpful not just to the United States, but also to our Pakistani partners and the Afghans," said George Little, the Pentagon press secretary. "This is someone who has a great deal of blood on his hands.…This would be a major development."

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Troops Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS:  U.S. Troops Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: U.S. Army Capt. Jeremiah Gebhart talks with Afghan leaders in Bala Boluk during a key leader meeting in the Farah province village, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2013.

 U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup - Download Hi-Res

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS:  U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: U.S. Army Spc. Kaleb Propst provides security overwatch at a key leader meeting in Bala Boluk, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2013. 

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS:  U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: Soldiers and sailors await a pre-mission brief on Forward Operating Base Farah, Bala Boluk, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2013. 

The team's mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS:  U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: U.S. Army Capt. Jeremiah Gebhart, first from left, chats with Sayed Moohammed, Bala Boluk district governor, through an interpreter during a meeting with leaders in Afghanistan's Farah province, Jan. 2, 2013. 

Gebhart is a civil affairs officer with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, which trains, advises, and assists Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup 

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS:  U.S. Troops, Train, Advise Afghans In Farah Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013:  U.S. Army Capt. Jeremiah Gebhart, left, talks with a local elder through an interpreter in Bala Boluk, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2013. Gebhart is on a training and advisory mission with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. 

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup 

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 2, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated January 2, 2013

  

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  January 2, 2013   are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

            Global Information Grid Services Management - Engineering, Transition and Implementation (GSM-ETI), (HC1028-10-R-2001); Digital Management Inc., Bethesda, Md. (HC1028-13-D006); Onyx-Technica Joint Venture, Columbia, Md. (HC1028-13-D-0007); NES Associates L.L.C., Alexandria, Va. (HC1028-13-D-008); Cambridge International Systems Inc. Arlington, Va. (HC1028-13-D-0009); TurningPoint-EMW Joint Venture L.L.C., Rockville, Md. (HC1028-13-D-0010); By Light Professional IT Services Inc. Arlington, Va. (HC1028-13-D-0011); and IPKeys Technologies L.L.C., Stafford, Va. (HC1028-13-D-0012), was awarded on Dec. 21, 2012, a multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  The contract is issued for worldwide support necessary to carry out required engineering, transition, implementation, integration; connection approval and IT service management activities, in support of existing and future Defense Information System Network (DISN) networking capabilities.  Performance will predominantly be within the continental United States; however, support services are also required at multiple overseas locations.  The period of performance includes a base period of two years, one two-year option period and one one-year option period for a total period of five years.  The estimated contract ceiling value for the two-year base period of this action is $568,000,000.  Furthermore, $1,420,000,000 is the sum total ceiling value for all seven GSM-ETI contracts, which cannot be exceeded over the life of the potential five years.  Solicitation was issued via the FedBizOPps website and was set aside for small business concerns; nine proposals received.  The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated January 2, 2013

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated January 2, 2013

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 2, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.

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Wednesday January 2, 2013

Global Hawk maker Northrop to skip Paris air show

6:50 pm - Reuters

Bigger fights loom after "fiscal cliff" deal

6:49 pm - Reuters

CEOs pan fiscal cliff deal, vow to continue debt fight

6:36 pm - Reuters

Budget deal leaves U.S. defense sector in limbo

6:02 pm - Reuters

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Buy $3 Billion Worth of Russian Warplanes, Helicopters

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India To Buy $3 Billion  Worth of Russian Warplanes, Helicopters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 27, 2012: Russia is to sell India dozens of combat helicopters and warplanes under two $2.9 billion contracts signed on Monda

Under one contract, India will buy 71 Mi-17B-5 Hip helicopters worth $1.3 billion, while the other provides for the delivery of assembly kits for 42 Su-30MKI Flanker fighters, worth $1.6 billion.

The two countries also signed a number of cooperation agreements in the defense and technology sector, notably between Russian Helicopters and Elcom Systems Pvt Ltd.

