Friday, March 09, 2012

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 9, 2012

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 9, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 9, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  March 9, 2012 are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS
U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND
            U.S. Transportation Command is modifying contracts with Maersk Line, Ltd., Norfolk, Va. (face value of $99,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0040); American President Lines, Ltd., Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. (face value of $74,000,000; modification to HTC711-09-D-0028); Farrell Lines, Inc., Norfolk, Va. (face value of $22,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0034); American Roll-on, American Roll-off Carrier, L.L.C., Park Ridge, N.J. (face value of $20,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0029); Liberty Global Logistics, L.L.C., Lake Success, N.Y. (face value of $14,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0039); and Hapag-Lloyd USA, L.L.C., Tampa, Fla. (face value of $13,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09- D-0036).  These modifications will extend the period of performance under the Universal Services Contract-6 Program for an additional 45 days, July 1, 2012, to Aug. 14, 2012.  These contracts provide ocean and intermodal distribution services worldwide.  Funds are only obligated upon cargo bookings, and the amounts above are only an estimate to cover the 45-day extension, as needed.  U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

NAVY
            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded $30,899,277 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0008 under a previously awarded performance-based logistics contract (N00383-07-D-001J) for the repair of various parts supporting the AV-8 aircraft.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed by June 6, 2014.  The applicable 2012 Navy Working Capital Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The NAVSSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $24,138,848 modification to a previously awarded cost-reimbursement contract (N00019-02-C-3002) for the development of a data farm for the Joint Strike Fighter U.S. Reprogramming Laboratory to be located at Eglin Air Force Base.  The data farm will interface with lab’s prime mission equipment and is used to store software and data from the F-35 mission data testing.  The ability to store and retrieve data is critical for mission data production which is vital to program execution. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas (95 percent), and Orlando, Fla. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2014.  Contract funds are not being obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $10,324,398 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for utilities base operations support services at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.  The utilities base operations support services are for facility investment, utilities and other (electrical, wastewater, and water).  Contract funds in the amount of $5,946,115 will be obligated at time of award.  This contract contains four option periods, which, if exercised, will bring the maximum dollar value of the contract to $29,473,586.  Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by June 2013.  Contract funds in the amount $547,255 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-12-D-7580).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
            Tyco Fire Products, L.P., Marinette, Wis., was issued a modification exercising the third option year on contract SPM8EH-08-D-0251/P00007.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $24,310,822 for the procurement of aqueous film forming foam fire extinguishing liquid.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were three responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is April 9, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

            Imperial Sales Co.*, Watsonville, Calif., was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract SPM3S1-11-D-Z188/P00001.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $8,121,565 for unitized group ration components.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Marine Corps and Army.  There were two responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is March 10, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE
            The Boeing Co., Seal, Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $14,462,422, cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to the existing Boeing IFF contract for the Global Position System.  This contract action will provide fiscal 2012 funding for two space vehicle contract line item numbers, to include launch operations support and on-orbit operations support.  The location of the performance is Seal Beach, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2012.  Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-96-C-0025; P00842).

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. 168-12 March 9, 2012
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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S-Afghan Military Joint "Route Clearing Patrol" In Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S-Afghan Military Joint "Route Clearing Patrol" In Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 9, 2012:  The United States and Afghanistan are expected to sign a deal on the transfer of U.S.-run detention centres to Afghan authorities on Friday, two Afghan officials said, improving the prospects of a strategic partnership allowing long-term U.S. involvement in the country.

A convoy of joint U.S-Afghan military that conducted a two-day "Route Clearing Patrol", finding and removing roadside bombs on roads, return to Forward Operating Base Connolly overlooking snowcapped mountains in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan March 9, 2012.

The Foreign Ministry later said Afghan Defence Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak and Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, would sign an MOU.

The Strategic Partnership Agreement, which Washington and Kabul have been discussing for over a year, will be the framework for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan beyond 2014, when the last foreign combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan.

Afghanistan wants the United States and NATO to agree to stop carrying out night raids on Afghan homes as a precondition for signing an agreement with Washington and a timeline to assume control over detention centres.

The Obama administration has been hoping it can conclude an agreement before a meeting of NATO leaders in Chicago in May.

While the document would not nail down details, it is expected to contain an agreement in principle to some sort of long-term U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.

A failure to broker a deal might strain U.S.-Afghan relations and increase the chances of prolonged instability in Afghanistan.

