Wednesday, August 24, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anna Hazare Slams Govt, Vows To Fast Till All Demands Are Met

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anna Hazare Slams Govt, Vows To Fast Till All Demands Are Met

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2011: Amid hectic efforts to break the deadlock over Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare on Wednesday remained stiff on three issues on which his team has differences with government and said he will continue his fast till all demands are met. As his indefinite hunger strike demanding a strong Lokpal Bill entered the ninth day, Hazare said the government has no intention to eradicate corruption even today and it is not honest in its effort in this regard.

Team Anna and government's chief interlocutor Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday did not reach an agreement on three "sticky" issues -- citizen's charter, inclusion of lower bureaucracy and setting up of Lokayukta in state through Lokpal.

"Yesterday, the government agreed to our demands but kept a decision pending on three issues," a frail-looking Hazare told the gathering at Ramlila Maidan where he is sitting on fast.

"If the demands are not met, I have decided that I will fight till my last breath," he said.

"From village to mantralaya, everyone should be brought under Lokpal," the 74-year-old Gandhian said, adding "it has become very difficult for the poor to avail any service since the chain of corruption went from bottom to top."

He said from getting a ration card, kerosene and health services, nothing can be done without paying a bribe. "This chain has to be broken," he said.

Team Anna has been demanding that the whole bureaucracy should be brought under the ambit of Lokpal while the government is of the view that only officers above the level of Under Secretary should come within its purview.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 23, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 23, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 23, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 23, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., under the HQ0276-10-C-0005 contract, P00015. The total value of this option exercise is $9,805,492, increasing the total contract value from $276,712,593 to $286,518,085. This modification will exercise option CLIN 0008, “Future Upgrades and Engineering Support,” to provide engineering services necessary to effectively execute technical analysis for the Aegis BMD 5.1/SM-3 Block IIA program. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The performance period is through Sept. 30, 2016. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test, and evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this initial effort. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is not a foreign military sales acquisition. The MDA, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity.

NAVY

American Electronic Warfare Association, Inc.*, California, Md. (N00421-11-C-1051); J.F. Taylor, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md. (N00421-11-C-1052); Coherent Technical Services, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md. (N00421-11-C-1053); Dayton T. Brown, Inc.*, Bohemia, N.Y. (N00421-11-C-1054); and Strata-G Solutions, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala. (N00421-11-C-1055), are each being awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to perform research and development, integration, analysis, assessment, and test and evaluation services in support of the Aircraft Prototype Facility. Each contractor will be awarded $10,000 at the time of award. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts is $219,875,168, and the companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (90 percent), and at individual contractor facilities at various locations throughout the United States (10 percent). Work performed under these contracts is expected to be completed in August 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $10,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were solicited via a multiple award electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; and five offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $35,595,116 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0018) to exercise an option for operations and maintenance services in support of U.S. Navy Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (75 percent), and outside the United States (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $35,595,116 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles To The Republic of Korea

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles To The Republic of Korea

(NSI News Source Info) DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea - August 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Aug. 20 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base.

The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. 16 and made stops in Palmdale, Calif., Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before arriving in Korea.

"We are pleased to receive the latest three F-15K Slam Eagles, F-15K 51, 52 and 53, from Boeing,” said Lt. Col. Tae Uk Kim, Commander of the 110th Squadron, 11th Fighter Wing, ROKAF. “The F-15K is one of our most important assets in defense of the peninsula. We are satisfied with the continued on-schedule, quality deliveries of our F-15K Slam Eagles from Boeing.”

Boeing delivered the first six of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract in 2010, followed by two in April and two more in May. The remaining eight aircraft will be delivered through April 2012.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Defiant Saif al-Islam Rallies Loyalists

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Defiant Saif al-Islam Rallies Loyalists

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Saif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi who was reported captured by Libyan opposition forces on Sunday, has made a defiant public appearance in Tripoli.

Television footage showed Saif, considered the most influential and politically active of Gaddafi's children, pumping his fists in the air, smiling, waving and shaking hands with supporters. At one point, he was pictured holding his arms aloft with each hand making the "V" for victory sign.

"I am here to refute the lies," Saif, 39, said on Monday in reference to reports of his arrest. He later visited the Rixos Hotel, where many members of the foreign media have been based since the conflict started, to speak to foreign journalists.

"We broke the back of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard time, so we are winning," he said.

