Monday, April 25, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 25, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 25, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - April 25, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued April 25, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

BAE Systems, US Combat Systems, York, Penn., was awarded on April 21 a $53,309,854 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 3,034 Bradley Advanced Survivability Kits III to outfit the Bradley Fighting Vehicles to the BUSK III configuration. Work will be performed in York, Penn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0005).

EOIR Technologies, Inc., Fredericksburg, Va., was awarded on April 21 a $46,412,849 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to continue operations and maintenance of four Constant Hawk air platforms in Afghanistan. Work performance location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 21, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-10-D-A804).

Smith’s Detection, Edgewood, Md., was awarded on April 21 a $28,981,197 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 4,801 joint chemical agent detectors with warranties, and 4,901 communication adapter kits. Work will be performed in Edgewood, Md., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-07-C-0080).

Jacobs Technology, Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn., was awarded on April 21 a $16,620,528 time-and-material contract. The award will provide for the engineering and support services to the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center. Work will be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-08-D-0001).

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on April 21 a $12,964,259 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of barracks, admin space, training classrooms, and other utility infrastructure in Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Kabul Province, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 4, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-11-C-4011).

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded on April 22 an $8,330,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the incremental funding for the system development and demonstration contract extension. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on April 21 an $8,255,265 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the Block LA-2 M982 Excalibur Unitary 155mm precision engagement projectile for Canada. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz.; McAlester, Okla.; Farmington, N.M.; Niceville, Fla.; Healdsburg, Calif.; Anniston, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Anaheim, Calif.; Williamsport, Penn.; Joplin, Mo.; Lowell, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Kariskoga, Sweden; and the United Kingdom, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-07-C-0100).

NAVY

Zenetex, LLC*, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $16,279,888 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics and technical services in support of the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRC East), Cherry Point, N.C., and will include planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management, facilities, and execution. Work is anticipated to be performed at the FRC East, Cherry Point, N.C., and is expected to be completed in April 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals, with three offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-11-D-0039).

General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $14,253,258 firm-fixed-price delivery order, modification to previously awarded contract (M67854-05-D-6014) for the Production Lot 4 procurement of 24 prime movers and 12 M327 rifled towed mortars; together with their corresponding basic issue item kits, additional authorization list hardware, and initial mortar spares. These items are individual components of the Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS). The EFSS provides all-weather, ground-based, close supporting, accurate, immediately responsive, and lethal indirect fires. The EFSS is defined as a launcher, mobility platform (prime mover), ammunition (not included in this order), ammunition supply vehicle, and technical fire direction equipment necessary for orienting the weapon on to an azimuth of fire and accurately computing firing data. Work will be performed in St. Aubin, France (74 percent); Forest, Va. (14 percent); and Robbins, N.C. (12 percent). Work is expected to be completed by June 30, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md., is being awarded a $9,361,056 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to procure technical and engineering services in support of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems and Navy Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems programs. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md. (80 percent), and St. Inigoes, Md. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-11-C-0034).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

SRCTec, Inc., North Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded an undefinitized bridge contract with a maximum $14,141,500 to provide spare parts for the Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar System. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is March 23, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime at Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Md., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-11-C-0009).

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DTN News - THAILAND DEFENSE NEWS: Thailand And Cambodia Resume Fighting Along Border

DTN News - THAILAND DEFENSE NEWS: Thailand And Cambodia Resume Fighting Along Border
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 25, 2011:

Thai and Cambodian forces have clashed for a fourth day along their disputed border, despite calls by the UN for a ceasefire.

Field commanders on both sides said artillery, mortars and rifle fire were exchanged at nightfall on Monday around Cambodia's Ta Krabey temple.

Twelve soldiers have been killed and 36,000 people displaced in the recent clashes.

Both sides blame each other for the latest fighting, which began on Friday.

Thousands of civilians have fled the border area, seeking refuge from the three days of fighting [Reuters]

The death toll from three days of heavy fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border area has climbed to 12.

Officials on Monday said one soldier had been killed on each side following an exchange of fire in the jungle frontier late on Sunday.

Cambodia also accused Thailand of damaging two ancient temples during the latest clashes, while Thailand accused the Cambodian army of firing artillery shells that did not make it across the border.

Fighting appeared to have resumed on Monday afternoon with several shells fired, following a brief lull in the violence after days of cross-border shelling.

Thailand's foreign minister called for one-on-one talks with Cambodia, a renewed push that came after the cancellation of talks with a top regional envoy.

Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa had been scheduled to hold talks in Thailand and Cambodia on Monday but his trip was cancelled, government officials from both countries said.

Natalegawa had brokered a UN-backed peace deal in February that would have posted unarmed military observers from Indonesia along the border, but the Thai military has said they are not welcome and the deal has yet to be put in place.

Panitan Wattanayagorn, a Thai government spokesman, said Natalegawa's visit was cancelled because Thailand and Cambodia had not yet settled on terms for the Indonesian observers.

Cambodia has asked for outside mediation to help end the standoff, but Thailand has resisted third-party intervention. However, Kasit Piromya, the Thai foreign minister, declined on Monday to rule them out when speaking to reporters at an evacuation camp.

"It's not something we are opposed to. This is a sensitive issue," he said in a briefing about 30km from the scene of recent fighting.

Ceasefire shattered Both countries have blamed each other for sparking the violence, which is the first serious outbreak of fighting since February, when 10 people were killed in clashes near the 900-year-old Hindu temple Preah Vihear.

Seven Cambodian and five Thai troops have been killed and thousands of civilians have fled the area since the latest clashes began on Friday.

Cambodian soldiers stand guard near by the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province on April 25, 2011. Five Thai soldiers and seven Cambodian soldiers have died in the latest clashes

About 20,000 civilians have sought refuge in 16 camps on the Thai side of the border while about 17,000 have been evacuated from Cambodian villages. Some, like 47-year-old Suwech Yodsri, stayed behind to guard their properties, despite the danger of violence.

"I'm scared to be here but I have to be here to protect our village from looting," he told the AFP news agency from the Thai village of Nong Kanna in Surin Province, about five kilometres from the border. "I believe political conflicts are to blame. Innocent people are just being used as a political tool," he added.

Calls for restraint

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has called on the neighbours to "exercise maximum restraint" and has urged them to resolve the issue through "serious dialogue" rather than military means.

He also urged the two neighbours to take immediate measures for an effective and verifiable ceasefire. Indonesia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc, has called for an immediate end to the violence. Vietnam urged "maximum restraint". Ties between the neighbours have been strained since Preah Vihear -- the most celebrated example of ancient Khmer architecture outside Cambodia's Angkor -- was granted UN World Heritage status in July 2008. The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but both countries claim ownership of a 4.6 square km surrounding area.

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