Tuesday, September 06, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For September 6, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For September 6, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 6, 2011: The international non-profit organization Wikileaks became world renown as a whistleblower publishing submissions of private, secret and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks and whistleblowers.
WikiLeaks states that its "primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations".
Here are the news on various subjects on Wikileaks by global media/web/blogs and reactions respectively for DTN News readers and viewers;
Assange defends WikiLeaks handling of raw U.S. cables USA Today By Michael Winter, USA TODAY In an interview with New Scientist, the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, defends his organization's handling and release of more than 250000 previously classified US State Department cables that revealed the names of ... See all stories on this topic »
Mayawati: 'Wikileaks founder mad' BBC News The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state has said the founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks "needs to be in a mental asylum". Ms Mayawati said Julian Assange was either working with her political opponents or had "gone mad".... See all stories on this topic » BBC News
WikiLeaks exposes Mugabe's failing health Nehanda Radio But diplomatic cables posted by whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, show that Mugabe could have started getting support for a grave cancer condition from the Asian country as back as 2008. Another leaked cable, one of Mugabe's foremost propagandists, ... See all stories on this topic » Nehanda Radio
State doesn't have good leadership: Wikileaks Hindustan Times These cables were among the many revealed by the transparency website Wikileaks over the last few days. The US has refused to comment on them, and has put on trial army officer Brad Manning for leaking these documents. In another cable, the consulate ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks drops Bombshell on Gold Market; GATA right again! Beacon Equity Research Though the European financial crisis soap opera moves from Greece and Portugal to, now, Italy and Germany, shifting temporarily away from France, with Belgium's dirty laundry on deck in case there's a lull in the action, the WikiLeaks release of a US ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks Exposes Nigeria for Releasing Known Terror Suspects Christian Post By Ivana Kvesic | Christian Post Contributor A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks shows that Nigeria has been responsible for releasing 18 known suspects of terrorism. The country released the known terror suspects in 2008 in a program known as ... See all stories on this topic »
Editorial | The last straw Tufts Daily It's no secret that WikiLeaks is one of the most controversial organizations in the world. "We publish material of ethical, political and historical significance while keeping the identity of our sources anonymous, thus providing a universal way for ... See all stories on this topic »
Wikileaks and the Suburbs CounterPunch PLUS Coutts and Stuckler on the English riots and the economics of anger. by CHRISTIAN CHRISTENSEN The release by WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of raw, unedited US embassy cables this week has resulted in a firestorm of criticism from a broad ... See all stories on this topic »
Cameroon President branded press as corrupt - Wikileaks TrustLaw REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly By George Fominyen DAKAR (TrustLaw) – Cameroonian journalists are corrupt and irresponsible, the president of the West African country told a US Ambassador, according to leaked diplomatic cables posted by Wikileaks at the end ... See all stories on this topic »
The WikiLeaks owner has gone mad: Mayawati - Politics - Politics ... Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday slammed the WikiLeaks cables about money spent by her. 'The Wikileaks owner has either gone mad or is working with our opponents,' Mayawati said. IBN Top Headlines
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Blames The Guardian For ... By edit@hollywoodreporter.com (Karsten Kastelan ) "The Guardian was negligent, our trust was violated," says Assange in first industry appearance since house arrest. International
Wikileaks: U.S., Saudis reached 2010 compromise over Israeli ... By Paul Mutter According to a 2010 cable from the U.S. embassy in Riyadh disclosed by Wikileaks, the U.S. is extremely pleased with ongoing Saudi efforts to reduce the extent of the Saudi economic boycott of Israel, including a historic compromise over ... Mondoweiss
Wikileaks not 'Gospel,' says archbishop - ucanews.com Wikileaks not Gospel says archbishop Vatican would not concern itself with such a small matter as local poll fraud. ucanews.com
Indian politician says WikiLeaks founder is insane | The Associated ... By The Associated Press A top Indian politician lashed out at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, saying he is either insane or being used as a tool of her opponents for releasing U.S. Embassy cables that describe her as a corrupt megalomaniac. Examiner AP RSS
Exposed: Uncensored WikiLeaks cables posted to Web - Yahoo! NewsRead 'Exposed: Uncensored WikiLeaks cables posted to Web' on Yahoo! News. Uncensored copies of WikiLeaks' massive tome of U.S. State Department ... news.yahoo.com/exposed-uncensored-wikileaks-cables-posted...
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 6, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 6, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - September 6, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued September 6, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