Gaddafi's son told journalists that Tripoli, which has been a battleground for the past 24 hours, remained in government hands.

DTN News - UK DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Receives UK Contract For 14 New Chinooks

DTN News - UK DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Receives UK Contract For 14 New Chinooks

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa., - August 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $1.64 billion (£1 billion) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide 14 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters and associated support for the first five years to the Royal Air Force (RAF).

The new-build CH-47 Mark (Mk)-6 Chinooks are part of the MOD's Strategic Helicopter Vision to modernize its helicopter force structure, and will expand the RAF fleet to 60 Chinooks.

"From the Falkland Islands to Iraq and Afghanistan, the RAF has operated Chinooks magnificently for many years in the most demanding environments," said UK Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox. "These additional helicopters will significantly enhance our existing heavy-lift helicopter capability. This fleet will support our frontline troops in current and future operations for decades to come."

DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Coast Guard To Boost Its fleet With New EC225 Helicopters

DTN News - JAPAN DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Coast Guard To Boost Its fleet With New EC225 Helicopters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 23, 2011: Following intensive relief operations after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, the Japan Coast Guard, Eurocopter Group and Eurocopter Japan have signed a tripartite contract for the supply of three additional EC225 helicopters to the Japan Coast Guard. These aircraft will be the first civilian helicopters to be equipped with the most advanced mission system, to be deployed for search and rescue as well as law enforcement missions.

Procurement of the EC225s was decided after the Japanese Coast Guard efficiently carried out rescue and relief efforts following the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11, but unfortunately had aircraft submerged during the disaster that were rendered unserviceable. The acquisition will replenish the fleet with new aircraft that have the technology and capability to carry out complex search and rescue (SAR) as well as anti-piracy missions.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 22, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 22, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 22, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 22, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, Mass., is being awarded a $900,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to allow the Global Broadcast Service Joint Program Office to acquire approximately 1,500 new receive suites, and approximately 1,100 retrofit kits, for fielded systems. ESC/HNSK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8307-11-D-0005).

DTS Aviation Services, Inc., is being awarded a $48,497,447 fixed-price incentive with award-fee contract modification for maintenance of T-38C, T-6, and T1A aircraft at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. 14 CONS/LGC, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., is the contracting activity (FA3002-05-C-0016).

Monday, August 22, 2011

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011 Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave Indian flags at Hazare's fast venue in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who has entered the seventh day of his fast, is unhappy with the Indian government's response, aides said Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared staunch against caving in to the activist's demands for a powerful anti-graft watchdog office.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Police Remove Supporters Of Anna Hazare Outside Residence Of India's Finance Minister In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Police Remove Supporters Of Anna Hazare Outside Residence Of India's Finance Minister In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011 Police remove supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, who were protesting outside the residence of India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi August 22, 2011.

Anti-graft activist Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Singer Kailash Kher Performs At Ramlila Grounds In New Delhi For Anna Hazare

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Indian Singer Kailash Kher Performs At Ramlila Grounds In New Delhi For Anna Hazare

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Indian singer Kailash Kher performs as anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, who is on a hunger strike, sits in front of the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who has entered the seventh day of his fast, is unhappy with the Indian government's response, aides said Monday, as the prime minister appeared staunch against caving in to the activist's demands for a powerful anti-graft watchdog office.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters Growing By Hour To Hour

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Supporters Growing By Hour To Hour

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare wave Indian flags and raise slogans as they arrive in a tractor to the fast venue in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Hazare, who is on his seventh day of fasting, demanding the setting up a powerful anti-corruption watchdog, is unhappy with the Indian government's response to his hunger strike, aides said Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared staunch against caving to the activist's demands.

DTN News - GADHAFI DISGRACED: Libyan Ex-Leader Gadhafi's Portrait Burnt By Demonstrators In Ankara

DTN News - GADHAFI DISGRACED: Libyan Ex-Leader Gadhafi's Portrait Burnt By Demonstrators In Ankara

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: A portrait of Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi and copies of his green book are set on fire by demonstrators during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara on August 22, 2011 as Libyan rebels entered the heart of Tripoli in a final drive to oust Gadhafi.

Libyan opposition groups hauled down the flag of Gadhafi's regime at the embassy and flew the rebel flag instead. The new flag belongs to Libya's National Transitional Council, which was recognized in July by Turkey as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: People Celebrate Capture In Tripoli Of Gadhafi's Son, Seif al-Islam

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: People Celebrate Capture In Tripoli Of Gadhafi's Son, Seif al-Islam

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: People celebrate the capture in Tripoli of Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday that met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 40-year rule appeared to rapidly crumble.