A memorandum of understanding between Russia’s FarmEco and India’s Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd and a strategic partnership agreement between Russia’s OAO NIS and India’s TATA Consultancy Services were also signed.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015 Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015  Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 25, 2012: This new Beijing-HK line ending in West Kowloon will be the world's largest underground railway station.

The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Line or Jingguangshengang High-Speed Railway from its Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 京广深港高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京廣深港高速鐵路) is a high-speed railway of the CRH passenger service, ultimately connecting Beijing West Railway Station and West Kowloon Station in Hongkong. When finished, it will be 2230 km long. The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line.

Construction was started in 2005, and as of 2012, the Wuhan–Guangzhou section was opened in December 2009, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen section was opened in December 2011, the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section was opened in September 2012, the Beijing–Zhengzhou section was opened on December 26, 2012, and the 36-km Shenzhen–Hong Kong section will be opened in 2015.

Rising 148 feet high above the surroundings, the structure's roof line acts as dynamic-shaped pedestrian trails alongside green spaces.  This park/terminal hybrid fabricates a promised view of  the future.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015 Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015  Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 26, 2012: This new Beijing-HK line ending in West Kowloon will be the world's largest underground railway station.

The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Line or Jingguangshengang High-Speed Railway from its Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 京广深港高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京廣深港高速鐵路) is a high-speed railway of the CRH passenger service, ultimately connecting Beijing West Railway Station and West Kowloon Station in Hongkong. When finished, it will be 2230 km long. The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line.

Construction was started in 2005, and as of 2012, the Wuhan–Guangzhou section was opened in December 2009, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen section was opened in December 2011, the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section was opened in September 2012, the Beijing–Zhengzhou section was opened on December 26, 2012, and the 36-km Shenzhen–Hong Kong section will be opened in 2015.

Rising 148 feet high above the surroundings, the structure's roof line acts as dynamic-shaped pedestrian trails alongside green spaces.  This park/terminal hybrid fabricates a promised view of  the future.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015 Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: New Hong Kong Rail Terminal 2015  Will Be The World's Largest Underground Railway Station

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 26, 2012: This new Beijing-HK line ending in West Kowloon will be the world's largest underground railway station.

The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Line or Jingguangshengang High-Speed Railway from its Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 京广深港高速铁路; traditional Chinese: 京廣深港高速鐵路) is a high-speed railway of the CRH passenger service, ultimately connecting Beijing West Railway Station and West Kowloon Station in Hongkong. When finished, it will be 2230 km long. The existing, conventional Jingguang railway runs largely parallel to the line.

Construction was started in 2005, and as of 2012, the Wuhan–Guangzhou section was opened in December 2009, the Guangzhou–Shenzhen section was opened in December 2011, the Zhengzhou–Wuhan section was opened in September 2012, the Beijing–Zhengzhou section was opened on December 26, 2012, and the 36-km Shenzhen–Hong Kong section will be opened in 2015.

Rising 148 feet high above the surroundings, the structure's roof line acts as dynamic-shaped pedestrian trails alongside green spaces.  This park/terminal hybrid fabricates a promised view of  the future.

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DTN News: CHRISTMAS GREETINGS: To Our Readers & Viewers From DTN News Defense-Technology News

DTN News: CHRISTMAS GREETINGS: To Our Readers & Viewers From DTN News Defense-Technology News

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 24, 2012:  In the Western world, the birthday of Jesus Christ has been celebrated on December 25th since AD 354, replacing an earlier date of January 6th. The Christians had by then appropriated many pagan festivals and traditions of the season, that were practiced in many parts of the Middle East and Europe, as a means of stamping them out.

 There were mid-winter festivals in ancient Babylon and Egypt, and Germanic fertility festivals also took place at this time. The birth of the ancient sun-god Attis in Phrygia was celebrated on December 25th, as was the birth of the Persian sun-god, Mithras. 

