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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated June 7, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated June 7, 2011
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 7, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 7, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued June 7, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Vitol, Inc.*, Houston, Texas, was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $114,438,946 for aviation turbine fuel. Other location of performance is Hallen, United Kingdom. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The date of performance completion is July 30, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-0508).

Niche, Inc.*, New Bedford, Mass., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $51,166,895 for low velocity parachutes. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is Feb. 12, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SPM4A7-11-C-0513).

Paranetics Technology, Inc.*, San Luis, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $22,103,700 for low velocity parachutes. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is Feb. 12, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SPM4A7-11-C-0515).

GMA Cover Corp.*, Port Huron, Mich., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $14,743,680 for low velocity parachutes. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is Feb. 12, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SPM4A7-11-C-0514).

ARMY

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on June 3 a $70,618,651 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of the Air Force Technical Applications Center located on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Work will be performed in Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 16, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 22 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-11-C-0014).

CAPE, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, was awarded on June 3 a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the environmental remediation and consultation services for use within the Southwestern district or nationwide. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of June 2, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 25 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-11-G-0030).

EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Lewisville, Texas, was awarded on June 3 a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the environmental remediation and consultation services for use within the Southwestern district or nationwide. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of June 2, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 25 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-11-G-0031).

Earth Resources Technology, Inc., Laurel, Md., was awarded on June 3 a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the environmental remediation and consultation services for use within the Southwestern district or nationwide. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of June 2, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 25 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-11-G-0032).

McCarthy Building Co., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on June 3 a $23,050,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the clinical additions and alterations to Winn Army Hospital, Fort Stewart, Ga. Work will be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-11-C-0006).

S.M. Wilson & Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on June 3 a $21,498,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of a 242-person unaccompanied enlisted personnel barracks complex. Work will be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 11, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-11-C-4014).

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, York, Penn., was awarded on June 3 an $11,598,005 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Paladin integrated management ballistic hull and turrets. Work will be performed in York, Penn., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0550).

Dawson Technical, LLC, Boerne, Texas, was awarded on June 3 a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the engineering services and construction phrase staffing support for the Department of Homeland Security program being managed by the Engineering Construction Support Office in Fort Worth, Texas. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of June 3, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 19 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-11-C-0041).

General Dynamics, Santa Clara, Calif., was awarded on June 3 a $7,313,267 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of two time division multiplexing (TMD) systems; one TDM optional spares package; one contractor furnished on-site support; one factory acceptance test; one year equipment warranty; and one contractor training. Work will be performed in Amman, Jordan, with an estimated completion date of June 25, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-H427).

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Mass., was awarded on June 3 a $6,813,870 contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 10,500 antenna elements used in the Patriot missile system. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass., with an estimated completion date of May 25, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Penn., is the contracting activity (W911N2-11-C-0021).

NAVY

Dck/TtEC, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded $63,557,654 for firm-fixed-price plus award fee task order FZN0 under a previously awarded global multiple-award construction contract (N62742-09-D-1172) for construction of utilities infrastructure upgrade and communications infrastructure upgrade at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. Work includes removal of an existing water storage tank and construction of two concrete potable water storage tanks. This project will also include the demolition and replacement of existing water distribution lines and will relocate and upgrade the existing sewer collection systems. Construction will include running new gravity and force lines from new hangars to existing lines, installing a new substation, and relocating the exiting switch station to the new substation. Installation of a new storm water collection system including retention pond, drop basins, and drop inlets to support maintenance hangar facilities will be required. Work includes construction of a communication facility and communication infrastructure (data and telephone) upgrade to support fielding of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 aircraft and its revised flight operations. This project will be built to Special Access Program Facility standards to provide a secure communication facility that will house new communications and server equipment. The communication infrastructure will construct a new communication utility backbone. The task order also contains one planned modification, which if issued would increase the cumulative task order value to $63,577,582. Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

United Technologies, Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $52,785,441 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3003) in support of the technical base line review on the systems development and demonstration contract for the Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-Off and Landing, Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing, and Carrier-Variant propulsion systems. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (91 percent), and Bristol, United Kingdom (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 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.

BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle, LP, Sealy, Texas, is being awarded an $18,641,775 firm-fixed-priced delivery order 0010, modification 001, under contract (M67854-07-D-5030) for the procurement of engineering change proposal Vehicle Emergency Escape window egress kit. Work will be performed in Butler, Pa., and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Overland Corp.*, Ardmore, Okla., is being awarded $8,128,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0004 under a multiple award construction contract (N40192-10-D-2803) for construction of a Commando Warrior open bay student barracks at Andersen Air Force Base. The work to be performed provides for construction of a reinforced concrete open bay student basic training dormitory building with laundry, hygiene and shower facilities to accommodate 150 personnel. The facility will include a reception area, ready rooms, equipment wash down areas, storage space, mechanical spaces, fire suppression/detection, environmental controls, utilities, pavements, parking, and all necessary supporting facilities for a complete and usable facility. The design and construction will incorporate sustainable design strategies and features. Work will be performed in Yigo, Guam, and is expected to be completed by June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $7,121,373 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity delivery order 0015 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5025) for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) maintenance support. Work will be performed in Bagram, Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $7,121,373 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

PKL Services, Inc., Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $7,061,474 modification (P00005) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M00681-09-D-0008) to exercise option year two to provide an additional 12 months of aircraft maintenance services and logistical support assistance for the Marine Corps Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, Calif. Contract funding will be provided with individual task orders for services required. With this modification exercised, the new contract value is $21,172,112. Work will be performed at MCAS Miramar, Calif., and is expected to be completed June 30, 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $2.25 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Regional Contracting Office, Marine Corps Installations West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Overland Corp.*, Ardmore, Okla., is being awarded $6,538,000 for firm-fixed-price task order 0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40192-10-D-2803) for construction of a rapid engineer deployable heavy operational repair squadron headquarters/engineering facility at Andersen Air Force Base. Work will be performed in Yigo, Guam, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Southern Management, Inc., Goldsboro, N.C., is being awarded a $35,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for repair of airfield/base pavements at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. This project includes, but is not limited to, asphalt pavement repair and/or replacement; walk repair and/or replacement; concrete pavement repair and/or replacement; curb and gutter repair and/or replacement; clearing and grubbing; excavation, fill, aggregate base course; milling of bituminous pavement, inlets, catch basins, drainage pipe, pavement markings, seeding, trees and shrubs, soil erosion and control; railroad work; and airfield/street/area lighting. Bids were solicited electronically and eight were submitted. The 4th Contracting Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., is the contracting activity (FA4809-11-D-C007).

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DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, India Look To Hi-Tech As Trade Ties Expand