The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in the city's main square, the symbolic heart of the regime. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Celebrate At Military Base Near Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR TRIPOLI: Libyan Rebels Celebrate At Military Base Near Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 22, 2011: Libyan rebels celebrate in a town where the rebel took the base of the elite 32nd Brigade commanded by Moammar Gadhafi's son, Khamis, 16 miles west of Tripoli, Libya Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.

Rebel forces raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading regime.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Saadi Is Now Confirmed Captured. 3 sons, Mohammad Surrendered, Saif And Saadi Captured. Held In Secret Location

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Saadi Is Now Confirmed Captured. 3 sons, Mohammad Surrendered, Saif And Saadi Captured. Held In Secret Location

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: Three of Gaddafi’s sons have reportedly been captured by the rebels. According to the Libyan leader’s spokesman, Gaddafi is prepared to negotiate directly with the head of the rebel transitional council, but says the rebels are not ready to listen.

The Associated Press says the Libyan rebels are coming under sniper fire as they near the capital’s main square. Eyewitnesses are tweeting that an “Independence” flag has been raised on Abdel Ghani mosque.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Gaddafi's Son Saif Al-Islam Captured, His Authoritarian Rule Coming To An End In Libya

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Gaddafi's Son Saif Al-Islam Captured, His Authoritarian Rule Coming To An End In Libya

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: Libya's rebels have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera television on Sunday.

"We have confirmed information that our guys have captured Saif Al-Islam," Mustapha Abd El Jalil said. "We have given instructions to treat him well so that he can face trial."

Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of the Libyan leader.

A convoy of rebels entered a western neighborhood of the city, firing their weapons into the air. Rebels said the whole of the city was under their control except Gaddafi's Bab Al-Aziziya-Jazeera stronghold, according to al-Jazeera Television.

Gaddafi made two audio addresses over state television calling on Libyans to fight off the rebels.

"I am afraid if we don't act, they will burn Tripoli," he said. "There will be no more water, food, electricity or freedom."

Gaddafi, a colorful and often brutal autocrat who has ruled Libya for over 40 years, said he was breaking out weapons stores to arm the population. His spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, predicted a violent reckoning by the rebels.

DTN News - MIDDLE EAST NEWS: Egypt Must Do More To Secure Its Border With Israel

DTN News - MIDDLE EAST NEWS: Egypt Must Do More To Secure Its Border With Israel

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2011: This morning’s attacks on two tourist buses in southern Israel by Islamist militants, which are reported to have killed five people, has highlighted the worsening security position on Egypt’s border with Israel.

Until recently border security between the two countries had been relatively effective, as the Egyptian government under former President Hosni Mubarak took a close interest in preventing Hamas and other militant Islamist groups from indulging in acts of terrorism.

But now that Egypt is mired in its own political difficulties following Mubarak’s overthrow in February, the interim Egyptian government seems to have lost interest in fulfilling its security commitments along its border with southern Israel. The strict arms embargo Mubarak enforced against Hamas has been lifted, as have other restrictions on the movement of goods to and from Gaza.

The result is that, without proper Egyptian supervision, Hamas now has free and easy access to other militant groups that want to provide them with arms and other means of support. And so long as Egypt continues to ignore its responsibilities in Sinai, expect more terrorist attacks to take place in the weeks ahead.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: People In Benghazi Rejoices On Hearing Their First Attack on Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: People In Benghazi Rejoices On Hearing Their First Attack on Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Moammar Gadhafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.

Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city of Zawiya nearby.(Photo - AP)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Anti-Gadhafi Libyan Celebrating Capture Of Zawiya

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Anti-Gadhafi Libyan Celebrating Capture Of Zawiya

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Moammar Gadhafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.

Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city of Zawiya nearby. (Photo - AP)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Muammar Gaddafi's End Very Near - Rebel Chief

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Muammar Gaddafi's End Very Near - Rebel Chief

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli against the Kadhafi's regime on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya.

Several explosions and heavy gunfire were heard late Saturday in Tripoli, as witnesses reported fighting in some neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital. Gunfire erupted in central Tripoli after the break of the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan. (Photo - Getty)

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Muammar Gaddafi's End Very Near - Rebel Chief

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Muammar Gaddafi's End Very Near - Rebel Chief

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: A libyan rebels security forces member raises his rifle as tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli against the Kadhafi's regime on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya.

