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CONTRACTS
ARMY
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Va., was awarded a $279,294,136 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract April 12, 2011. The award will provide for the airborne intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Work will be performed in McLean, Va., and various areas outside of the continental United States, with an estimated completion date of Sep. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Research and Development Center Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-11-C-0035).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a $43,100,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract April 12, 2011. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to increase the ceiling amount to $91,000,000 for engineering services and technical support for the aircraft managed by the Armed Scout Helicopter Project Management Office. Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-10-D-0049).
AIR FORCE
The Raytheon Company of McKinney, Tex. was awarded a $71,272,811 firm fixed price contract for the procurement of 54 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems (MTS) Model B Turret and High Definition Electronic Units, one lot of Shop Replacement Units, Vendor Test Equipment and 54 Containers. The location of performance is McKinney, Tex. The contracting activity is ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (FA8620-06-G-4010).
Exbon Development, Inc, of Garden Grove, Calif; and K&S/Ace A Joint Venture of La Verne, Calif.; have been awarded a maximum $40,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirement (SABER) services in support of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing mission. The Air Force intends to award multiple ID/IQ type contracts that will support a range of SABER. Work to support this requirement will be located at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (FA4664-11-D-004, FA4664-11-D-005).
The killings at the police headquarters in Kandahar city are a serious blow to security in the province, seen as the birthplace of the Taliban and a pivotal battleground in the near ten-year war against the Islamist militants.
They are the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks against the 120,000-strong Afghan police, who are due to take on more responsibility for security ahead of the planned withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014
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The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea will hold a two-day summit in Tokyo from May 21 to discuss nuclear safety, disaster preparedness and other issues, Japan's government said Friday.
Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan will meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in the annual three-way meeting, Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano told reporters.
"The summit aims to boost cooperation and dialogue in various fields between the leaders of the three countries that have a big responsibility for the stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region," Edano said.
"During the upcoming summit, they will also discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in disaster prevention and nuclear safety in the wake of the Great East Japan Disaster," he said at a press conference.
The Northeast Asian three-way meetings on regional and global issues started in their current format in 2008. South Korea hosted the meeting last year.
This year's talks will come more than two months after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami brought Japan's worst post-war disaster and triggered an ongoing nuclear emergency that has sparked global concern.
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Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Susan Njanji - AFPABUJA, Nigeria
A last-minute bid by Nigeria's main opposition parties to form an alliance against President Goodluck Jonathan in this weekend's election has failed to reach a deal, a party official said Wednesday.
At the same time, one of the opposition parties said Jonathan has contacted some of its high-ranking members ahead of Saturday's vote, but details of those discussions were not made clear.
The country's two main opposition parties had renewed talks this week, with many suggesting their combined strength could force the ruling party into a runoff for the first time since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999.
"We regret to announce that such talks have not led to any such alliance," said Bisi Akande, chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria party, which is strong in Nigeria's southwest, where the economic capital Lagos is located.
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CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Dynetics, Incorporated, of Huntsville, Ala., Georgia Tech Applied Research Institute of Atlanta, Ga. and MilTec Corporation of Huntsville, Ala. are being awarded a $45,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for firm, fixed priced hardware, software, and design, and a cost reimbursable line item for travel and a Not Separately Priced Line item for data. This effort provides C4I & munitions test improvement. Location of performance is Dynetics, Inc., Hunstville, Ala; Georgia Tech Applied Research Institute, Atlanta, Ga. and MilTec Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. The contracting activity is AAC/PKE, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla. (FA9201-11-D-0095, FA9201-11-D-0096 and FA9201-11-D-0097)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Air BP division of BP Products North America Inc., Naperville, Ill. was awarded an unusual and compelling contract SP0600-10-R-0061-0003. Award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, one and a half month contract with a maximum $42,313,420 for fuel. Other locations of performance include Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
The arms market in Latin America, especially in Brazil, show a great potential for exports of Russian weaponry, a senior Russian defense industry official said.
More than 300 types of weaponry are being showcased by Russia at the Latin America Aero and Defense 2011 (LAAD-2011) arms show in Rio de Janeiro on April 12-15.
"The arms market of Latin America is expansive and promising. Brazil holds a leading position among our partners in terms of its potential for the acquisition of [Russian] military hardware and equipment," said Sergei Goreslavsky, the head of marketing at Russian Technologies State Corporation, who leads the Russian delegation at the LAAD-2011.
In addition to the wide array of combat aircraft and helicopters, including the Sukhoi Su-35 and Su-30MK2 multirole fighters andKa-52 Hokum B attack helicopters, Russia will focus on marketing its highly-acclaimed air defense systems, such as S-400, Tor-M2E, Buk-M2E, Tunguska-M1, Pantsyr-S1, and Igla-S.
"Modern warfare, as the recent events in Northern Africa confirmed, is conducted mainly from the air," Goreslavsky said. "That's why the purchase of advanced air defense systems offered by Russia becomes a serious consideration."
"We are hoping to gain some ground in this direction," the official added.
Russia, the world's second largest arms exporter after the United States, sold $8.6 billion worth of weaponry last year and is looking to increase its arms sales to almost $10 bln in 2011.
Rosoboronexport has established mutually beneficial arms trade ties with Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, and Ecuador through active marketing efforts. These countries express their interest in Russian air defense systems, radars, combat aircraft and helicopters, naval equipment, and small arms.
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Six jets - two F-16s, two Mirage 2000-5s and two Taiwan-built Indigenous Defence Fighters - landed on a motorway near Tainan(台南) city, where they refuelled and loaded with missiles and other ammunition before taking off again.
The exercise is part of a series of war games stretching over a five-day period and codenamed 'Han Kuang(漢光) 27', or 'Han Glory 27', which involved more than 1,300 soldiers.
The ROC military held an emergency landing and takeoff drill on a stretch of Freeway No. 1 near Madou District in Tainan City in the early morning of April 12 as part of the annual Hankuang exercises.
The drill simulated a wartime situation in which runways at airbases in southern Taiwan are destroyed by mainland Chinese guided missile attacks, according to the Ministry of National Defense. “In such an event, sections of highways that have been designed to accommodate military aircraft need to be employed,” said the MND.
The ROC air force’s three main jet fighters, the F-16, Indigenous Defense Fighter and Mirage 2000, took part in the one-hour drill. Other aircraft participating in the exercise included the CH-47 transport, OH-58D scout and attack, and AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters.
This marked the first time that the air force and army’s airborne and special operations unit have jointly taken part in such an exercise.
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