The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of peace and plenty, that ran from the 17th to 24th of December. Public gathering places were decorated with flowers, gifts and candles were exchanged and the population, slaves and masters alike, celebrated the occasion with great enthusiasm.

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DTN News - TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Fleishman Dominates PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Awards Capturing All Top Three Trophies

DTN News - TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Fleishman Dominates PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Awards Capturing All Top Three Trophies

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - November 9, 2012: Fleishman-Hillard was the most decorated agency at The Gold Standard Awards organized by PublicAffairsAsia at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong. 

 

Our Asia Pacific team was bestowed Regional Consultancy Network of the Year in recognition of extraordinary growth, introduction of new strategic offerings such as the Global Capital Markets Services, the Global China Practice, FH Majlis; success of new public affairs firm, VOX Global Japan; and the expansion of our Chinese client portfolio. The judges noted that Fleishman-Hillard “continues to take a lead role in the development of the wider PR industry” with our new China Masters Exchange program involving partnerships with leading universities and the fast-tracking of Mandarin-speaking graduates through our US and European networks to FH Greater China, enhancing FH’s capability of serving Chinese clients worldwide.

FH Japan President & Founder Shin Tanaka received another of the highest honors at the event, theGold Standard Award for Professional Excellence, marking 15 years of building and shaping the communications industry in Japan. His contributions are best summed up by Mr. Motohisa Furukawa, former Minister for National Policy of the Japanese government, who said: “Inspiration from Mr. Tanaka was the catalyst for the establishment of the Office of Global Communications as a function of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office. I hope that Mr Tanaka continues his contributions to Japan’s competitiveness on the global stage with his keen strategic communications thinking and insights.”

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DTN News: NATO Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 6, 2012

DTN News: NATO Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 6, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 6, 2012: Comprehensive daily news related to NATO for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to NATO Top Stories / Headlines News for the world of TODAY

Middle East Online

NATO OKAYS TURKEY REQUEST FOR PATRIOT MISSILES

Middle East Online - ‎1 hour ago‎

BRUSSELS - NATO on Tuesday agreed to deploy Patriot missiles along the border of member state Turkey as requested by Ankara to help it defend its territory against threats from Syria.

AFP

NATO PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN | WORLD | DW.DE | 05.12.2012

Deutsche Welle - ‎16 hours ago‎

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is full of praise for the transfer of security responsibility in Afghanistan. By the time NATO member states finally withdraw the ISAF troops from Afghanistan in 2014, local police and army forc

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DTN News - EGYPT UNREST: Tanks Deployed In Cairo After Deadly Clashes

DTN News - EGYPT UNREST: Tanks Deployed In Cairo After Deadly Clashes

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 6, 2012: Egypt's worst violence since President Mohammed Morsi was elected forced the army to deploy tanks in Cairo Thursday, as hundreds of people were hurt in clashes between Islamists and the secular opposition.

Morsi was expected to deliver a televised address to the nation after five people were killed overnight in the worst violence since his June election, pitting Islamists against an opposition that has escalated protests since he assumed extensive powers on November 22.

Running street battles outside the Itihadiya palace in northern Cairo also left 644 people wounded, many from birdshot, the health ministry reported.

By Thursday morning, the Republican Guard, the division tasked with protecting the presidency, deployed tanks outside the palace. A few hundred Morsi supporters remained outside the complex after the opposition left.

Republican Guard chief General Mohammed Zaki said the tanks were deployed to separate warring protesters, and pledged that the military "will not be an instrument of oppress
The opposition has said it would organise further marches to the palace as a top presidential aide accused them of coordinating with loyalists of deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak.

A senior presidential aide told AFP Morsi was expected to make a speech later in the day to reach out to the opposition. No time was announced for the address.

