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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