Wednesday, February 08, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's President Shimon Peres Sends Message Of Peace To Iranians

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Israel's President Shimon Peres Sends Message Of Peace To Iranians
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 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 8, 2012: President Shimon Peres sent a message of peace to Iranians from the podium of Israel's parliament on Wednesday, saying there was no need for the two peoples to be foes.
"We were not born enemies and there is no need for us to live as enemies," Peres said in a speech marking the 63rd anniversary of the Knesset's founding.
"Do not allow the flags of hostility to cast a dark shadow on your historic heritage," he said. "Your people are a sensitive people who aspire for friendship and peace, and not for conflict and wars."
In a televised address on Friday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Israel as "a cancerous tumour that must be cut out, and God willing it will be."
"From now on we will support any group that will fight the Zionist regime," said the all-powerful Iranian leader.
Speculation has risen in recent weeks, driven in part by comments made by officials in the Jewish state, about the possibility of an Israeli military strike on Iran.
Israel and much of the international community believe that Iran's nuclear programme masks a covert weapons drive, a charge Tehran denies.
Widely believed to be the Middle East's only albeit undeclared nuclear power, Israel has supported tough sanctions against Iran but also insists on retaining the military option to halt its nuclear activities.
Before the 1979 Islamic revolution which brought the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power, Israel and the shah's Iran had warm relations.

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated February 8, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated February 8, 2012
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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Top 10 Strongest Air Forces Of The world

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Top 10 Strongest Air Forces Of The world
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Topyaps - earthwit on April 5, 2011
 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 8, 2012: Till the date, choosing a list of ten strongest air forces across the world is very debatable subject. This topic always blows up with innumerable disputations and squall between Internet users. Yet still, one can’t controvert the  maneuverability of these sky rulers, based on their nationality. Topyaps puts up a list of ten deadliest ‘peace-makers’, according to their abilities of strategy, firepower and intelligence inputs.

10. Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Japan):
The aviation branch of Japan Self-Defense Force, JASDF is one of the sharpest tool, made for the defense-oriented policy of Japan. After World War II, JASDF was planted in 1954, as an unified form of Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. With an impeccable array of ultramodern radar systems and combat air patrols, JASDF is better known for its assaulter squadrons.
9. Royal Australian Air Force (Australia):
Comparatively small but tremendously deadly, RAAF was established on March 31, 1921, and till the date it has majorly participated in some of the deadliest conflicts of 20th century. Comprising a powerful fighter fleet along with sophisticated technology, RAAF is credited for immediately  implementing the kinetic and non-kinetic air effects.
8. Luftwaffe (Germany):
One of the most striking air force with the trail of top-notch pilots, Luftwaffe was established in 1935, after violating the Treaty of Versailles. During the World War II, this air force overshadowed the skies of Europe and defeated its foreign counterparts with much more advancements. Most of the pilots of Luftwaffe are trained either in United States or in Canada. The tactical training centers of this air force are located at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and Canadian Forces Air Command base at Goose Bay.
7. Indian Air Force (India):
Considered as one of the best equipped air force across the world along with professional standards, the IAF was founded on October 8, 1932, and since then it has been in the limelight of mainstream media for its logical expansion and modernization. It is also the fourth largest air force in the world with approximately 170,000 personnel and 1,500 aircrafts.
6. Armée de l’Air (France):
Founded in 1909 as the air force of the French Armed Forces, Armée de l’Air is considered as the world’s first professional air force. Buff of technological developments, methodical defensive strategies and straightforward doctrine of ruling skies, this air force is better known for comprising new generation multirole combat airplanes. In current scenario, France possesses an impressive status in international aircraft industry. It is well known for inventing the Mirage series of Jet Fighters, one of the most admired aircraft in the history of military aviation.
5. People’s Liberation Army Air Force (China):
With a long list of more than 330,000 personnel and 2,500+ aircrafts, PLAAF is the largest air force in Asia and is better known for comprising some of the deadliest self-reliance combat aircrafts. Officially founded on November 11, 1949, the Chinese air force consists qualitative edge with lethal approach in the modern arena of air striking.
4. Royal Air Force (United Kingdom):
The kingpin of British Military history and the decision maker of world’s greatest conflicts, RAF is the oldest air force of the world which is renowned for its strategic bombing. RAF was founded during the World war I, on April 1, 1918, by the unification of the Royal Naval Air Services and Royal Flying Corps.
3. Israeli Air Force (Israel):
Don’t mess with Israel. The great granddaddy of combat with defensive set of mind, this deadliest air force constitutes the crew of atrocious pilots with unparalleled equipment resources. Shuffle through the history and you’ll realize that this air force has repeatedly exhibited its superordinate ability to whack down the opponents.
2. Russian Air Force (Russia):
The characteristics of Russian air power is still undetermined. With amazingly effective doctrine and mechanized defense, the Russian Air Force possesses the ability to maneuver in any kind of terrain. Notable for implementing beyond-the-limit strategy with weirdest technologies, this air force founded after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991-92.
1. United States Air Force (America):
Ruler of the technology horizon along with conceptions apparently picked from the futuristic script of a Hollywood flick, the USAF was founded on September 11, 1947, with the motto No One Comes Close. The undisputed magnet of air, space and cyberspace in the current scenario, this air force owns the largest number of warplanes in the world which almost equals to the rest of the world put together.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 7, 2012


DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 7, 2012
 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 083-12 February 7, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 7, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February  7, 2012 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
            Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Springdale, Ark., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract to provide fresh beef products for resale at multiple delivery locations throughout the Defense Commissary Agency’s central and east area commissaries to include the following states:  Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, District of Columbia, Alabama, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.  The estimated award amount is $260,832,802.  Contractor will deliver fresh beef products to the store locations as needed.  The contract is for a 24-month base period beginning March 1, 2012 through Feb. 28, 2014.  Three one-year option periods are available.  If all three option periods are exercised, the contract will be completed Feb. 28, 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Nineteen firms were solicited and three offers were received.  The Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Directorate, Resale Commodities Division, Fort Lee, Va., is the contracting activity (HDEC02-12-D-0007).

            National Beef Packing Co., Kansas City, Mo., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract to provide fresh beef products for resale at multiple delivery locations throughout the Defense Commissary Agency’s central and east area commissaries to include the following states:  Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.  The estimated award amount is $114,815,275.  Contractor will deliver fresh beef products to the store locations as needed.  The contract is for a 24-month base period beginning March 1, 2012 through Feb. 28, 2014.  Three one-year option periods are available.  If all three option periods are exercised, the contract will be completed Feb. 28, 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Nineteen firms were solicited and three offers were received.  The Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Directorate, Resale Commodities Division, Fort Lee, Va., is the contracting activity (HDEC02-12-D-0006).

            Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Springdale, Ark., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract to provide fresh beef products for resale at multiple delivery locations throughout the Defense Commissary Agency’s central and east area commissaries to include the following locations:  Puerto Rico and NEXCOM, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  The estimated award amount is $6,931,093.  Contractor will deliver fresh beef products to the store locations as needed.  The contract is for a 24-month base period beginning March 1, 2012 through Feb. 28, 2014.  Three one-year option periods are available.  If all three option periods are exercised, the contract will be completed Feb. 28, 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Nineteen firms were solicited and three offers were received.  The Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Directorate, Resale Commodities Division, Fort Lee, Va., is the contracting activity (HDEC02-12-D-0005).

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            Cortana Corp.*, Falls Church, Va., is being awarded a $7,275,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-09-C-0028) to exercise an option for the research and development of sensors and systems in support of the Advanced Sensor Application Program and the Remote Environmental Sensor Program.  Sensors and systems support a variety of naval aviation missions, including air-undersea warfare, defense suppression, electronic attack, naval warfare and amphibious, strike and anti-surface warfare.  Work will be performed in Falls Church, Va., and is expected to be completed in January 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE
            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $18,300,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-priced items contract for an acceleration effort, regression testing, and a fuze risk reduction effort.  The location of the performance is Saint Louis, Mo.  Work is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2013.  AAC/EDBK/EDBJ, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-09-C-0280, P00030).

            The Boeing Co., Newark, Ohio, is being awarded a $6,600,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for Minuteman III guidance system repair.  The location of the performance is Newark, Ohio.  Work is expected to be completed by April 30, 2013.  OO-ALC/AFNWC/PKME, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42610-99-D-0006-0064).
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