The stage was set for Wednesday's violence when Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement announced a march to the palace, where opposition protesters were staging a sit-in a day after tens of thousands surrounded the sprawling complex.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract for $387 Million To Lockheed Martin Corp., In Conjunction With Modification of F-35

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract for $387 Million To Lockheed Martin Corp., In Conjunction With Modification of F-35 

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 7, 2012:  Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $386,694,924 modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Program Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot 6 Advance Acquisition Contract (N00019-11-C-0083) to provide sustainment support for delivered air systems. 

This effort includes but is not limited to: ground maintenance activities; action request resolution; depot activation activities; Automatic Logistics Information System operations and maintenance; reliability, maintainability and health management implementation and support; supply chain management;  activities to provide and support pilot and maintainer initial training; and procurement of replenishment spares and depot level repairs in support of flight operations.  

Work will be performed in Eglin Air Force Base, Orlando, Fla. (35 percent); Ft. Worth, Texas (25 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (8 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (5 percent); and various locations throughout the United States (27 percent); and is expected to be completed in October 2013.  

Contract funds in the amount of $193,340,487 will be obligated at time of award, $58,378,517 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

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DTN News - BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing To Maintain US Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft Trainers

DTN News - BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing To Maintain US Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft Trainers

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 4, 2012:  Boeing [NYSE: BA] will maintain U.S. Navy aircrew training devices for six aircraft types under a new $56 million contract, setting the stage for the company's expansion into trainer maintenance for militaries worldwide.

The five-year contract, which began Dec. 1, involves P-3C, EP-3, P-8A, EA-6B, EA-18G and SH-60B training devices. They are located at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Fla.; Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; NAS Whidbey Island, Wash., and Kadena Air Base, Japan.

"This addition to our portfolio is strategically important as we bolster our maritime patrol trainer maintenance business, especially internationally," said Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president for Training Systems and Government Services.

Under a separate Navy contract, Boeing will deliver training systems for its P-8A aircraft to NAS Jacksonville next year. Other sites will follow as that program moves into full-rate production. Boeing will provide trainers and all support functions for U.S. Navy P-8A aircrew training.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 61,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense. 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., For Purchase of U.S. Navy MTVR

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., For Purchase of U.S. Navy MTVR

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 4, 2012: Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $13,897,265 for fixed-price delivery order #0018 under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-12-D-0209). 

This delivery order is issued for the purchase of fiscal 2013 medium tactical vehicle replacement engineering change proposal kits, reducible height armor kits, and 300 Amp Alternators for the Navy Seabees. 

Contract funds in the amount of $13,879,265 will be obligated at the time of award.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis. (89 percent) and Israel (11 percent), and work for this delivery order is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2013.

  

Contract funds in the amount of $2,246,112 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., For Purchase of U.S. Navy MTVR

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., For Purchase of U.S. Navy MTVR

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 4, 2012: Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded $13,897,265 for fixed-price delivery order #0018 under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-12-D-0209). 

This delivery order is issued for the purchase of fiscal 2013 medium tactical vehicle replacement engineering change proposal kits, reducible height armor kits, and 300 Amp Alternators for the Navy Seabees. 

Contract funds in the amount of $13,879,265 will be obligated at the time of award.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis. (89 percent) and Israel (11 percent), and work for this delivery order is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2013.

  

Contract funds in the amount of $2,246,112 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

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DTN News: Israel Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

DTN News: Israel Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

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'U.S. angered by claim that new building at E-1 aimed at Obama, not Palestinians' 

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer says Washington miffed by background briefing by Israeli official that tied E-1 announcement to Obama’s refusal to confirm 2004 Bush-Sharon letter.