DTN News - ISRAEL DEFENSE NEWS: Israel, India Look To Hi-Tech As Trade Ties Expand
**Two countries aim to marry Israeli innovation with India’s vast manpower through trade and economic cooperation.
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 7, 2011: Israeli and Indian industry associations signed a memorandum of understating on recently aimed at spurring cross-border innovation and entrepreneurship, as the two countries add high technology to their growing network of trade and economic cooperation.
While bilateral trade has grown exponentially, the agreement between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the country’s biggest trade association, and the Israel High Tech Industries Association, is unusual in that it focuses on technology. The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, home to the up-and-coming software center of Hyderbad, is close to signing a pact with Israel’s Matimop, a government agency that facilitates multinational research and development ventures.
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High tech is important to both countries, but their industries are very different. India is focused on software services -- writing code and operating systems for other companies. The National Association of Software & Services Cos (NASSCOM) forecasts will post exports of as much as $70 billion in the year to March 2012. The Israeli industry is much smaller but more diverse, and focuses on developing cutting-edge software, telecommunications and medicine. Exports in 2010 were about $29 billion.
Industry executives see potential to marry Israel’s innovative prowess with India’s huge and talented pool of human resources.
“There’s a complementary software story. Indian firms are entirely process orientated and Israel firms are much more about product,” Naushad Forbes, director of India’s Forbes Marshall and chairman of CII’s Innovation Council, told The Media Line. “If we put those two together, we can be unbeatable worldwide.”
Israel is trying to manage the shifting balance of world economic power. Countries like China and India post faster growth and present more intriguing markets than the older and slower economies of Europe and the US, which have been the biggest markets for Israel’s export-heavy economy. Closer trade and business ties also strengthens Israel’s political standing in the global community.
Starting at $200 million annually when diplomatic relations were established in 1992, trade between Israel and India ballooned to $4.7 billion mark last year when India vaulted into second place among Israel’s export markets. This does not include defense sales which are reportedly over $1 billion annually. In the first quarter of this year the level of trade plummeted to just $336 million, the Israel Export Institute reported on Wednesday, but industry figures and government officials are hopeful that growth will resume.
The two countries are negotiating a free-trade-area agreement (FTA) that will remove barriers to trade. In addition to the agreement with Andhra Pradesh, Israel is negotiating bilateral accords with two other Indian states. In March, Israel’s Finance and Industry Ministries allocated 100 million shekels ($29 million) to promote trade with China and India.
Much of the trade until now has been focused on defense, where increased arms spending has created a natural market for Israel military technology like unmanned pilotless vehicles (UPVs) and early airborne radar systems. These ties will likely deepen because of an Indian requirement that local components account for 30% of any contract, said Forbes. That will require Israeli companies to outsource or set up manufacturing in India.
Ties between Israeli and Indian technology companies are just starting, but they will likely involve more than sales. Companies will benefit mostly from combining Israeli innovation with India’s vast low-cost manpower.
“Israeli companies are already operating in India. We can learn from each other. There is a tremendous opportunity for collaboration and joint ventures,” Shri Sachin Pilot, the Indian minister of state for communications and information technology, said in Jerusalem.
In January 2009, India took delivery of the first of three Phalcon all-weather AWACS, also built by IAI, the flagship of Israel's defense industry, under a $1.1 billion deal. The radar system, produced by Israel's Elta Industries, is built around the Russian-built Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. Delivery was advanced by two months following the carnage in Mumbai.
The Phalcons made India the first state in South Asia to have advanced multi-sensor AWACs capable of providing tactical surveillance or multiple airborne and surface targets and able to gather signals intelligence.
As part of the Phalcon deal, the Israelis disclosed they would establish five factories in India to produce artillery shells, a project reportedly worth $250 million.
Andhra Pradesh is already a high tech powerhouse, with software exports last year of $8 billion, equal to half the state’s total. But Ajay Misra, principal secretary to the state’s Information Technology and Communication Department, said India had ambitions to expand out of software into computer and telecommunications hardware. Israeli innovation could help, he said.
“That’s our next step,” he told The Media Line. “We’ve achieved a lot in the software and service sector, but in hardware we haven’t done anything on a big scale.”
In a taste of the kind of tie-ups that may be on the way, last Bangalore-based Tejas Networks, India's largest domestic telecom manufacturing company, is planning to acquire Ethos Networks, an Israel-based high-technology company specializing in carrier Ethernet and network-management products. Tejas now uses the Ethos team as an Israeli R&D center.
Steven Katz, a principal at the Israeli high technology investor, Vertex Venture Capital, said Israeli companies could also benefit from closer ties with India. But, he cautioned, managers will have to be careful about when and how they do it. It is critical that the most innovative parts of any new technology, where Israel’s comparative advantage lies, be developed at home.
“Once you [the company] get to a certain size and you need to build a new software module and you need 20 engineers, that’s when you can perform the development there,” Katz told The Media Line. “But the creativity and ingenuity should stay in Israel.”
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DTN News - ALGERIA DEFENSE NEWS: Rosvertol Seeks Algeria Mi-28 Export Deal

DTN News - ALGERIA DEFENSE NEWS: Rosvertol Seeks Algeria Mi-28 Export Deal
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Russia's Rosvertol attack helicopter producer said on Monday it is in talks with Algeria over exports of its Mi-28NE for delivery from 2012-2017.
"A commercial proposal has already been sent [to Algiers] and discussions will begin this year," Rosvertol General Director Boris Slyusar said. "We hope to sign a contract for delivery in 2012-2017."
Rosvertol is the attack helicopter arm of the state-owned Russian Helicopters holding company.
If successful, the deal will be the second export sale of the night-capable Mi-28NE, which is currently being introduced to the Russian armed forces. Venezuela ordered ten Mi-28s in 2010, but they have not yet been delivered.
The Mi-28NE is a two-seat dedicated attack helicopter, equipped with a mast-mounted millimeter-wave fire control radar and advanced night vision optical systems.
The machine is armed with the Ataka anti-armor missile system.
Algeria already operates the Mi-25, an export derivative of the Russian forces Mi-24 attack helicopter.
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