Several explosions and heavy gunfire were heard late Saturday in Tripoli, as witnesses reported fighting in some neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital. Gunfire erupted in central Tripoli after the break of the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan. (Photo - AP)

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Checked By Doctors During His Hunger Strike In New Delhi

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Being Checked By Doctors During His Hunger Strike In New Delhi

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: A team of doctors check the health of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on the stage during his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011.

Hazare said Saturday he was feeling physically weak but resolved in his demand that the government adopt his version of a bill setting up an anti-graft watchdog.(Photo - AP)

DTN News - JIHAD & TERRORISM REPORTS: Pakistani Military Officers' Links With Jihadist Organizations

DTN News - JIHAD & TERRORISM REPORTS: Pakistani Military Officers' Links With Jihadist Organizations

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: In early 2011, the US military's top officer, Adm Mike Mullen, has repeatedly accused Pakistan's spy agency of having links with militants targeting troops in Afghanistan.

He said Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had a "long-standing relationship" with a militant group run by Afghan insurgent Jalaluddin Haqqani. "It's fairly well known that the ISI has a long-standing relationship with the Haqqani network," Adm Mullen told Pakistan's Dawn newspaper."Haqqani is supporting, funding, training fighters that are killing Americans and killing coalition partners. And I have a sacred obligation to do all I can to make sure that doesn't happen."

DTN News presents a comprehensive analysis intelligence reports on Jihad & Terrorism in conjunction with Pakistani Military Officers and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) links with Jihadist Organizations prepared and published by Middle East Media Research Institute dated August 21, 2011 ~ Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.727.

DTN News - INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: Annual Report On Terrorism Says Al-Qaeda Remained Preeminent Threat To U.S.

DTN News - INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: Annual Report On Terrorism Says Al-Qaeda Remained Preeminent Threat To U.S.

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 20, 2011: The United States' annual report on terrorism says Al-Qaeda remained the preeminent terrorist threat to the United States in 2010.

Strategic assessment of the National Counter-terrorism Center, which prepared the "Country Reports on Terrorism 2010," is that though the terrorist network's core in Pakistan has become weaker, it retained the capability to conduct regional and transnational attacks.

Cooperation between Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan- and Pakistan-based militants was critical to the threat the group posed, says the report released by the State Department on Thursday.

In addition, the danger posed by Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) and increased resource-sharing between Al-Qaeda and its Pakistan-based allies and associates such as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Haqqani Network meant the aggregate threat in South Asia remained high.

The report points out that the Al-Qaeda affiliates have grown stronger. While Al-Qaeda senior leadership continued to call for strikes on the U.S. homeland and to arrange plots targeted at Europe, the diversity of these efforts demonstrated the fusion of interests and the sharing of capabilities among Al-Qaeda groups with different geographical focuses.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 19, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 19, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 19, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 19, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Island Pacific Energy, L.L.C.*, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62742-11-D-1191); Pacific Energy Solutions, L.L.C.*, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62742-11-D-1192); and Photon Finance, L.L.C.*, Mountain View, Calif. (N62742-11-D-1196), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for the purchase of reliable locally generated solar alternating current power from Solar Power Generation Systems at military installations for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for installation of Solar Power Generation Systems on roofs, parking shade structures, and vacant parcels of land. The installations will purchase solar alternating current power only, and will not construct, own, or maintain any generation assets. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all three contracts combined is $500,000,000. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Pacific AOR, state of Hawaii. The installations include, but are not limited to, the following Oahu facilities: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam; Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Schofield Barracks; Wheeler Army Airfield; Tripler Army Medical Center; Fort DeRussy; the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies; Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station; Naval Magazine West Loch; the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai; and the Army Reserve Center on Maui. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of August 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $15,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website,with 13 proposals received. These three contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. Task orders issued under the contract are contemplated to be for a period of up to 30 years pursuant to the statutory authority of 10 U.S. Code 2922a. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $135,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for the engineering, manufacturing, and development of the F/A-18E/F Infrared Search and Track System, a long-wave infrared detection system that targets airborne vehicles in a radar-denied environment. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (57 percent); Orlando, Fla. (35 percent); Santa Ana, Calif. (4 percent); and Irvine, Calif. (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0036).

