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Saturday, December 1, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin For Airborne Mine Countermeasures Test In Support of MH-60S Aircraft

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin For Airborne Mine Countermeasures Test In Support of MH-60S Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 1, 2012: Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,088,594 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-09-G-0005 for additional Airborne Mine Countermeasures test support and system development efforts in support of the MH-60S aircraft.

Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in May 2014.

Contract funds in the amount of $2,080,998 will be obligated at time of award, $1,327,000 of which will 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 - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's New Fighter Jet J-15 Has Range of 3,000 Km

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China's New Fighter Jet J-15 Has Range of 3,000 Km

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - November 30, 2012: Chinese fighter jet J-15, which successfully landed on the country's first aircraft carrier, has a range of about 3,000 km without refueling and strong sea-air combat capability, said an official.

Zhang Junshe, deputy director of the country's Naval Military Studies Research Institute, told that the successful takeoff and landing of the J-15 is a clear sign of an increase in the fighting capacity of the aircraft carrier. Carrier-based aircraft is an important symbol of the fighting capacity of an aircraft carrier, he said.

Zhang said the J-15 is China's first generation of independently developed carrier-based aircraft. It is a third-generation fighter with strong sea-air combat capability and supersonic speeds. It can carry multiple types of long-range anti-ship and air-to-air missiles.

The J-15 has a range of about 3,000 km without refueling, and thus has strong long-range combat capability, said the media report. After the successful takeoff and landing of the carrier-based aircraft, the navy will now test other components of the carrier battle group.

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DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Defense Chief Sounds Ready To Hit Iran, Thanks In Part To Iron Dome

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - November 30, 2012: Israel’s retiring defense chief thinks Iran needs to be “coerced” in 2013 from building an atom bomb, despite any U.S. hopes that sanctions will bring Tehran to the negotiating table. And the recent success of his new, U.S.-funded missile defenses seems to have convinced him that Israel is better able than ever to deter its Iran-backed foes.

“Of course, we would love to see some heavenly intervention that will stop them, to wake up some morning and learn that they’ve given up on their nuclear intentions,” Barak told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday during a joint press conference with Leon Panetta, his American counterpart. “You cannot build a strategy based on these wishes or prayers. Sanctions are working and they are more hurting than anything I remember from the past vis-a-vis Iran, but I don’t believe these kinds of sanctions will bring the ayatollahs to a moment of truth where they sit around a table, look into each other’s eyes and decide that the game is over.”

Not exactly what Panetta wanted to hear during what was supposed to be a friendly press conference in which they celebrated how the U.S.-backed Iron Dome rocket defense system stopped Hamas’ rocket attacks cold. The U.S. defense chief, who effused over the retiring Barak as “a man of peace” and praised their long friendship, said the “unprecedented pressure” on Iran from international sanctions present “time and space for an effort to try to achieve a diplomatic solution.”

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., For Logistics And Maintenance Services In Support of T-34 Aircrafts

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - Novembe 30, 2012: Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $12,522,539 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, requirements contract (N00019-11-D-0014) for additional logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance to support 179 T-34, 54 T-44 and 192 T-6 aircraft based primarily at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, NAS Whiting Field, Fla., and NAS Pensacola, Fla.

Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas (50 percent), Whiting Field, Fla. (39 percent), Pensacola, Fla. (8 percent), and various sites within the continental United States (3 percent) including NAS Lemoore, Calif.; NAS Patuxent River, Md.; Oceana, Va.; Marine Corp Air Station Miramar, Calif.; Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Huntsville, Ala.; and NAS Fallon, Nev.

Work is expected to be completed in January 2013.

No funding will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued.

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., For Operations And Maintenance Services In Support of MQ-8B Fire Scout

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - Novembe 30, 2012: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $15,010,161 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance services in support of the MQ-8B Fire Scout.

Work will be performed in Afghanistan (90 percent), and Patuxent River, Md. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2013.

This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.

Contract funds in the amount of $1,500,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The remaining funding will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-13-C-0018).

