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Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $106,921,400 firm-fixed-price modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for procurement of 650 Category I Vehicle Independent Suspension System (ISS) kits and 350 Category II Vehicle ISS kits, for the Cougar Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle fleet supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis. (95 percent), and Ladson, SC. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed no later than Dec. 31, 2011. Fiscal 2009 Other Procurement Air Force funds in the amount of $1,407,765 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $12,592,123 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for non-recurring engineering associated with Engineering Change Proposal 6381 for the F/A-18 and EA-18G AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radio Detection and Ranging General Purpose Processor 3. In addition, this order provides for the procurement of 12 engineering development modules. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (65 percent); Forest, Miss. (20 percent); and St. Louis, Mo. (15 percent). Work is expected to be completed in January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Rolls-Royce Engine Services-Oakland, Inc., Oakland, Calif., is being awarded a $6,867,154 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0006) for the repair of up to 10 T56-A-427 Series IV engines for the E-2C and C-2 aircraft. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif., and is expected to be completed in August 2011. 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.
CORRECTION: Contract awarded April 27, 2011 to L-3 Communications, Waco, Texas (N00019-05-D-0008); the places of performance are Waco, Texas, and Greenville, Texas.
The religious rites were performed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the North Arabian Sea, the official said, speaking on background, and occurred within 24 hours of the terrorist leader's death. 
Bin Laden had become the symbol of al Qaeda, even though the degree to which he commanded the organization was questionable. The symbolic value of his death is obvious. The United States can claim a great victory. Al Qaeda can proclaim his martyrdom.
