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DTN News - STEALTH HELICOPTER NEWS: SEALs Used Secret Stealth Helicopter In Osama bin Laden Abbottabad Raid....NSI News Source Info # 1915Making a whisper-quiet helicopter is still beyond the means of modern technology, but military defense analysts say the Sikorsky choppers that Navy SEALs used in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan were clearly an advance toward that long-sought goal.
One of the helicopters was damaged during a hard landing and the commandos destroyed it before leaving with the infamous terrorist's body. Military aviation experts have been poring over photographs of the debris, particularly the tail section.
Precisely how the Black Hawk helicopters were modified is not known, but the photographs of the wreckage, analysts say, offer new clues to the military's cutting-edge methods.
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DTN News - SINGAPORE NEWS: Singapore Goes To The Polls On May 7....NSI News Source Info # 1914POLLING day is on May 7, and it will be a public holiday, announced the Returning Officer shortly after President S R Nathan dissolved Parliament on Tuesday afternoon at 3pm and set Nomination Day on April 27.
THE Government will make special effort to engage young Singaporeans and involve them in nation-building, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday night.
This will be a major task after the polls, he pledged.
PM Lee was speaking at the rally at Ubi to support the People's Action Party team led by Foreign Minister George Yeo, who is facing off the Workers' Party slate anchored by Mr Low Thia Khiang.
Reaching out to the young, Mr Lee said: 'We cherish you. We cheer for you. We want you to succeed, because Singapore belongs to you. You will be Singapore.'
He also exhorted young Singaporeans to build a better nation than what the older generations had achieved for them.
'And so we're making a special effort to engage young people, tapping their ideas and energies, involving them in building Singapore. That will be a major task which will face us after this General Elections,' added PM Lee.
The widely anticipated announcement kicked off a flurry of activities at political party branches, which have been gearing up for weeks.
Mr Yam Ah Mee, chief executive director of the People's Association has been appointed by the Prime Minister as the Returning Officer.
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CONTRACTS
ARMY
Contrack International, Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded on April 29 a $34,109,701 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance complex in Shindand, Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Shindand, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of March 12, 2012. Forty-one bids were solicited, with 11 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-11-C-0038).
Pride Industries, Roseville, Calif., was awarded on April 29 a $20,880,246 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the second of four financial options in support of maintenance and operations services at Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center. Work will be performed in Fort Polk, La., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Polk, La., is the contracting activity (W9124J-09-C-0014).
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DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN NEWS: U.S. Air Force Poised To Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Space Based Infrared System Satellite....NSI News Source Info # 1911CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., - 5 May, 2011: The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT] are ready to launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on Friday, May 6 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window is 2:14 p.m. EDT to 2:54 p.m. EDT. A live launch broadcast will begin at 1:54 p.m. EDT and will be accessible via the ULA webcast.
“SBIRS GEO-1 represents the dawn of a new era in overhead persistent infrared surveillance that will greatly improve national security for years to come,” said Brig Gen (select) Roger W. Teague, the U.S. Air Force’s Infrared Space Systems Directorate director. “We look forward to getting this next generation system on orbit and delivering its enhanced capabilities to the warfigher.”
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Thursday May 5, 2011
DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: US Confirms It Will Not Release Osama bin Laden Death Photo....NSI News Source Info # 1909Barack Obama has blocked publication of gruesome pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse, expressing concern that they might incite extremists to retaliate.
But Reuters, in a release not authorised by the US government, distributed disturbing pictures of three other men killed at Bin Laden's Pakistan hideout.
Obama, in an interview with CBS to be broadcast at the weekend, explained why he opted against publication of the Bin Laden picture. "It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence," the president said.
Some, including within his own cabinet, had argued in favour of publication as proof that the al-Qaida leader was dead. But Obama said that even if the photos were published, there would still be those who would deny it. "The fact of the matter is you won't see Bin Laden walking on this earth again," the president said.
Security in New York and Washington, as well as at US bases and embassies around the world, has been stepped up to cover the event of any al-Qaida revenge attack.
The debate over the pictures came after a difficult 48 hours for the White House, forced on to the defensive for offering conflicting accounts of the raid on Abbottabad which raised questions about the legality of the killing.