Friday, August 19, 2011

DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Honest Japanese Return $78 Million In Cash Found In Quake Rubble

DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Honest Japanese Return $78 Million In Cash Found In Quake Rubble

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: The earthquake and tsunami that walloped Japan left much of its coastline ravaged, but left one thing intact: the Japanese reputation for honesty.

In the five months since the disaster struck, people have turned in thousands of wallets found in the debris, containing $48 million in cash.

More than 5,700 safes that washed ashore along Japan's tsunami-ravaged coast have also been hauled to police centers by volunteers and search and rescue crews. Inside those safes officials found $30 million in cash. One safe alone, contained the equivalent of $1 million.

The National Police Agency says nearly all the valuables found in the three hardest hit prefectures, have been returned to their owners.

"In most cases, the keyholes on these safes were filled with mud," said Koetsu Saiki with the Miyagi Prefectural Police. "We had to start by cutting apart the metal doors with grinders and other tools."

Determining who the safes belonged to, proved to be the easy part. Saiki says most kept bankbooks or land rights documents inside the boxes, containing their names and address. Tracking the owners down, was much more challenging.

Total of $78 Million Was Returned to Owners in Wake of Japan Catastrophe

"The fact that these safes were washed away, meant the homes were washed away too," he said. "We had to first determine if the owners were alive, then find where they had evacuated to."

Saiki says Miyagi police fanned out across the region, searching for names of residents posted at evacuation centers, digging through missing person reports at town halls, sorting through change of address forms at the post office, to see if the owner had moved away. When they couldn't find the documents, police called listed cell phone numbers, met with mayors or village leaders to see if they recognized the names.

The number of safes continued to increase as the clearing of tsunami debris led to more discoveries. Police stations struggling to find space for them housed the valuables in parking garages and meeting rooms.

Saiki says 20 percent of the 2,450 safes found in Miyagi turned out to be empty. But, the remaining 250 boxes contained much more than cash. Some included bars of gold, antiques, even crafted boxes containing a child's umbilical cord, a common memento of child birth. Police had to delicately comb through the keepsakes, since many of the items were damaged, after being soaked in seawater and mud for days or weeks.

The stashing of cash in safes isn't a unique problem in Japan, where many people prefer to keep their money at home, but Saiki says the number of boxes is especially high in the coastal region where fishermen make up a large part of the population. Fisheries companies prefer cash transactions, and keep employee salaries in safes, he said.

The number of lost items recovered has declined with every month, but Saiki says his department continues to receive a handful of safes a week.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waves His Supporters On Release From Tihar Jail

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waves His Supporters On Release From Tihar Jail

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare (C, wearing white cap) waves from a vehicle after he leaves Tihar jail in New Delhi August 19, 2011.

A vast and jubilant crowd cheered as Gandhian activist Hazare walked out of jail in New Delhi on Friday to carry on a hunger strike in public, the latest act in a drama of popular fury over corruption that has put India's government in a bind.

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waving Indian Flag To His Supporters Outside Tihar Jail

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Waving Indian Flag To His Supporters Outside Tihar Jail

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: India's most prominent anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare waves an Indian flag after emerging from the gates of Tihar prison where he was lodged since Aug. 16, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011.

Nearly 2,000 men, women and schoolchildren had gathered outside the jail on Friday morning to catch sight of the white-clad activist who has channeled the tactics of freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi into his fight to force the government to adopt his proposals for an anti-corruption law. (Photo - AP)

DTN News - STEALTH HELICOPTER: China Denies Inspecting US Helicopter In Pakistan

DTN News - STEALTH HELICOPTER: China Denies Inspecting US Helicopter In Pakistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: China has denied a report that Pakistan gave it access to the wreckage of a US "stealth" helicopter used in the covert raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in May.


"Those reports are entirely groundless and very ridiculous," the Chinese defence ministry said in a statement.

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate also denied the reports.

The Financial Times said the ISI gave access to the Chinese military to the modified Blackhawk helicopter and let a sample of its special "skin" be taken.

The helicopter, one of two used by a team of US Navy Seals, was said to have been modified to allow it to enter Pakistani airspace undetected by radar.

The Navy Seals tried to destroy the aircraft after it crash-landed, but part of the tail remained intact.

US officials have said there is reason to believe that Pakistan let the Chinese inspect the aircraft, but they cannot confirm whether it happened.

Relations between Washington and Islamabad were severely strained by the operation on 2 May, during which Bin Laden was killed at a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad where he had apparently been living for several years.