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT FROM HONG KONG: USS Bonhomme Richard Anchors In Hong Kong

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT FROM HONG KONG: USS Bonhomme Richard Anchors In Hong Kong

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – November 4, 2012: The U.S. amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard pulled in Hong Kong waters on Oct. 29, 2012, to get replenishment and embarked Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Hong Kong for a scheduled port visit Oct. 29.

While in Hong Kong, Sailors and Marines will have the chance to experience the culture, participate in Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) tours, volunteer for community service events or just relax and see the sights.

"I've never been to Hong Kong before," said Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Aaron Richards. "I'm very excited about going to the bazaar to buy some nick knacks and I will be going on an MWR tour to see the city and have a nice dinner."

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT HURRICANE SANDY: Hurricane Sandy Hammers The Northeast USA

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT HURRICANE SANDY: Hurricane Sandy Hammers The Northeast USA

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy is churning off the East Coast and is expected to join up with two other weather systems to create a huge and problematic storm affecting 50 million people. Here’s a snapshot of what is happening or expected, region by region.

ONTARIO

Ontario residents are urged to make preparations ahead of the heavy rainfall and high winds from Hurricane Sandy. Southern and eastern Ontario are expected to be hit by the super storm, with heavy rainfall and potentially damaging winds up to 100 kilometres per hour.

“The Canadian Red Cross encourages all Canadians to take some steps to ensure their safety. Be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for at least 72 hours in an emergency,” Denis Dion, national director of disaster management for the Canadian Red Cross, said in a statement. “By taking some time now to store emergency food, water and other supplies, you can provide for your entire family during a power outage or evacuation.”

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DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Militants Violate Truce

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 29, 2012: In Damascus’s suburbs, militants have attacked 3 army block posts and shelled several army headquarters. In the city of Ain Terma, 4 servicemen have been killed.

According to the Al Jazeera TV channel, commanders of the so-called “Syrian Free Army” claim that they have seized the city of Silkin in the Idlib province.

Initially, it was planned that the truce would last until Monday, but political observers doubt that the government will refrain from using force until that time in such a situation.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: New Pakistan Outreach Could Aid Afghan Peace Deal

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: New Pakistan Outreach Could Aid Afghan Peace Deal

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 28, 2012: In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan.

Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.

The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement.

(AP Photo/ Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

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DTN News - JAPAN ROYAL FAMILY: Emperor Showa And Empress Kojun With Prince Akihito And Princess Michiko Shoda Wedding 1959

DTN News - JAPAN ROYAL FAMILY: Emperor Showa And Empress Kojun With Prince Akihito And Princess Michiko Shoda Wedding 1959

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 27, 2012: The marriage of Crown Prince Akihito to Michiko Shoda on April 10, 1959, generated huge public interest not only because she was the first commoner to marry a future emperor, but also because their romance was played out on tennis courts rather than arranged by palace insiders.

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DTN News - JAPAN NEWS: Autumn Garden Party At Royal Imperial Palace Tokyo

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 27, 2012: London Olympics gold medalists Kaoru Matsumoto (5th right), Saori Yoshida (6th right) and Ryota Murata (8th right) talk with Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Crown Prince Naruhito at the annual autumn garden party in Tokyo on Thursday.

About 2,100 people were invited to the garden party. Crown Princess Masako did not attend the party.

(Photo - REUTERS/Issei Kato)

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DTN News - COLD WAR ERA IMAGES: Fidel Castro At The Bronx Zoo, 1959

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 27, 2012: Fidel gets a taste of America as he wolfs down hot dog at the Bronx Zoo on April 22, 1959.

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DTN News - COLD WAR ERA IMAGES: Fidel Castro In New York City, 1959

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 27, 2012: A Florida doctor claimed on Oct. 19 that Cuban strongman Fidel Castro had suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to speak, recognize anyone or fend for himself.

As rumors gain strength that the reclusive leader may be on death’s door, we look back to an earlier era - before the Cuban Missle Crisis - when he toured New York City as a young man.

