Monday, October 28, 2013

DTN News - ECUADORIAN NEWS: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa In Moscow, Russia

DTN News - ECUADORIAN NEWS: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa In Moscow, Russia
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reviews the Russian Honour guard during an official welcome ceremony upon his arrival to Moscow. Rafael Correa is on his official visit to Russia. 


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DTN News - EGYPT UNREST; Pro-Morsi Student Supporters Injured During A Protest In Cairo

DTN News - EGYPT UNREST;  Pro-Morsi Student Supporters Injured During A Protest In Cairo
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Student supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood carry a comrade injured during clashes with Egyptian security forces outside al-Azhar university in Cairo. Egyptian security forces fired tear gas to disperse students protesting in support of Morsi, security officials said. 


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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 28, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 28, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. 750-13 October 28, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  October 28, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
NAVY
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $99,606,355 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to incorporate a Maintenance Training Device Suite (MTDS) and Ordnance Load Trainer into the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime aircraft Low Rate Initial Production II. The MTDS Suite will include six Virtual Maintenance Trainer Devices and 14 Hardware Type II devices. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (45 percent); Orlando, Fla. (25 percent); Whidbey Island, Wash. (15 percent); Huntington Beach, Calif. (10 percent); and Jacksonville, Fla. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2016. Fiscal 2012 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $99,606,355 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

ARMY
Conquistador Dorado JV, Sanford, Fla., (W912P8-14-D-0009); Integrated Pro Services LLC, Belle Chasse, La., (W912P8-14-D-0010); RDC Circle LLC**, Belle Chasse, La., (W912P8-14-D-0011); and Veterans Contractors Group JV LLC, Metairie, La., (W912P8-14-D-0012); were awarded a firm-fixed-price, multi-year, multiple-award, task-order contract with a maximum amount of $50,000,000 for hurricane protection and restoration services. Performance location and funding will be determined with each task order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 13 bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity.

Leiodos Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a maximum amount of $36,717,969 to provide maintenance and logistics services in support of Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance programs. Fiscal 2014 procurement funds in the amount of $17,991,804 are being obligated on this award. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-14-C-C001).

AIR FORCE
Taitech, Inc., (FA8650-14-D-2316), and Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., (FA8650-14-D-2317) both of Dayton, Ohio, were awarded a combined $31,820,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Technology for Sustained Supersonic Combustion (TSSC). The objective of the TSSC program is to focus on research and development of components and diagnostics for high-speed air breathing propulsion systems and their integration into air vehicles, weapons, and launch systems. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with an expected completion date of Oct. 31, 2020. Fiscal year 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,049,939 to Taitech and $3,851,246 to ISSI are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. The Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity.

Pride Industries, Roseville, Calif., has been awarded a $19,258,736 modification (P00031) to previously awarded FA4484-12-F-0006 for Dix base support services (work management, supply management, structure maintenance, grounds maintenance, roads maintenance, utilities, equipment maintenance, and billeting). Work will be performed at the Dix area of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal year 2014 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,737,891 are being obligated at time of award. The 87th Contracting Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon, Intelligence and Information Systems, Defense and Civil Missions Solutions, Sterling Va., was awarded an $11,971,245 firm-fixed-price contract for sustainment services supporting the Military Satellite Communications System (MILSATCOM) Global Broadcast System (GBS). This contract provides for operational capability and will sustain uninterrupted GBS to garrisoned and deployed war fighters in the form of mission-essential data and streaming products. Work will be performed at Sterling, Va., with an expected completion date of March 31, 2016. Fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,578,749 is anticipated for obligation at time of award. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F8823-14-C-0001).

CORRECTION: The contract released on Oct. 24, 2013 to Rockwell Collins Network Enabling Software Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for $14,960,418 listed the wrong contract number. The correct number is FA8730-14-C-0006.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Harvard Drug Group, Livonia, Mich., has been awarded a maximum $53,276,069 modification (P0110) exercising the second one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D0-11-D-0010) with four one-year option periods for various pharmaceutical products. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Michigan with a Nov. 15, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 warstopper funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Breeze-Eastern Corp.,* Whippany, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $37,067,231 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft mount winches. This contract was a competitive acquisition and one offer was received. Location of performance is New Jersey with an Oct. 28, 2018 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2015 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., (SPRRA1-13-D-0068).

Tennier Industries Inc.,* Boca Raton, Fla., has been awarded a maximum $22,977,600 modification (P0008) exercising the first one-year option period on a seven-month base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1029) with two one-year option periods for trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Location of performance is Florida, Tennessee, and Kentucky with an Oct. 31, 2014 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Whitehall Manufacturing Corp.,* Chester, Pa., has been awarded a maximum $14,760,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, total set-aside contract for multiple leg slings. This is a two-year base contract with one three-year option period. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and one offer was received. Location of performance is Pennsylvania with an Oct. 24, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE8EE-14-D-0001). (Awarded Oct. 25, 2013)

Tyco Fire Products, LP, Marinette, Wis., has been awarded a maximum $13,710,201 firm-fixed-price contract for aqueous film forming foam. This is a two-year base contract with three one-year options periods. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Location of performance is Wisconsin with an Oct. 27, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE8EG-14-D-0003).