Pakistan enjoys a close relationship with China, which is a major investor in telecommunications, ports and infrastructure.

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Kabul Attack - Taliban In Six-Hour Gun Battle At British Compound

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Kabul Attack - Taliban In Six-Hour Gun Battle At British Compound

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2011: At least eight Afghan police and one foreigner are believed to have been killed after the Taliban marked the anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain with an elaborate, multi-phased attack on the British Council building in Kabul.

The assault on the compound in the west of the city began when a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle at the front gate of the compound.

Witnesses in nearby shops said several heavily armed insurgents then rushed out of a side street shouting, firing in the air and racing towards to the open gate. Afghan officials believed the number of attackers was between two and four.

All British nationals affected by the attack on the British Council in Kabul are now safe, said the Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt.

Jumadin, a worker at a nearby petrol station, said the force of the initial blast was enough to throw him across the ground. "I thought I was going to die," he said.

"When the policemen rushed to the area from the police district at least three were shot dead near the building."

At midday the relatively upscale Kabul neighbourhood resembled a war zone.

Six hours after the beginning of the attack, fighting continued between the attackers and security forces, including British troops. Loud explosions and long bursts of gunfire could be heard from within the building, circling helicopters released counter-missile flares and a medical evacuation helicopter briefly landed and then departed again just 50m from the site.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 18, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 18, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 18, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 18, 2011 are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS

ARMY

BAE Systems Land and Armaments, L.P., Troy, Mich., was awarded a $449,964,969 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for the technology development phase for the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Work will be performed in Madison, Ala.; Detroit, Mich.; Waltham, Mass.; and Troy, Mich., with an estimated completion date of June 26, 2013. Bids were solicited through the Internet with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-C-C001).

General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded a $439,715,950 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for the technology development phase for the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich.; Dallas, Texas; Plano, Texas; Detroit, Mich.; and Taunton, Mass., with an estimated completion date of June 26, 2013. Bids were solicited through the Internet with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-C-C002).

Thursday, August 18, 2011

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 18, 2011: A helicopter transporting Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak takes off from Joseftal hospital in the Red Sea resort of Eilat August 18, 2011, after Barak visited people at the hospital who were injured during attacks north of Eilat.

Gunmen killed seven people in southern Israel on Thursday in attacks along the Egyptian border and Israel responded with an air strike in the Gaza Strip that killed six Palestinians, including the leaders of a group it blamed for the violence. (Photo - Reuters)

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 18, 2011: In this handout image provided by the Israeli Defence Ministry, a bus is left a burnt out husk following series of coordinated gun and roadside bomb attacks against miltary and civilian targets near the Israeli - Egyptian border, on August 18, 2011 in Israel.

The attacks, near the resort town of Eilat, left at least five people dead. According to reports, Hamas official, Ahmed Yousef, welcomed the attacks but stated he did not believe that the political party carried them out. Israel has recently begun retaliatory air strikes on Gaza.. (Photo - AP)

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 18, 2011: Wounded Israeli soldiers are treated at the site of a shooting attack along the border between Israel and Egypt, southern Israel, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011.

Assailants armed with heavy weapons, guns and explosives crossed into southern Israel from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing six Israelis and wounding at least a dozen more in an audacious string of attacks that stoked concerns about Palestinian militants exploiting the recent instability in Egypt. . (Photo - Reuters)

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Team Gives Undertaking For Protests

DTN News - ANNA HAZARE INDIA NEWS: Anti-Corruption Crusader Anna Hazare Team Gives Undertaking For Protests

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 18, 2011: India’s central government ignited a political crisis when it put the anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare in jail – and then, they couldn’t get him out.

Anna Hazare, a 74-year-old long-time activist who has become the face of a populist movement against graft, was ordered released Tuesday night. But he refused to leave the prison until the government withdrew restrictions on his planned protest. He remained behind bars Thursday morning, but he was reported to have agreed to a deal with police to allow him to stage a 15-day hunger strike in a public park. The government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meanwhile, was left fumbling awkwardly.

Anna Hazare, a social activist, is usually based in a village in the western state of Maharashtra, where he advocates living by Gandhian principles. He rose to his current prominence when he came to New Delhi in April to stage a “fast unto death,” unless the government created a lokpal, or ombudsperson, with sweeping powers to investigate corruption. Anna Hazare was angry, in particular, at what’s being called the “2G scam,” in which the former telecommunications minister held a corrupt auction for the country’s cellular network license and cost the treasury as much as $40-billion. The ex-minister, plus a handful of senior government figures and business people, are now awaiting trial, held in the same jail that Anna Hazare won’t leave.