He came, he saw, he conquered. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to New York, hired a public relations firm, ate hot dogs, kissed ladies like a rock star, and held babies like a politician.

Loved by some, hated by others, his trips to the Big Apple were galvanizing.

Take a stroll through the News' archives ... Here, Gladys Feijoo, 19-year-old Miss La Prensa of 1959, kisses Fidel Castro as he signs his autograph for her collection on April 22, 1959.

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DTN News - GEORGIA DEFENSE NEWS: How Russia And Georgia Started A Drone Arms Race

DTN News - GEORGIA DEFENSE NEWS: How Russia And Georgia Started A Drone Arms Race

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 26, 2012: On the night of August 7, 2008, (TBILISI, Georgia) what military experts and historians say is the world’s first two-sided drone war began.

Georgia, convinced Russia was about to annex its separatist region of South Ossetia, made the first move by bombarding and then invading the separatist capital, Tskhinvali.

What followed was a destructive five-day war that was to a great extent provoked and fought by drones, waking Russia up to the strategic importance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology.

The Georgian government lost control over South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the country’s chaotic first years of independence after the Soviet Union fell in 1991.

Four months before the war, as peace talks stalled between Georgia and the de facto governments of its breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia the Georgian government began conducting reconnaissance flights over the conflict regions using medium-sized Hermes-450 drones it had purchased from Israel.

Moscow and Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi have frequently clashed over Georgia’s aspirations to join NATO as well as Russia’s increasing support to Georgian separatists, but the conflict intensified as the drones started to go down.

Three to seven Georgian drones were shot down over Abkhazia in April and May 2008. Each side offered conflicting information on the number of incidents and aircraft involved.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Sikorsky To Build Superfast, Military-Grade S-97 RAIDER™ Helicopter

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 26, 2012: In 2009 Sikorsky Aircraft built the world’s fastest helicopter, the X2, which clocked in at nearly 287 miles per hour and earned a PM Breakthrough Award to boot. Since then, the company has been incorporating the technology into designs for a new helo—the Raider S-97—which it plans to offer it to the U.S. Army in 2015.

Like the X2 Demonstrator, the S-97 will use a coaxial rotor system. Its two rotors spin in opposite directions to stabilize the helicopter at high speeds, allowing it travel twice as fast as conventional helos. The S-97 will be twice as large as the X2, weighing in at 11,000 pounds, and capable of climbing up to 10,000 feet.

Sikorsky spokesperson Frans Jurgens told PM the S-97 would be able to hover with its nose pointed high or low without sliding backward or forward. "So it will have the ability to pirouette while keeping guns on-target," Jurgens says. "These are the kinds of maneuvers that only the X2 aircraft can achieve." The company plans to build the first two S-97 prototypes next summer and expects to get them off the ground beginning in late 2014.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Has A Daring And Prudent Plan

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Has A Daring And Prudent Plan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 25, 2012: Earlier this year pictures came out of China showing yet another stealth fighter prototype. This one is called the J-31 “Falcon Eagle” (from an inscription on the tail), and while it looks like the American F-22, it’s also smaller than China’s other stealth fighter (the J-20, which has already flown).

The J-31 was built by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (which makes the J-11, the illegal Chinese copy of the Russian Su-27). The J-31 has some characteristics of the F-35 as well but appears more an attempt to match the F-22. It’s possible that the F-31 was a competing (with the J-20) design that lost out. That’s because the J-31 has not flown yet. Whatever the case, the J-31 is further evidence that China is determined to develop its own high tech military gear.

While China is eager to develop advanced military technology locally, it recognizes that this takes time and more effort than nations new to this expect. Thus China is trying to avoid the mistakes Russia made in this area, and having competing designs and developing necessary supporting industries is part of that. All this takes a lot of time and involves lots of little (and some major) failures. The Chinese are doing it right and are willing to wait until they get military tech that is truly world class.

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DTN News - GREETINGS: Eid-Ul-Fitr Mubarak

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 25, 2012: Eid-Ul-Fitr Mubarak

May Eid-Ul-Fitr

bring abundant joy

and happiness in your life!

