DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China, Russia Discuss Military Cooperation

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China, Russia Discuss Military Cooperation

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / MOSCOW, Russia - August 5, 2011: The chief of the Chinese army's General Staff Chen Bingde discussed military cooperation with Russian Defense Minister Anatoli Serdyukov on Thursday.

During their talks, Chen, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), said bilateral military relations were in good shape and there had been dramatic progress in recent years.

China stood ready to work with Russia to further advance their military ties, which would help promote the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership and was conducive to peace and stability in the region and the world, Chen said.

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DTN News - U. S. DEFENSE NEWS: Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal....NSI News Source Info # 2292

DTN News - U. S. DEFENSE NEWS: Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal....NSI News Source Info # 2292

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Aug. 4, 2011: The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Bell Helicopter – Textron [NYSE: TXT], announced today that it has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Navy for a second multiyear procurement (MYP II) contract for the production and delivery of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

The five-year, fixed-price incentive proposal would provide the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) with the full complement of Ospreys outlined in the Department of Defense program of record and yield double-digit percentage savings over a single-year procurement strategy. In addition, the proposal will fortify Osprey production through 2019.

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DTN News - DUTCH EAST INDIES: Dutch Colony That Became Modern Indonesia ~ Part Of Our Roots....NSI News Source Info # 2291

DTN News - DUTCH EAST INDIES: Dutch Colony That Became Modern Indonesia ~ Part Of Our Roots....NSI News Source Info # 2291

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 4, 2011: This morning I received a very pleasant email from my younger brother Bob with a photo image of Indonesia during the 1930's era showing our grandparents, uncles and aunts. Our grandfather Rademaker was a ranking officer in the Dutch Indies armed forces and the photograph has been taken somewhere in Batavia (Indonesia) at an army cantonment base.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Says Japan Defence Paper 'Irresponsible'.....NSI News Source Info # 2290

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Says Japan Defence Paper 'Irresponsible'.....NSI News Source Info # 2290

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / BEIJING, China - August 4, 2011: China has hit out at rival Japan over a defence paper that criticised Beijing's military build-up, branding the accusations "irresponsible".

Japan voiced concern in its annual defence report, released this week, over China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, and what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said his country's drive to modernise its forces was "entirely for safeguarding its national sovereignty" and was "not targeting any other country".

"The Japanese 2011 defence white paper made irresponsible comments on China's national defence construction. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction," he said in a statement published late Wednesday.

"China's development is offering significant opportunities to all countries -- including Japan -- and China has not, and never will be a threat to any other country."

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DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: DTN News Congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama On His 50th Birthday....God Bless Him & God Bless America

DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: DTN News Congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama On His 50th Birthday....God Bless Him & God Bless America....NSI News Source Info # 2289

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 3, 2011: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) listens as performers, including Jennifer Hudson (3rd R), sing "Happy Birthday" to him to celebrate his 50th birthday before he delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago August 3, 2011.

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DTN News - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS OVER?: Default Avoided But Fears On Economy Remain....NSI News Source Info # 2288

DTN News - U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS OVER?: Default Avoided But Fears On Economy Remain....NSI News Source Info # 2288

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / WASHINGTON - August 3, 2011:

The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-ditch deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future tax and spending feuds.

President Barack Obama and lawmakers from across the political divide expressed relief over the hard-won compromise to raise the country's borrowing authority after weeks of rancorous partisan battles.

Nevertheless, U.S. stocks tumbled, turning negative for the year, as investors shifted their attention to the increasingly grim state of the U.S. economy and the potential for a downgrade of America's gold-plated debt rating.

That risk grew when one of the three major ratings agencies said it was affirming the U.S. government's AAA-rated sovereign debt but slapping it with a negative outlook.

The announcement by Moody's Investors Service after U.S. markets closed could lead to a downgrade within 12 to 18 months. That could raise borrowing costs for U.S. companies and consumers as the economy risks slipping back into recession.

The Senate's approval by 74-26 votes of the $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan warded off the immediate specter of a catastrophic U.S. debt default. The bill passed the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Monday.

Obama immediately signed it into law, lifting the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling with just hours to spare before the government was due to run out of money to pay all its bills.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 2, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 2287

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 2, 2011....

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(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 2, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 2, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Analytical Services, Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (W56HZV-11-A-AA01); DCS Corp., Alexandria, Va. (W56HZV-11-A-AA02); Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va. (W56HZV-11-A-AA03); Tolliver Group, Inc., Winter Park, Fla. (W56HZV-11-A-AA04); VT Aepco, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md. (W56HZV-11-A-AA06); and O’Neil & Associates, Inc., Miamisburg, Ohio (W56HZV-11-A-AA07), were awarded a $225,000,000 firm-fixed-price level-of-effort multiple-award-task-order contract between 16 vendors. The award will provide for white collar professional services. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 10 bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.

AM General, L.L.C., Mishawaka, Ind., was awarded a $199,835,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 8,500 various power packs for the High Mobility Wheeled Vehicle Program. Work location will be determined with each delivery order, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received. The Directorate for Contracting, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, is the contracting activity (W911RQ-11-D-0019).

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $54,490,905 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the production of the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior control display system version cabin conversion. Work will be performed in Amarillo, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-11-C-0016).

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DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan US Relations Downhill - China Relation Uphill....NSI News Source Info # 2286

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan US Relations Downhill - China Relation Uphill....NSI News Source Info # 2286

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 1, 2011:

U.S. being preoccupied with its debt crisis during entire month of July, 2011 was unable to entertain ISI Head, Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha’s US visit and withheld $800 million economy and military aid with some exceptions.