C&C Produce, Inc., North Kansas City, Mo., has been awarded a maximum $10,558,225 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fresh fruit and vegetable support. This is an eighteen-month base contract with two eighteen-month option periods. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. Location of performance is Missouri with a May 3, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE300-14-D-P237).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., has been awarded a $14,622,382 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Endurance program. Work will be performed in Redondo Beach, Calif. (54 percent); Rolling Meadows, Ill. (23 percent); Linthicum, Md. (5 percent); Oxford, Mass. (2 percent) and Pittsburgh, Pa. (16 percent). The estimated completion date is Dec. 27, 2016. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0017).

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Training, Akron, Ohio, has been awarded an $11,386,743 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Endurance program. Work will be performed in Akron, Ohio (88.43 percent); Orlando, Fla. (1.41 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (9.74 percent) and Palmdale, Calif. (0.42 percent). The estimated completion date is Dec. 24, 2016. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0016).

Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., has been awarded a $15,958,394 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide information technology services in support of DARPA's Support Services Office ITS support and services effort. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. The estimated completion date is April 30, 2014. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0008).

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DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania established Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence Facility At Deveselu, Romania

DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania established Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence Facility At Deveselu, Romania
*Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: A Romanian military helicopter lands behind the presidential honour guard, before the official ground-breaking ceremony held at Aegis Ashore Facility, a military anti-ballistic missile defence facility at Deveselu, 180 km south of Bucharest, Romania. 
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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Military Personnel After Attending 11th National Women's Congress In Beijing

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Military Personnel After Attending 11th National Women's Congress In Beijing
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013:  Military personnel leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the 11th National Women's Congress near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images


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DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: Japan's PM Warns China On Use of Force As Jets Scrambled

DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: Japan's PM Warns China On Use of Force As Jets Scrambled
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Japan’s leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa.

Verbal skirmishing between Asia’s two biggest economies, who dispute ownership of an island chain, escalated as Beijing warned Tokyo that any hostile action in the skies against Chinese drones would be construed as an “act of war.”

“We will express our intention as a state not to tolerate a change in the status quo by force. We must conduct all sorts of activities such as surveillance and intelligence for that purpose,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an address to the military.

“The security environment surrounding Japan is becoming increasingly severe. This is the reality,” he said. “You will have to completely rid yourselves of the conventional notion that just the existence of a defense force could act as a deterrent.”

Abe presided over an inspection of the military at which a US amphibious assault vehicle was displayed for the first time, an apparent sign of Japan’s intention to strengthen its ability to protect remote islands.

The defense ministry plans to create a special amphibious unit to protect the southern islands and retake them in case of an invasion.

“There are concerns that China is attempting to change the status quo by force, rather than by rule of law,” Abe earlier told the Wall Street Journal in an interview following a series of summits this month with regional leaders.

“But if China opts to take that path, then it won’t be able to emerge peacefully,” he said in the interview published Saturday.

“So it shouldn’t take that path, and many nations expect Japan to strongly express that view. And they hope that as a result, China will take responsible action in the international community,” Abe added.

Kyodo News reported that Japan scrambled jets Sunday for the third successive day in response to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters near the Okinawa island chain.

Two Y8 early-warning aircraft and two H6 bombers flew from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean and back again but did not violate Japan’s airspace, it said.

The Japanese defense ministry was not immediately available for confirmation.

Japan’s military is on increased alert as Tokyo and Beijing pursue a war of words over the disputed islands in the East China Sea that lie between Okinawa and Taiwan.

On Saturday China responded angrily after a report said Japan had drafted plans to shoot down foreign drones that encroach on its airspace if warnings to leave are ignored.

Tokyo drew up the proposals after a Chinese military drone entered Japan’s air defense identification zone near the disputed islands in the East China Sea last month, Kyodo said.

“We would advise relevant parties not to underestimate the Chinese military’s staunch resolve to safeguard China’s national territorial sovereignty,” China’s defense ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in comments posted on the ministry’s website.

“If Japan takes enforcement measures such as shooting down aircraft, as it says it will, that would constitute a serious provocation, an act of war of sorts, and we would have to take firm countermeasures, and all consequences would be the responsibility of the side that caused the provocation.”

Tokyo and Beijing both claim the small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Japan administers them and calls them the Senkakus. China refers to the islands as the Diaoyus.

One of Abe’s first decisions as prime minister was to increase the defense budget for the first time in 11 years.

Tokyo also plans to hold a major air and sea exercise next month to bolster its ability to protect its remote islands.

In the Wall Street Journal interview, Abe said Japan had become too inward-looking over the past 15 years, but as it regains economic strength “we’d like to contribute more to making the world a better place.”

The Journal said he made it clear that one way Japan would “contribute” would be countering China in Asia.

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