Eid-Ul-Fitr Mubarak!

Best Wishes from Staff & Management;

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DTN News - MAURITANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Mauritania Receives Brazilian-Made Super Tucano Jet Fighter

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 25, 2012: Mauritanian Air Force has received its first Brazilian-made Super Tucano jet fighter under a military deal passed last march with the aircraft manufacturer Embraer, without saying how many planes will be delivered to the African nation.

However, some foreign diplomatic and intelligence sources say that Mauritania will be supplied at least three EMB-314 Super Tucano light military planes which can be used for pilot training, reconnaissance, internal security, border patrol and counter-terrorism and anti-narcotics trafficking missions.

Equipped with an advanced laser inertial navigation and attack system, a GPS and a traffic alerting and collision avoidance system (TCAS), the Super Tucano has an integrated advanced weapon system. This includes a centerline hard-point for air-to-surface weapons beneath the fuselage, besides wing-embedded cannons.

The aircraft also includes the Safire thermal imaging system from FLIR, which allows the aircraft to carry out night surveillance and attack missions. Powered by a PT6A-68A turboprop engine developing 969kW, the aircraft can fly at a maximum speed of 560km/h. It is also capable of operating from remote bases and unpaved runways.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, US Start Largest Ever Air Defense Exercise

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, US Start Largest Ever Air Defense Exercise

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 24, 2012: The Israeli and United States armed forces started their largest-ever joint air defense and anti-missile exercise on Sunday, involving thousands of service personnel and the two nation's principal air defense missile systems, the Israeli Army told RIA Novosti.

The Austere Challenge exercises, taking place in Israel and the neighboring waters, involve 3,500 Americans and over 1,000 Israelis. Preparations for the war games have taken two years and "are in no way connected to current events taking place in the Middle East," the two allies say.

The US forces will test their Patriot ground-based and naval Aegis air defense systems, while Israel will test its Hetz-2 (Arrow) missile, which, like Patriot, is designed to intercept ballistic missiles. Israel will also test its Iron Dome system which is designed to take on the short-range rockets which are regularly fired into Israel from Gaza.

Most of the exercise will consist of command and control drills in a simulated environment but will include some live firing. The exercise has cost the US $30 million and Israel $8 million.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Lockheed Martin Contract ForModifications & Maintenance of F-22 At Hill Air Force Base Utah & Palmdale, Calif

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Lockheed Martin Contract For Modifications & Maintenance of F-22 At Hill Air Force Base Utah & Palmdale, Calif

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 23, 2012: Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (FA8611-08-C-2897, P00153) is being awarded a $133,726,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for F-22 modifications and heavy maintenance sustainment, depot throughput and installations, signature analysis system reduction, contractor field teams, structural retrofit plan and modernization and common configuration.

The location of the performance is Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Palmdale, Calif.

Work is expected to be complete Wrightd by Dec. 31, 2013.

The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WWUK,-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Germany Warns UK Against EU Budget Veto

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Germany Warns UK Against EU Budget Veto

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 22, 2012: Germany is warning Britain that its threat to veto the European Union’s new budget will force Berlin to cancel next month’s EU budget summit.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened to veto any agreement on the EU’s new seven-year budget other than a complete spending freeze.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly decided that holding talks on the 2014-2020 budget while Britain is almost certain to veto it is pointless, The Financial Times reported.

A veto will further outrage EU members after Cameron also vetoed an EU-wide financial agreement to help the eurozone crisis back in December and forced the other 26 nations to sign the pact without Britain.

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: Shaolin Martial Arts Students Perform During Festival In Zhengzhou, Henan Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 22, 2012: Shaolin martial arts students perform in the opening ceremony of the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Zhengzhou, Henan province, October 21, 2012.

Some 1,500 martial arts athletes from 73 different countries and areas are taking part in the festival which began on Sunday, local media reported. Picture taken October 21, 2012.