The grand corruption cases anger many Indians, but it is the daily rota of bribes they must pay to obtain basic services that are the chief preoccupation of Anna Hazare’s largely middle-class, urban supporters.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 17, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 17, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 17, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 17, 2011 are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS

ARMY

Medico Industries, Inc., Wilkes Barre, Pa. (W15QKN-11-D-0149); Modern Industries, Inc., Erie, Pa. (W15QKN-11-D-0200); and T&A Screw Products, Terryville, Conn. (W15QKN-11-D-0201), were awarded a $185,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the facilities, personnel, and equipment services for the manufacture of the shell bodies, projectile 60mm M710A1/M768; and projectile 81mm M821A1/M821A2/M8889A1/M889A2. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2020. Eight bids were solicited, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Honeywell International, Inc., Clearwater, Fla., was awarded a $141,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of inertial navigation units for several end items, including the Bradley, Knight, and Howitzer. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-0160).

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 17, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 17, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 17, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 17, 2011 are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS

ARMY

Medico Industries, Inc., Wilkes Barre, Pa. (W15QKN-11-D-0149); Modern Industries, Inc., Erie, Pa. (W15QKN-11-D-0200); and T&A Screw Products, Terryville, Conn. (W15QKN-11-D-0201), were awarded a $185,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the facilities, personnel, and equipment services for the manufacture of the shell bodies, projectile 60mm M710A1/M768; and projectile 81mm M821A1/M821A2/M8889A1/M889A2. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2020. Eight bids were solicited, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Honeywell International, Inc., Clearwater, Fla., was awarded a $141,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of inertial navigation units for several end items, including the Bradley, Knight, and Howitzer. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-0160).

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 17, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 17, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 17, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.

Wednesday August 17, 2011

New Business Fuels Growth At Intelligent Solutions For Information Systems
11:59 am - Business Wire
Lockheed Martin Emphasizes the Value of Technology, Engineering Careers to 200 Students at nasa IT Summit 2011
11:57 am - PR Newswire
Implant Sciences' CEO to Present at National Investment Banking Association Conference in Boston on August 18
11:39 am - Marketwire
Lockheed Martin to Provide Training Services for the U.S. Air Force C-5 Program
9:30 am - PR Newswire
World Surveillance Group Confirms Initial Yuma Flight Testing Schedule for Argus One UAV
9:07 am - Marketwire
Vulcan GMS Uses Quality Thinking to Cut Customer Response Time in Half
9:00 am - Marketwire
PacStar Delivers Riverbed Virtual Steelhead(R) Technology on the Smallest Deployable Appliance
9:00 am - Marketwire

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Libyan Rebels Set Sights On Tripoli

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Libyan Rebels Set Sights On Tripoli

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 17, 2011: A young boy poses with a gun given to him by adults as supporters of Muammar Gaddafi gather at Green Square in Tripoli August 17, 2011

Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world.

Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi loyalists for control over Libya's only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya Wednesday, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime's stronghold of Tripoli.

Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city's north on the Mediterranean coast, while some regime troops and civilian workers remain inside. He said rebels and regime forces clashed there on Tuesday, then the opposition fighters pulled out at nightfall and made a new push in the daylight.

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Tripoli 'At Its Most Vulnerable'

DTN News - BATTLE FOR LIBYA: Tripoli 'At Its Most Vulnerable'

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 17, 2011: Rebel fighters sit near a road sign pointing to Tripoli (R), central Zawiyah (top) and Subrata after taking partial control of the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. Libyan rebels hoisted their flag in the centre of the town near the capital on Sunday after the most dramatic advance in months cut off Muammar Gaddafi's capital from its main link to the outside world.

Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi loyalists for control over Libya's only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya Wednesday, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime's stronghold of Tripoli.

Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city's north on the Mediterranean coast, while some regime troops and civilian workers remain inside. He said rebels and regime forces clashed there on Tuesday, then the opposition fighters pulled out at nightfall and made a new push in the daylight.

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: China Already Has Advanced Stealth Technology Claims Pakistan

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: China Already Has Advanced Stealth Technology Claims Pakistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 17, 2011: China is not interested in acquiring the stealth technology currently being used by the United States for its flying machines as it has already developed the same in a much advanced shape and is using it in its most sophisticated multi-role planes, highly placed defence sources told The News here Monday.