The latest round of talks has been complicated by tensions over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base, which triggered violent protests and prompted some Afghan security forces to turn their weapons on American soldiers


 
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DTN News - PHILIPPINE DEFENSE NEWS: Philippine Military Received Four Sokol Combat Utility Helicopters From Poland

DTN News - PHILIPPINE DEFENSE NEWS: Philippine Military Received Four Sokol Combat Utility Helicopters From Poland
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 9, 2012:  A brand new Polish multi-role Sokol Combat Utility helicopter prepares to take off with some members of the media following turnover ceremony to the Philippine Air Force at Clark Air Base, Pampanga province, 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Manila, Philippines Friday March 9, 2012. 

The Philippine military received on Friday four of eight Polish multi-role helicopters worth about $66 million as part of a modernization program for one of Asia's most poorly-equipped armed forces.


 
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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese Military Personnel Arrive For National People's Congress At Great Hall Of The People In Beijing

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese Military Personnel Arrive For National People's Congress At Great Hall Of The People In Beijing
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 9, 2012: Senior Chinese military personnel arrive for the second plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, March 9, 2012. 

China's government vowed Friday that it will not deviate from its socialist path, defending anew its authoritarian system and saying Western capitalist political systems are not suitable for China.


 
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DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: German Soldiers Bundeswehr Carry Torches During Farewell Ceremony For Former German President In Berlin

DTN News - GERMAN DEFENSE NEWS: German Soldiers Bundeswehr Carry Torches During Farewell Ceremony For Former German President In Berlin
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 9, 2012:  Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr carry torches during a farewell ceremony for the former German President on March 8, 2012 at Bellevue Palace in Berlin. 

Germany's former president Christian Wulff was honoured at the torchlit military ceremony after leaving office early under the cloud of a political favours probe. 

Nearly three weeks after resigning, Wulff, 52, was officially waved off from the largely ceremonial job at a nationally televised evening 'Ceremonial Tattoo' (Grosser Zapfenstreich) in the garden of the president's sumptuous Bellevue Palace. 

Wulff, for less than two years Germany's youngest head of state, became embroiled in a quick-fire series of scandals played out in the media, culminating in prosecutors asking parliament to lift his immunity.

 
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DTN News - IRAQ DEFENSE NEWS: Iraq Interested In Czech L-159 Fighter Planes Says Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas

DTN News - IRAQ DEFENSE NEWS: Iraq Interested In Czech L-159 Fighter Planes Says Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources  Prague Daily Monitor
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 8, 2012: Iraq military continues to be interested in the purchase of Czech-made L-159 subsonic fighter planes, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said after a cabinet meeting today.

Necas said aircraft makers from other countries are of course competing for the contract on the delivery of fighter planes for Iraq, too.

Czech Aero Vodochody company has been negotiating about the deal in Iraq for some time. The L-159's rivals are British Hawk and a supersonic plane offered by Korea in cooperation with the U.S. producer Lockheed Martin.

Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra reported on the latest development of the negotiations with Iraq representatives at the cabinet meeting today.

The next negotiating round is to take place in Bagdad within two weeks, Vondra said.

Iraqi Defence Minister Saadoun Dulaimi assured Vondra during his visit to Prague in January that Iraq keeps being interested in the L-159s.

According to available information, Iraq is first of all interested in new planes made by Aero Vodochody. The Czech Republic would like to sell also the already produced but mothballed planes, however.

Czech representatives point out that these planes may be available practically immediately, unlike new aircraft whose production may take a few years.

The sale of new Czech aircraft to Iraq might be the beginning of long-term cooperation in military aviation between the two countries.

Iraq allegedly plans to buy up to 24 new aircraft.

Czech military pilots currently use 24 L-159s, while 36 of these planes are mothballed. The maintenance of the redundant planes costs about 30 million crowns a year.

Five of the redundant planes were swapped for one CASA C-295 transport aircraft and several of them were used for spare parts or turned into two-seat aircraft. The military is considering further remaking of the unused one-seat L-159s into two-seat test aircraft, media wrote.

 
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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Northrop Grumman For Radar System On Global Hawk

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Northrop Grumman For Radar System On Global Hawk 
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. 159-12 March 7, 2012 - DTN News
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 9, 2012: Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $24,484,465 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Multi Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program radar system development and demonstration alignment with the Global Hawk Block 40 program schedule.  


The location of the performance is El Segundo, Calif. Work is expected to be completed on Aug. 31, 2013.  Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-00-C-0100 P00213).

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