REUTERS/China Daily

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: Chinese Performers Play Drums In Wuxiang County, North China's Shanxi Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 22, 2012: Performers play drums outside the Eighth Route Army Culture Park, one of two theme parks, in Wuxiang county, north China's Shanxi province, October 20, 2012.

Visitors to the theme parks pay to participate in a dress up action play with performers, where they can choose to role play as soldiers from the Japanese army or the Eighth Route Army, with professional sound and lighting effects.

A live-action show and the parks, located near the former headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, a military group controlled by the Communist Party of China during the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War, cost the Wuxiang government around 500 million RMB ($80 million) to construct. Picture taken on October 20, 2012.

REUTERS/Jason Lee

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Yash Chopra "King of Romance" ~ No More

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Yash Chopra "King of Romance" ~ No More

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 21, 2012: Veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra, who gave Indian cinema path breaking movies, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday evening.

The producer- director was suffering from dengue and after being diagnosed he was admitted to Lilavati hospital last week.

Chopra reportedly fell ill on October 10, upon returning home from superstar Amitabh Bachchan's birthday party.

Yash Chopra was on life support-system for some time now. According to hospital reports Mr Chopra suffered from multiple organ failure.

Yash Raj Films issued a statement to the media, saying: "Yash Chopraji breathed his last at around 5.30pm today (IST). Details of his last rites will be communicated later."

The 80 year old legend was working on his up coming movie 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and announced his retirement after the movie.

After the filmmaker was admitted speculations were rife about his movie being delayed. 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' will remain his unfinished movie as he was yet to shoot a romantic song between lead actor Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.

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Seventh Heaven Marlboro Baby

Seventh Heaven Marlboro Baby

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Quote of The Day ~ Ego

Quote of The Day ~ Ego

Avoid having your ego

So close to your position

That when your position falls

Your ego goes with it

By Roger Smith

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Marines And Singapore Armed Forces In Joint Military Exercise In Guam

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 17, 2012: A U.S. Marine climbs a rope ladder to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during helocast training as part of exercise Sandfisher with the Singapore Armed Forces at Sanat Rita, U.S. Naval Base Guam, Dec. 13, 2010.

The Marine is assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Okinawa, Japan. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25.

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corwin Colbert

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. Contract Related To Logistics Support For RQ-4 Global Hawk

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. Contract Related To Logistics Support For RQ-4 Global Hawk

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 17, 2012: Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., (FA8528-13-C-0005) is being awarded a $88,000,000 cost plus fixed fee contract for logistics support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk fielded Block 30 weapon system.

The location of the performance is San Diego, Calif. Work is expected to be completed by Oct. 12, 2013.

The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WIKBA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's Royal Wedding

BHGSG News - October 17, 2012: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor ready on the way for sangeet ceremony.

Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor today tied the knot in a quiet affair after a five-year courtship.

Saif, 42, son of late Nawab of Pataudi and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, sealed his relationship with Kareena, 32,at his residence in suburban Bandra through a registered marriage.

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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's Royal Wedding

BHGSG News - October 17, 2012: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor greet the media after their marriage registration.

Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor today tied the knot in a quiet affair after a five-year courtship.

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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's Royal Wedding

BHGSG News - October 17, 2012: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor greet the media after their marriage registration.

Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor today tied the knot in a quiet affair after a five-year courtship.

Saif, 42, son of late Nawab of Pataudi and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, sealed his relationship with Kareena, 32, at his residence in suburban Bandra through a registered marriage.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Contract For Rework of Two Fiscal 2013 VH-60N

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 17, 2012: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $22,055,922 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for special progressive aircraft rework of two fiscal 2013 VH-60N aircraft.

In addition this modification includes the associated vendor repairable and component overhaul for the VH-60N and the VH-3D aircrafts.

Funds will not be obligated at the time of award.

Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in September 2013.

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

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dtn-news-defense-news-us-dod-awarded_5138.html

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., Contract For Modifications And Heavy Maintenance of F-22

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 17, 2012: Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (FA8611-08-C-2897, P00153) is being awarded a $22,444,73 cost plus fixed fee contract for F-22 modifications and heavy maintenance sustainment, depot throughput and installations, signature analysis system reduction, contractor field teams, structural retrofit plan and modernization and common configuration.