The planes have successfully conducted their test flights early this year and China is now in the production phase of its stealth planes. A chopper fitted with stealth characteristics is not much different to what is used for the fixed-wings planes. The Chinese never requested Pakistan to provide any sort of access to the debris of the US stealth chopper that crashed in the Abbottabad operation on May 2 in which American special forces reportedly killed Osama bin Laden (OBL) and took his body to Afghanistan.

Highly placed defence sources say American satellites were monitoring the movement in and around Abbottabad during the days when the debris was lying outside the OBL compound. The area was under the constant watch of the world media and US moles were also actively at work during that period. In such a situation it was not possible for any Chinese expert to examine the tail of the chopper and, secondly, China never asked for such access. The stealth planes exterior is made of highly specialised materials such as Polygraphite. China has complete knowledge of the technology and is successfully using it already, the sources maintained.

They pointed out that the western media reports pertaining to so-called inspection by the Chinese experts is totally baseless and it appearance after more than three months depicts ill-intention. The purpose is to malign Pakistan and build pressure on it.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 16, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 16, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 16, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 16, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Forward Dedicated Logistics Solutions, L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. (W91B4N-11-D-7000); Jorge Scientific Corp., Arlington, Va. (W91B4N-11-D-7008); and Vanquish Worldwide, L.L.C., Friendsville, Tenn. (W91B4N-11-D-7018), were awarded a $983,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract between 20 contractors. The award will provide for the non-personal services and other items necessary to perform national Afghan trucking services. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2012. The solicited bid was limited to competition for products or services from Afghanistan, with 245 total bids received. The Bagram Regional Contracting Center, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Blue Rock Structures, Inc.*, Pollocksville, N.C. (N40085-11-D-8023); Grahams Construction, Inc.*, Delco, N.C. (N40085-11-D-8024); Huryn Justice General Contractors*, Vero Beach, Fla. (N40085-11-D-8025); Military & Federal Construction Co., Inc.*, Jacksonville, N.C. (N40085-11-D-8026); PentaCon*, Catoosa, Okla. (N40085-11-D-8027); and Quadrant Construction, Inc.*, Jacksonville, N.C. (N40085-11-D-8028), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for general construction projects at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and other outlying facilities in North Carolina. The maximum dollar value, including the base year and two option years, for all six contracts combined is $100,000,000. The work to be performed provides for new construction, demolition, repair, total/partial interior/exterior alteration/renovation of buildings, systems and infrastructure, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, communication systems, installation of new or extensions to existing high voltage electrical distribution systems, extensions to the existing high pressure steam distribution systems, extensions to the potable water distribution systems, extensions to the sanitary sewer systems, additional storm water control systems, painting, removal of asbestos materials and lead paint, and incidental related work. PentaCon is being awarded task order 0001 at $101,999 for the construction of a concrete pad with overhead shelter at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2012. All work on this contract will be performed in Jacksonville, Havelock, and other outlying facilities in North Carolina. The term of the contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $126,999 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website,with 37 proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contracts. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va. is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $47,587,946 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) for maintenance and repair of the supply assets for E-2D unique components and/or systems in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (63 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (35 percent); and Rolling Meadows, Ill. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 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.

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Qantas Overhauls With $9 Billion Fleet Order

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Qantas Overhauls With $9 Billion Fleet Order

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / SYDNEY, Australia - August 16, 2011: Australia's Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN.AX - News) is setting up two new airlines in Asia and ordering $9 billion of new Airbus (Paris:EAD.PA - News) aircraft as part of a do-or-die makeover to salvage its loss-making international business.

Qantas will also cut 1,000 jobs in Australia as it shifts its focus to the world's fastest-growing aviation market, triggering threats by unions to block the move and a government pledge to scrutinize the plans.

Qantas, which has been reviewing its offshore operations to cut costs and unprofitable routes, said it will launch a new, premium Asian airline and a Japanese budget carrier, the latter jointly with Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi Corp (Tokyo:8058.T - News).

The new airlines will fly Airbus A320 jets, cementing their reputation as the plane of choice on regional networks over archrival Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - News) Qantas, which also flies Boeing's best-selling 737 narrowbodies, plans to acquire up to 110 of the Airbus planes, worth more than $9.4 billion.