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DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: A Female Member Of Pro-Gaddafi Forces - Guards Checkpoint In Tripoli....NSI News Source Info # 1908(Photo - Getty Images)
B&HGSG News: Priyanka Chopra was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2011....NSI News Source Info # 1907
May 4, 2011: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra poses at the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2011 ceremony in Mumbai on May 3, 2011. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Indian film producer, director and screenwriter K. Balachander received the award for the year 2010.(Photo - Getty Images)
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B&HGSG News: Bollywood celebrities Dharmendra, Asha Parekh, Sonakshi Sinha with mother Poonam Sinha at Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2011....NSI News Source Info # 1906
May 4, 2011: Indian Bollywood actor Dharmendra (L), actress Asha Parekh (2L), Sonakshi Sinha with mother Poonam Sinha (R) pose at the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2011 ceremony in Mumbai on May 3, 2011. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Indian film producer, director and screenwriter K. Balachander received the award for the year 2010.
DTN News - FORCE PROTECTION NEWS: Cougar MRAP Modification Upgrade With ISS Kits Contract Awarded To Force Protection ~ U.S. DoD....NSI News Source Info # 1905
DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Gilani For Enhanced Pak-France Defence Cooperation....NSI News Source Info # 1904
DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Libyan Rebels Gather Support In Benghazi To Fight Pro-Gaddafi Forces....NSI News Source Info # 1902
DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Osama Bin Laden Death ~ Pakistan Has Questions To Answer, Says David Cameron,,,,NSI News Source Info # 1901He said of course there are lots of questions about the support systems bin Laden had in Pakistan.
The Prime Minister, who last year said that the country faced both ways on terrorism, said “everyone including the government” in Pakistan would need to explain how the world’s most wanted man came to be living with his family in a compound near an army base.
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DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Bin Laden Buried At Sea, Official Says....NSI News Source Info # 1900WASHINGTON, - May 2, 2011: Osama bin Laden received a Muslim ceremony as he was buried at sea, a senior defense official said here today.
The religious rites were performed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the North Arabian Sea, the official said, speaking on background, and occurred within 24 hours of the terrorist leader's death.
"Preparations for at-sea [burial] began at 1:10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and were completed at 2 a.m.," the official said.
The burial followed traditional Muslim burial customs, the official said, and bin Laden's body was washed and placed in a white sheet.
"The body was placed in a weighted bag. A military officer read prepared religious remarks, which were translated into Arabic by a native speaker," the official added.
Afterward, Bin Laden's body was placed onto a flat board, which was then elevated upward on one side and the body slid off into the sea.
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CONTRACTS
NAVY
Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $106,921,400 firm-fixed-price modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for procurement of 650 Category I Vehicle Independent Suspension System (ISS) kits and 350 Category II Vehicle ISS kits, for the Cougar Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle fleet supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis. (95 percent), and Ladson, SC. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed no later than Dec. 31, 2011. Fiscal 2009 Other Procurement Air Force funds in the amount of $1,407,765 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $12,592,123 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for non-recurring engineering associated with Engineering Change Proposal 6381 for the F/A-18 and EA-18G AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radio Detection and Ranging General Purpose Processor 3. In addition, this order provides for the procurement of 12 engineering development modules. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (65 percent); Forest, Miss. (20 percent); and St. Louis, Mo. (15 percent). Work is expected to be completed in January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
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DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: Killing Of Bin Laden May Spur Attacks, French Analyst Says....NSI News Source Info # 1897Osama bin Laden’s death won’t bring an end to terror attacks, even if the al-Qaeda movement has now lost its “spiritual father,” said Anne Giudicelli, a former French diplomat who runs Terrorist, a risk advisory company.
DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN NEWS: US Officials Confirm Osama Bin Laden Is Dead And Re-Confirmed By President Obama----NSI News Source Info # 1896
B&HGSG News: The beautiful sportscaster Erin Andrews of ESPN attended WHCA at Washington DC....NSI News Source Info # 1895
DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Tunisian Soldiers Are At Red Alert On Border With Libya....NSI News Source Info # 1894
Real estate magnate and television personality Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 30, 2011. (Photo - Retuers)
