DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 29, 2012

 DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 29, 2012

 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 142-12 February 29, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 29, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February  29, 2012 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

            AAI, Corp., Hunt Valley, Md. (N00019-12-D-0009); CSC, Falls Church, Va. (N00019-12-D-0010); and Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash. (N00019-12-D-0011), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services in support of the Department of Defense and other government agencies, as well as potential coalition military Foreign Military Sales customers.  There are two separate performance-based work statements; one for sea-based requirements, and one for land-based requirements.  The scope includes provision of necessary trained personnel, UAS ISR non-developmental equipment, certifications, installation, operation, maintenance, sustainment, spares/product support, and other related support services necessary to support various worldwide sea- and land-based locations.  The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts is $874,000,000.  Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  The companies will have the opportunity to compete for associated task orders.  AAI and Insitu are eligible to compete for both sea-based and land-based task orders.  CSC is only eligible to compete for land-based task orders.  Work will be performed at various sea-based and land-based inside and outside continental United States locations by one or more awardees, and is expected to be completed in February 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  These contracts were competitively procured via a multiple award electronic request for proposals; and three offers were received.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $77,267,880 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0052) to exercise an option for 89 full rate production Lot 14 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, and nine countermeasure signal processor weapons replacement assemblies.  The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and friendly emitters.  It also controls the electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems.  Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (34 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (18 percent); Goleta, Calif. (17 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (10 percent); Sydney, Australia (4 percent); Milwaukie, Ore. (3 percent); and McKinney, Texas (3 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 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.

            Hodges Transportation DBD Nevada Automotive Testing Center*, Carson City, Nev., is being awarded a ceiling $49,500,000 basic ordering agreement to procure testing and engineering technical support services to support the ground vehicle systems within the Marine Corps and other federal agencies.  The contractor shall utilize its facilities, test ranges, and engineering expertise to conduct ground vehicle testing over representative terrain and under climatic conditions consistent with those encountered during Marine Corps operations worldwide.  The authority to act under this basic ordering agreement will be for a period of five years from the date of issuance.  Marine Corps Systems Command will negotiate firm-fixed-price, time-and-material or cost-plus-fixed-fee orders.  Work will be performed in Carson City, Nev., and work is expected to be completed March 1, 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured, with one offer received.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-12-G-0202). 

            Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $45,252,160 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0003) for the procurement of 16 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to be retrofitted into F/A-18E/F aircraft, lots 26-29.  The AN/APG-79 AESA radar, which will replace the APG-73 radar, will provide increased air-to-air detection and track range, increased air-to-ground targeting capabilities, longer launch range for standoff weapons, enhanced capability against advanced threats, and optimized utilization of the aircraft’s weapon systems contributing to the F/A-18E/F’s survivability.  Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (43 percent); Dallas, Texas (29 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (27 percent); and Andover, Mass. (1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $8,400,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            L-3 Communications Corp., Arlington, Texas, is being awarded a $19,534,384 firm-fixed-price contract for one each tactical operational flight trainer, a brief/debrief station including logistical support for the Royal Malaysian Air Force under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  Work will be performed in Arlington, Texas (80 percent), and Malaysia (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61340-12-C-0006).

            ITT Corp., Electronic Systems, Radar, Reconnaissance, and Acoustic Systems, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a $13,279,090 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024 09 C-5395) for AN/SPS-48G(V) radar modification kits.  The AN/SPS-48 series of radars is installed on Navy ships to provide a long range, three-dimensional air picture.  The modification kits will provide radar obsolescence and availability recovery addressing previously identified supportability and maintainability issues in the existing fleet population of the AN/SPS-48 onboard Navy ships.  Modification kits are expected to increase operational availability and decrease operating and support costs.  Work will be performed in Van Nuys, Calif. (63 percent), San Diego, Calif. (20 percent), and Johnstown, Pa. (17 percent).  Work is expected to completed by February 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.*, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $11,057,924 for delivery order 7001 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of four items supporting the H-1 helicopter:  Cobra main rotor blade; combining gearbox assembly; right hand stub wing; and left hand stub wing.  Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and the expected completion date is November 2013.  The Navy Working Capital Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One company was solicited for this requirement and one offer was received in response to the solicitation.  NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Protective Products Enterprises, Inc., Sunrise, Fla., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $119,879,068 for improved outer tactical vest and outer tactical vest components. There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army and Air Force.  There were six responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012/2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 27, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM1C1-12-D-1026).

AIR FORCE

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $70,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for advanced procurement efforts for the acquisition of two Air Force AC-130J, one HC-130J, and four MC-130J aircraft.  The location of the performances is Marietta, Ga.  Work is expected to be completed during calendar year 2016. USAF/AFMC, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-11-C-6597 P00081).

            Hawker Beechcraft Defense Co., L.L.C., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $6,824,315 firm-fixed-price contract for a T6A trainer aircraft and technical publication.  The location of the performances is Wichita, Kan.  Work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2014.  Aeronautical Systems CTR, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-09-C-6166, P00014).

