Pictures of The Day: 1/30/11

Saturday, February 5, 2011

DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Protesters Around The World March Against Egypt's Hosni Mubarak -Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt....NSI New Source Info # 1542

DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Protesters Around The World March Against Egypt's Hosni Mubarak....NSI News Source Info # 1541

Source: DTN News

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 5, 2011: Beginning on January 25, 2011, a popular uprising called for his resignation as president of Egypt. On February 1, 2011, Mubarak announced that he will not seek another term in the upcoming presidential election.

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Friday, February 4, 2011

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Raytheon Awarded APY-10 Radar Contract For Boeing's P-8A Aircraft....NSI News Source Info # 1540

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Raytheon

(NSI News Source Info) MCKINNEY, Texas, - February 4, 2011: Boeing has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN - News) a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

"Our APY-10 radar will provide Boeing with advanced technology built on generations of successful Raytheon radar systems," saidTim Carey, vice president for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems. "We're committed to providing reliable systems that keep our customers safe and help them achieve mission success."

The radars will be delivered to Boeing as part of the P-8A contract with the U.S. Navy. The P-8A replaces the P-3 aircraft and will be used for surveillance along the U.S. coastline.

The APY-10, the premier sensor for maritime and overland missions, was designed for the Navy's Poseidon aircraft and will replace the APS-137 radar. Building on more than 40 years of proven Raytheon technology, it delivers accurate and actionable information in all weather, day and night, for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

A member of the Boeing-led industry team for the Navy's P-8A program, Raytheon has previously delivered four APY-10 systems and spares to Boeing and is contracted to deliver an additional nine systems for the Navy's P-8A.

Raytheon Company, with 2010 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 89 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

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DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: President Hosni Mubarak Is Being Seen As A "Receding Figure," An Egyptian Official Says....NSI News Source Info # 1539

DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Troops In Riot Gear Patrol Cairo As Demonstrators Plan Mass Protests....NSI News Source Info # 1538

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy To Buy Four More P-8Is Aircraft....NSI News Source Info # 1537

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Economic Times

(NSI News Source Info) BANGALORE, India - February 4, 2011: : The Indian Navy has decided to exercise its option for an additional four Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft in a bid to boost its maritime patrol capabilities as well as counter piracy threats and the growing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean.

In a deal expected to range between $1 billion to $1.5 billion, the new aircraft will be in addition to the eight the Navy had ordered in January 2009, for about $2.1 billion. The new contract price is also expected to include the cost of aero-structures and avionics.

“The Indian Navy has received the necessary government approvals and has decided to go ahead with the contractual processes to acquire four additional P-8I aircraft under the options clause,” Commander PVS Satish, public relations officer for the Indian Navy told The Economic Times.

According to sources, Boeing has already submitted its draft offset contract to the defence ministry last week. “The government is considering exercising the option of adding four P-8I aircraft,” Dr Vivek Lall, vice-president, Boeing Defence, Space & Security told ET. The P-8I, which is based on the Boeing next-generation 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that the defence vendor Boeing is developing for the US Navy. India is the first international customer for the P-8 platform.

The first of the eight P-8I aircraft, which were bought through the direct commercial sales route with Boeing, are expected to be delivered to India within 48 months of the original contract signing. The aircraft are of supreme strategic importance for India’s naval forces, with the country looking to enhance its role in the high seas.

Further, the global community has been clamouring for India to play a more dominant policing role against sea piracy in the Straits of Malacca, which is one of the busiest commercial and military sea-routes in the world, and along the East African coast.

Also, in the ongoing scramble for sea power in the world’s thirdlargest ocean, India has been desperate to stop what it perceives as a growing Chinese hegemony in the region. Separately, Boeing has also submitted a reply to the Navy’s Request for Information for six medium-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft as well.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

DTN News - MIDDLE EAST NEWS: Israeli Official Sees Cyber Alternative To "Ugly" War....NSI News Source Info # 1536

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Dan Williams - Reuters

(NSI News Source Info) JERUSALEM, Israel - February 3, 2011: Cyberwarfare of the kind waged against Iran last year offers advanced nations an alternative to "ugly" military force with its moral costs, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday.

"War is ugly, awfully ugly," Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor told diplomats and journalists at a think tank called the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

"In modern times, because war is all the time on television ... people see this and can't take it. There are limits. There is a price you pay."