By Chemi Shalev

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

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DTN News: Middle East Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

DTN News: Middle East Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

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U.N. NUCLEAR CHIEF SEES NO PROGRESS ON IRAN CONCERNS

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VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency made no progress in a year-long push to find out if Iran worked on developing an atomic bomb, its chief said on Thursday, calling for urgent efforts to end Tehran's standoff with the West. Yukiya Amano said he would not give up seeking to end what Western diplomats describe as Iranian stonewalling of the agency's investigation into possible milita…

Second wind for Egyptian telco tycoon Sawiris Reuters - Tue, Nov 27, 2012

(Reuters) - Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris is used to ruffling feathers and making headlines. He was up to both on Tuesday, provoking shareholders at Telecom Italia with … More »

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DTN News - SINGAPORE NEWS: Singapore Deports Striking Chinese Bus Drivers

DTN News - SINGAPORE NEWS: Singapore Deports Striking Chinese Bus Drivers

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: Singapore on Sunday deported 29 mainland Chinese bus drivers involved in the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years.

The drivers, working for state-linked transport operator SMRT, staged the strike on Monday and Tuesday over a salary dispute and to demand better working conditions. Their work permits had been revoked ahead of their deportation.

"The Ministry of Home Affairs confirms that all 29 former SMRT bus drivers have been repatriated to their home country," the ministry said in a statement.

"They were cooperative and the process took place without incident," it said, adding that Chinese embassy officials and SMRT staff assisted in the repatriation.

Four other drivers were charged in court and authorities said they would lodge charges against a fifth on Monday for their involvement in the work stoppage which the government ruled was illegal.

If found guilty, they could be jailed for up to a year, fined a maximum of Sg$2,000 ($1,640) -- the equivalent of two months' wages -- or both.

The strike, the first since 1986 and which caught the government by surprise, has highlighted tightly-controlled Singapore's heavy dependency on migrant labour to drive its economic growth amid a labour shortage resulting from falling birth rates.

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: Taliban On The Offensive In Jalalabad, Suicide Attack On Afghan NATO Base Kills 5 - December 2, 2012

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: Taliban On The Offensive In Jalalabad, Suicide Attack On Afghan NATO Base Kills 5 - December 2, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: Almost 2 years back, DTN News issued a special report image captioned "Taliban On The Offensive December 25, 2010".The ground reality has worsened in Afghanistan with increase in causality of Afghan and ISAF forces nearing the withdrawal date of 2014 for foreign security elements.

Why are the Taliban on the offensive? The reply is straightforward, President Obama’s Afghan strategy is not working. The Taliban are gaining confidence from increased news coverage and political strength from Iran and other elements, who are supposed to be fighting along side the NATO ISAF coalition forces against insurgency. On December 25, 2010, the Taliban are on the offensive attacking NATO ISAF troops with rockets from safe distance near Pakistan border.

 Taliban insurgents launched a major suicide attack Sunday against a NATO base at an Afghan city airport, killing five people and wounding several foreign troops, officials said.

Nine attackers were also killed, some blowing themselves up in two vehicles at the perimeter gate of the Jalalabad airport and others shot as they attempted to storm the base, police said.

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DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: Taliban On The Offensive In Jalalabad, Suicide Attack On Afghan NATO Base Kills 5 - December 2, 2012

DTN News - AFGHANISTAN WAR NEWS: Taliban On The Offensive In Jalalabad, Suicide Attack On Afghan NATO Base Kills 5 - December 2, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: Almost 2 years back, DTN News issued a special report image captioned "Taliban On The Offensive December 25, 2010".The ground reality has worsened in Afghanistan with increase in causality of Afghan and ISAF forces nearing the withdrawal date of 2014 for foreign security elements.

Why are the Taliban on the offensive? The reply is straightforward, President Obama’s Afghan strategy is not working. The Taliban are gaining confidence from increased news coverage and political strength from Iran and other elements, who are supposed to be fighting along side the NATO ISAF coalition forces against insurgency. On December 25, 2010, the Taliban are on the offensive attacking NATO ISAF troops with rockets from safe distance near Pakistan border.

 Taliban insurgents launched a major suicide attack Sunday against a NATO base at an Afghan city airport, killing five people and wounding several foreign troops, officials said.

Nine attackers were also killed, some blowing themselves up in two vehicles at the perimeter gate of the Jalalabad airport and others shot as they attempted to storm the base, police said.

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