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Says It Will Halt Nuclear Activities

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Says It Will Halt Nuclear Activities
*SPECIAL DTN NEWS MEMO: On February 26, 2012 ~ "North Korean Leader Issues Threat To Retaliate Ahead Of South Korea-U.S. Drills"., DTN News analyzed and stated
"The media communiques are created for the international agencies, foremost to announce the new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being supported and accepted by the old guards and secondly to international donors attention to fulfill it's obligations to cover North Korea shortfall on several factors including commodities and daily staple requirements." It seems the rookie North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first shenanigan hit the bull eyes by direct link to Washington and much needed food aid. By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News
*DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korean Leader Issues Threat To Retaliate Ahead Of South Korea-U.S. Drills ~ February 26, 2012
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources  Fox News (AP)
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 29, 2012: North Korea raised hopes Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a key facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid.

It was only a preliminary step but a necessary one to restart broader six-nation negotiations that would lay down terms for what the North could get in return for abandoning its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang pulled out of those talks in 2009 and seemingly has viewed the nuclear program as key to the survival of its dynastic, communist regime, now entering its third generation.

But the announcement, just over two months after the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, also opened a door for the secretive government under his untested youngest son, Kim Jong Un, to improve ties with the United States and win critically needed aid and international acceptance.

It also opened the way for international nuclear inspections after years when the North's program went unmonitored.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the agreement, which was announced at separate but simultaneous statements by the long-time adversaries, was a modest step but also "a reminder that the world is transforming around us."

"We, of course, will be watching closely and judging North Korea's new leaders by their actions," Clinton told a congressional hearing.

Indeed, North Korea has reneged on nuclear commitments in the past. An accord under the six-party talks collapsed in 2008 when Pyongyang refused to abide by verification that U.S. diplomats claimed had been agreed upon.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry's statement, issued by the state-run news agency, said the North had agreed to the nuclear moratoriums and U.N. inspectors 

"with a view to maintaining positive atmosphere" for the U.S.-North Korea talks.

North Korea faces tough U.N. sanctions that were tightened in 2009 when it conducted its second nuclear test and fired a long-range rocket. In late 2010, it unveiled a uranium enrichment facility that could give North Korea a second route to manufacture nuclear weapons in addition to its existing plutonium-based program.

In the meantime, its people have continued to go hungry. The North suffered famine in the 1990s and appealed for the aid a year ago to alleviate its chronic food shortages. U.S. charities reported after a trip to North Korea last fall that children were suffering "slow starvation."

Clinton said the United States will meet with North Korea to finalize details for a proposed package of 240,000 metric tons of food aid. She said intensive monitoring of the aid would be required — a reflection of U.S. concerns that food could be diverted to the North's powerful military.

A senior Obama administration official said it was only in talks last week in Beijing that presaged Wednesday's announcement that the North had dropped its demand for rice and grains — viewed as easier to divert — and agreed to accept the U.S. "nutritional assistance" such as corn soy blend and other food targeted to young children and pregnant women.

The official spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivity.

North Korea's chief rival, South Korea, a staunch U.S. ally supported by 28,000 American troops, welcomed the agreement, although it has yet to receive the apology it wants from the North for two military attacks that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010.

Those hostilities nearly pitched the divided Peninsula into war, and the elder Kim's Dec. 17 death had fueled concern that the North could attack again and conduct another nuclear test.

Wednesday's announcement should ease those concerns, and was a welcome development for President Barack Obama in an election year when he will be looking to avoid another security crisis to add to the pressing list of urgent U.S. foreign policy concerns. Those include Iran's nuclear program, the bloodshed in Syria and a deeply unstable Afghanistan.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped North Korea would take steps toward "a verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was positive news and that the change in North Korean leadership offered a chance for "renewed engagement with the international community."

Outsiders have been closely watching how the younger Kim, believed to be in his late 20s, handles nuclear diplomacy with the United States and delicate relations with South Korea. His consolidation of power, with the help of senior advisers who worked with his father and grandfather, appears to be going smoothly, although determining the intentions and internal dynamics in Pyongyang is notoriously difficult.

Since Kim Jong Il's death, North Korea has vowed to maintain the late leader's policies and has linked its nuclear program to Kim's legacy. Many observers are skeptical whether North Korea will ever give up its nuclear program.

"North Korea uses (the nuclear program) as leverage to win concessions in return for disarmament measures. Since Kim Jong Il's death, it has called (the program) the country's most important achievement," Baek Seung-joo, an analyst at the state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in South Korea, said. "There is still a long way to go."

While Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. welcomed the agreement, some Republicans reacted with skepticism, warning that Washington was heading down a path it has trod before — offering aid in return for nuclear commitments, only to see North Korea renege.

"Pyongyang will likely continue its clandestine nuclear weapons program right under our noses. We have bought this bridge several times before," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The administration official echoed some of that caution. But he also said the U.S. took it as a positive sign that the new North Korean leadership had carried on with a policy set in train before Kim Jong Il's death, and had shown some swiftness in reaching the accord before the official 100-day mourning period was over.

While North Korea's commitments meet the pre-steps set by the U.S. for the resumption of six-party disarmament-for-aid talks, the official said the U.S. had made no promise to restart them. He said North Korea would first have to make good on its latest commitments. The U.S. would also have to map out a strategy with the other parties in the talks — China, Japan, Russia and South Korea — on what they could offer the North in return for the irreversible dismantling of its nuclear weapons program.

The U.S. and North Korean statements on the agreement differed on some details, including whether inspectors from U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency would be allowed into both the uranium enrichment and plutonium-based programs. The North Korean statement referred only to uranium enrichment.

A senior Obama administration official acknowledged that omission but said the U.S. was in no doubt that the North had agreed to let IAEA inspectors in to confirm the disabling of plutonium-producing reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon.

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