He added: "Because it is difficult, one looks for other ways. One of those other ways is the intelligence community of all the world trying to do things that don't look that ugly, don't kill people."

He declined to discuss the mysterious Stuxnet worm found in Iranian networks last year, but his remarks underscored Israelis' doubts about delivering on veiled threats to use open force against their arch-foe's nuclear program.

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DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Egypt Regime Digs In As Death Toll Mounts In Tahrir Square....NSI News Source Info # 1535

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Jack Shenker and Peter Beaumont in Cairo, Harriet Sherwood in Alexandria, and Julian Borger - guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 February 2011 20.57 GMT

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 3, 2011: The Egyptian regime dug in today, defying international pressure to begin an immediate transfer of power while launching attacks on journalists and human rights observers.

Egypt's vice-president Omar Suleiman offered political concessions, inviting the long-banned Muslim Brotherhood to a dialogue. However, the Islamist movement and other opposition parties have refused to talk until President Hosni Mubarak steps down.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Northrop Grumman Signs Long-Term Agreement For F-35 Components With Australian Supplier Quickstep....NSI # 1534

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Northrop Grumman Signs Long-Term Agreement For F-35 Components With Australian Supplier Quickstep....NSI News Source Info # 1534

* First Delivery of Production Composite Parts Expected in 2012

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Northrop Grumman

(NSI News Source Info) EL SEGUNDO, Calif., - February 2, 2011: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered the next installment of its commitment to expand international participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program by signing a long-term JSF parts agreement with advanced materials company Quickstep Technologies, North Coogee, Australia.

Northrop Grumman is a principal subcontractor on the Lockheed Martin-led (NYSE:LMT) F-35 industry team. Australia is one of nine countries, including the United States, contributing to the funding and production of the fifth generation, multirole F-35 aircraft.

Under terms of the second sourcing agreement, signed Feb. 2 in Sydney, Quickstep will produce an initial group of composite subassemblies that includes F-35 lower side skins, maintenance access panels and fuel tank covers.

"We have been working closely with Quickstep since 2010 to help them develop and mature their manufacturing capabilities to reach the high-precision standards required for the F-35," said Ram Ramkumar, director of F-35 international programs for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. "We look forward to their continued progress as a supplier of increasingly complex parts for all three variants of the aircraft."

The delivery of a key test article is planned for November 2011. First deliveries of production parts, which will support Northrop Grumman's production of low-rate initial production lot 5 center fuselages in Palmdale, Calif., are expected in May 2012.

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DTN News - EGYPT IN CRISIS: Cairo - Pro-Mubarak Groups Lobbing Rocks At Protesters....NSI News Source Info # 1533

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By MELANIE LIDMAN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT AND AP 02/02/2011

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 2, 2011: Gov't supporters take over army vehicles, throw rocks at protesters from surrounding buildings, according to reports; gun shots heard at Tahrir square after protests turn violent; over 100 reported injured.

Pro-Mubarak groups took over three army vehicles and lobbed rocks and other items at anti-government protestors from surrounding buildings, amid clashes that have been raging at Tahrir Square since Wednesday afternoon, Al-Jazeera reported.

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DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Delivers First 737-800 Boeing Sky Interior To China....NSI News Source Info # 1532

- First Chinese airline to fly with the new interior

- Chinese passengers now able to enjoy improved travel experience on 737

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Boeing February 1, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) SEATTLE,- February 2, 2011: Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air China today celebrated the delivery of the airline's first Next-Generation 737-800 with the innovative Boeing Sky Interior. With this new addition in its fleet, Air China has become the first Chinese airline to operate the 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior, offering passengers an enhanced onboard experience with larger stowage bins and sculpted sidewalls, a LED lighting system with cove lighting and curved architecture and more intuitive passenger service units.

Boeing Sky Interior is the latest in a series of improvements to the Next-Generation 737. The next to come will be a package of performance improvements that will reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by 2 percent – making the airplane a full 7 percent more efficient than the first Next-Generation 737s delivered. The performance improvements to the airframe and engine are in certification test, and will be phased into production between mid-2011 and early 2012.

To date, 60 customers have ordered the new interior for 1,689 airplanes.

Contact:

Yukui Wang, Boeing China Communications

Beijing

+ (86-10) 5925 5505

yukui.wang@boeing.com