SupplyCore, Inc.*, Rockford, Ill., was issued a nine-month bridge contract on the current contract SPM500-11-D-BP04/P00026. Award is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $45,000,000 for maintenance, repair, and operations supplies, and related services for the U.S. Central Command region. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is May 31, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Oldenburg Group, Inc.*, Kingsford, Mich., is being awarded a $25,376,459 firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for manufacturing and installation support of slewing boat davits for LSD 41 and LSD 49 class Navy ships. Work will be performed in Kingsford, Mich. (93.4 percent); Norfolk, Va. (5.1 percent); San Diego, Calif. (1 percent); and Sasebo, Japan (0.5 percent). Work is expected to be completed by September 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-11-D-0010).

Teras BBC Ocean Navigation Enterprises Houston, L.L.C., Bellaire, Texas, is being awarded a one-year $11,037,080 firm-fixed-price contract for the charter of one U.S.-flagged, self-sustaining, non-cellular dry cargo ship. The ship will be employed in worldwide cargo delivery to support the Department of Defense. Most work will be to support re-supply operations between the United States and the Arabian Gulf. This contract includes three 12-month option periods and one 11-month option period, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative firm-fixed value of this contract to $47,281,490. Work will be performed at sea worldwide, and is expected to be completed February 2013. If all option periods are exercised, the completion date will be by January 2017. Contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2012 funding, and funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation on Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online, and Federal Business Opportunities web pages, with more than 50 companies solicited and seven offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-11-C-5500).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $9,400,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for Group A and Group B flight test instrumentation (FTI) for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter low rate initial production, lot four, aircraft for the Netherlands, including installation of Group A FTI. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (75 percent), and El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 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.

Stanley Consultants, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa, is being awarded a maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for complete architect and engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). Task order 0001 is being awarded at $70,516 for replacement of boilers and water conservation at Building 1281 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2012. All work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to, Texas; and is expected to be completed by September 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $70,516 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-11-D-0073).

Raytheon Technical Services Co., L.L.C., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $7,360,560 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0006) for the procurement of 36 LAU-116B/A launchers in support of FA-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., 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.

AIR FORCE

ITT Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a $19,082,151 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to provide system engineering integration and sustainment of ground-based missile warning, missile defense, and space surveillance sensors. ESC/HSIK, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (F19628-02-C-0010, PO 0317).

DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE

Bank of America, N.A., Military Bank-Overseas Division, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded fiscal 2012 option of $7,000,000 as part of contract MDA210-02-D-0003-0011 ($55,464,050) to provide full banking services that are comparable, in scope and cost, to those available in the continental United States to authorized individuals that include active duty U.S. military personnel; DoD civilian employees who are U.S. citizens; U.S. citizens who are employees of all other U.S. government departments, agencies, private organizations and non-appropriated fund instrumentalities carrying on functions on a DoD installation overseas; as well as authorized family members of such military and civilian employees. The program management office is in San Antonio, Texas; however, the majority of the work is performed on U.S. military facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Diego Garcia, Honduras, Cuba, Japan, Okinawa, and the Kwajalein Atoll. Under this option, work will be performed from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012. The DFAS Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (MDA210-02-D-0003-0011).

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources
 U.S. DoD issued No. 762-11 September 6, 2011
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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Receives $100.5 Million Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Lockheed Martin Receives $100.5 Million Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 6, 2011: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $100.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 guidance kits.
The award to Lockheed Martin represents the majority share of an initial $134 million paveway II Plus LGB procurement, part of an overall $475 million five-year, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract announced by the U.S. Air Force on August 1.
Deliveries on the contract will begin in 2012. The GBU-12 guidance kits consist of the recently integrated MAU-209C/B computer control group, which contains the electronic guidance system, and the MXU-650 air foil group, which provides lift and stability to the weapons. Lockheed Martin’s paveway II Plus LGB guidance kits significantly improve weapon accuracy and reduce risk to U.S. and allied ground forces when compared to the legacy paveway II weapons.
Lockheed Martin is currently producing paveway II Plus LGB GBU-12 kits for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as part of a $34 million U.S. Air Force contract awarded in 2010.
“The Lockheed Martin paveway II Plus LGB raises the bar in performance for paveway II accuracy and precision,” said Joe Serra, senior manager for precision guided systems in Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control business. “This contract is a testament to our commitment to continuous product improvement, combined with our ability to deliver a better performing product to our customer at the lowest cost.”
Lockheed Martin’s LGB kits can be carried on U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and most international aircraft platforms currently authorized to carry and release LGBs. The paveway II Plus LGB does not require upgrades or modifications to aircraft, ground handling equipment or logistics support, and continues the same basic paveway II concept of operation for employment by converting conventional gravity weapons into precision-guided munitions.
Lockheed Martin is a qualified provider of all three variants of paveway II MK-80 series LGBs, and is the sole provider of the paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round and Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb. Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 55,000 LGB kits to the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and international customers. Laser guided bombs have been used successfully in Operation Iraqi Freedom and current overseas contingency operations.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.
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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India’s SU-30 MKI To Be Upgraded To Super Sukhoi By Russia