The location of the performance is Hill Air Force Base, Utah and Palmdale, Calif.

Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2013.

The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dtn-news-defense-news-us-dod-awarded_7725.html

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Sierra Nevada Corp., Contract For 18 Uniquely Modified Pilatus PC-12/47E Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 17, 2012: Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nev., (FA8620-13-C-4007) is being awarded a $218,000,000 firm fixed price contract for 18 uniquely modified Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft.

The location of the performance is Sparks, Nev. Work is expected to be completed by July 31, 2015.

The contracting activity is 645 AESG/WIJK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Contract involves foreign military sales to Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces.

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dtn-news-defense-news-us-dod-awarded_3492.html

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Starting Production of KC-46 Tanker Refueling Boom

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Starting Production of KC-46 Tanker Refueling Boom

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 16, 2012: - Boeing [NYSE: BA] this week begins assembling the first refueling boom for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft in the KC-46 Boom Assembly Center that opened today at Boeing Field in Seattle.

*Program shifting into production from design work

*Boeing on plan to deliver 18 KC-46A Tankers by 2017

"We're pleased that this facility opened on schedule," said Maureen Dougherty, KC-46 vice president and program manager for Boeing. "The KC-46A will feature a modernized fly-by-wire boom based on the proven system on the U.S. Air Force's KC-10 tanker, which will give it advanced refueling capabilities, allowing it to refuel any fixed-wing receiver aircraft anytime and on any mission."

Boom assembly marks the program's shift to production from design activities.

"It's a big day for the KC-46 Tanker Program and the U.S. Air Force," said Maj. Gen. John Thompson, U.S. Air Force Tanker Program Executive Officer and KC-46 Program Director. "Boeing continues to make good progress toward delivering the KC-46 Tanker on schedule."

(Read complete story on Defense-Technology News - Click on link undermentioned)

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dtn-news-defense-news-boeing-starting.html

Kim Kardashian Reveals Butt In See Through Skirt

Kim puhleeze! Yes, you’re a sexy, sexy woman but you need to look in the mirror before going out. Showing butt crack is NOT cool. Do you agree?

While some would shy away from squeezing into super tight clothing all the time, Kim Kardashian embraces the look — and that’s exactly what she did when she stepped out in Miami with boyfriend Kanye West, for dinner at Prime 112 on Oct. 14. Clad in a super-tight see-through skirt, when she turned around her whole backside was on full display — and it looks like Kim stepped out sans panties!

The reality star really left little to the imagination, pairing the tight, high-waisted pencil skirt with a crop top. While I appreciate the fashion-forward pairing and I love the idea of a crop top and a high-waisted skirt, I think it works best when the clothing isn’t so tight. Sometimes it’s nice to offset the top with a skirt that flares out. The combination of showing so much skin, (including her ample cleavage), and the skin-tight skirt was very severe. Sometimes more is more, (when it comes to clothing).

There’s no denying the fact that Kim has a great figure, but this wasn’t the best way to show it off. Given that she’s so used to being in the spotlight, I would think she would give an ensemble a double-take before stepping out in something that turns see-through in the light! Kim definitely showed off more than she bargained for. What do you think of her outfit?

Source: By Katrina Mitzeliotis - Hollywood Life

http://indianbollywoodmusicandmovies.blogspot.ca/2012/10/kim-kardashian-reveals-butt-in-see.html

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., Contract For Spares In Support of T-45 Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 16, 2012: The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $8,490,131 firm-fixed-price delivery order issued under Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) to procure 12 Virtual Mission Training System kits and spares in support of the T-45 aircraft platform.

Work will be performed in Hazelwood, Mo. (96 percent), El Paso, Texas (3 percent), and Mesa, Ariz. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2014.

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.

(Read complete story on Defense-Technology News - Click on link undermentioned)

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dtn-news-defense-news-us-dod-awarded_16.html

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