The U.S. decision to defer nearly $800 million in counterterrorism funding to Pakistan in recent weeks was a necessary step, given the ejection of U.S. military trainers from Pakistan, ongoing concerns over the misuse of U.S. aid dollars, and mounting evidence of Pakistani complicity with insurgent groups.

It is believed on

General Ahmad Shuja Pasha's return from U.S.,

and unable regain the flow of U.S. aid with Washington, the Pakistani

were

displeased and

took some retaliatory actions against Obama

administration with immediate effect for CIA to close shop and imposed restrictions on American embassy staff

travel

movements in Pakistan. The top US military chief warned that US-Pakistan military-to-military ties were at a “very difficult” crossroads, allowing that a path to progress on that front was not yet clear.

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DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Army Selects Lockheed Martin’s SMSS Autonomous Vehicle For Afghanistan Deployment....NSI # 2285

DTN News - LOCKHEED MARTIN DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Army Selects Lockheed Martin’s SMSS Autonomous Vehicle For Afghanistan Deployment....NSI News Source Info # 2285

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / DALLAS, TX - August 1, 2011:

The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium, selected the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to deploy to Afghanistan for a first-of-its-kind military assessment. SMSS will deploy as the winner of the Project Workhorse Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) competition sponsored by the Army.

The largest autonomous vehicle ever to be deployed with infantry, the 11-foot-long SMSS can carry more than half-a-ton of a squad’s equipment on rugged terrain, easing the individual soldier’s burden, which can often exceed 100 pounds.

“SMSS is the result of more than a decade of robotic technology development, and we welcome the opportunity to demonstrate this capability in theater, where it can have an immediate impact at the squad level,” said Scott Greene, vice president of ground vehicles in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “The Army has tested the system’s capabilities in three domestic user assessments, and SMSS has been deemed ready to deploy.”

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 1, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 2284

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 1, 2011....

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(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 1, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 1, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded a $904,184,088 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 6,963 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2013. 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).

Hellfire Systems, L.L.C., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $159,018,990 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 3,097 Hellfire missiles in containers; 16 Hellfire II guidance test articles; and engineering, equipment, and production services. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. One sole-source bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0242).

Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc., Annapolis Junction, Md., was awarded a $49,999,999 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task-order contract. The award will provide for the construction services for the Baltimore-Washington corridor with availability to be utilized throughout the continental United States. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of July 29, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-11-D-0017).

Olin Corp., East Alton, Ill., was awarded a $29,372,473 firm-fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and .50 small caliber ammunition. Work will be performed in East Alton, Ill., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2017. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-C-0038).

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DTN News - OSHKOSH DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense To Deliver Nearly 7000 Additional FMTV Trucks And Trailers To The U.S. Army....NSI # 2283

DTN News - OSHKOSH DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense To Deliver Nearly 7000 Additional FMTV Trucks And Trailers To The U.S. Army....NSI News Source Info # 2283

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / OSHKOSH, WI – August 1, 2011: Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will deliver nearly 7,000 additional Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC). Oshkosh has now received orders for nearly 26,000 FMTV trucks and trailers, and is delivering vehicles to meet the Army’s delivery schedule.

“We continue to support the Army on this successful program with the on-time delivery of very high-quality, Oshkosh-built FMTV trucks and trailers,” said Mike Ivy, vice president and general manager of Army Programs for Oshkosh Defense. “Our robust manufacturing capabilities, combined with the exceptional value Oshkosh brings to this program as a specialty vehicle manufacturer, prompted the Army to order more vehicles at an earlier point in the program than they had anticipated before the award to Oshkosh.”

The FMTV supports Army and National Guard units at home and abroad in combat operations, relief efforts, unit-resupply missions and other functions. The FMTV is a series of 17 models ranging from 2.5-ton to 10-ton payloads. Vehicles have a parts commonality of more than 80 percent, resulting in streamlined maintenance, training, sustainment and overall cost efficiency.

Oshkosh has more than 90 years of experience mobilizing the U.S. military, and the company is the only supplier of the Army’s medium and heavy tactical wheeled vehicle fleets. Oshkosh incorporated its rigorous quality checks and production standards into its work on the FMTV program to ensure delivery of high-quality trucks and trailers.

This is the latest order under the five-year FMTV contract awarded to Oshkosh Defense for the production of trucks and trailers, as well as support services and training, through calendar year 2015. The order is valued at more than $904 million and deliveries are scheduled to be completed in June 2013.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Deadly Violence Hits China's Restive Xinjiang....NSI News Source Info # 2282

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Deadly Violence Hits China's Restive Xinjiang....NSI News Source Info # 2282

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 31, 2011: Ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilitary police patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region, in 2010. Knife-wielding attackers killed 13 people in China's Xinjiang region and another five were shot dead by police as a wave of violence swept the ethnically-torn area, state media and officials said Sunday.

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China's Peacekeeping Squad Leaves For Liberia....NSI News Source Info # 2281

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China's Peacekeeping Squad Leaves For Liberia....NSI News Source Info # 2281

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 31, 2011: A 17-member Chinese peacekeeping squad departs from Beijing Capital International Airport for Liberia on July 26, 2011. The squad, which includes staff from criminal investigation, special police and traffic departments, was organized by the public security departments in Central China's Hunan province. It is the 10th peacekeeping squad sent by China to Liberia. [Photo/Xinhua]

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