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: India’s SU-30 MKI To Be Upgraded To Super Sukhoi By Russia
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 6, 2011: Irkut Corporation's plans to upgrade the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) Su-30MKI fleet will provide the fighter with capabilities similar to that of fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russian industry officials have said.
Speaking at the Moscow Air Show on 19 August Alexei Fedorov, the head of Irkut, announced that in addition to upgraded cockpit avionics and enhancements to the aircraft's radar, the so-called 'Super Sukhoi' will also receive modifications aimed at improving stealth capabilities. While the exact nature of these stealth modifications remains unclear, reports suggest the work will specifically focus on reducing the aircraft's radar signature.
The enhancements to the aircraft's radar could include upgrading the existing NIIP N011M Bars radar with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna, thereby offering a substantial improvement in performance.
"The upgrade will apply not only to the aircraft in service with the IAF, but also to those yet to be delivered to India and those being licence-manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [HAL]," Fedorov said.
India signed an INR150 billion (USD3.33 billion) deal in June 2010 for an additional 42 Su-30MKI 'Flanker-H' fighters, of which HAL is building 140 under licence.
Fedorov said the 'Super Sukhoi' would be able to carry a heavier weapon load, including the Indo-Russian developed BrahMos cruise missile, but declined to provide technical details of the upgrade or its cost as negotiations are continuing.
Although the price of the Sukhoi upgrade project is still to be finalized, the cost is likely to be to the tune of $ 1 billion which will make the Su-30 MKI extremely advanced with its fifth generation fighter plane features. India will eventually have over 230 Sukhoi-30MKIs or 13 squadrons in its fleet and all of these will be upgraded to Super Sukhoi’s.
Meanwhile, there is a lot to be clarified what the "Super Sukhoi” aircraft will actually be worth in terms of fifth generation capability. It has been accepted that stealth is the standard for fifth generation aircraft as well as its ability to super cruise. In addition, a next generation BVR missile and AESA radar are also needed for a fighter to qualify as a fifth generation fighter. Experts question whether the Su-30 MKI can super cruise. Also, without heavy structural changes equivalent to an entire new design, it remains to be seen if the fighter can be converted into stealth and have reduced radar signature. It has been argued that engines alone are not the only factor for super cruise as there has to be structural changes to enable that. Fedorov confirmed that negotiations for the upgrade of the Su-30MKI, of which the IAF will eventually operate 272, are at an advanced stage.
Meanwhile, India and Russia are also working on two other crucial projects, namely the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project and the Multi Role Transport Aircraft (MTA) project. State-run HAL is participating in the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project which will make India the only country outside of the US and Russia to have a fifth generation fighter. HAL's participation in the FGFA project is going smoothly with a preliminary design contract signed between India and Russia for $ 295 million. The specific details of the Indian components that will go into the FGFA will be decided during the detailed design phase. HAL will be working with its Russian partner United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in co-developing an export version of which the IAF will be the first customer.
As for the Multi Role Transport Aircraft (MTA) project, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will soon set up a technical competence center to develop critical technologies for the Indo-Russian MTA project. As for HAL, it has set-up a new company, the Multi Role Transport Aircraft Limited (MTAL), as an Indo-Russian joint venture. The aircraft’s designing and the prototype will come from Russia while production will take place in India. MATL will be in charge of marketing the aircraft in the two countries as well as for export. The total project cost is estimated at $ 600 million shared between the two countries.
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