Tuesday, August 30, 2011

DTN News - THE END OF GADDAFI'S RULE IN LIBYA: Gaddafi Family Members Flee To Algeria Without Him

DTN News - THE END OF GADDAFI'S RULE IN LIBYA: Gaddafi Family Members Flee To Algeria Without Him
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 30, 2011: The wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children took refuge in Algeria on Monday but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remained a mystery a week after rebels drove him from power.
Algeria's Foreign Ministry said Gaddafi's wife Safia, his daughter Aisha and his sons Hannibal and Mohammed had entered Algeria on Monday morning.
The development threatened to create a diplomatic rift just as the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) worked to consolidate its position as Libya's new government.
An NTC spokesman accused Algeria, Libya's western neighbor, of an act of aggression and said the council would seek to extradite the Gaddafis.
A senior rebel officer also said Gaddafi's son Khamis, a feared military commander, had been killed in a clash outside of Tripoli. The report could not be independently confirmed.
Meanwhile rebel forces converged on Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte from east and west, intent on seizing one of his last bastions of support either by force or by negotiation.
Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts have not been known since Tripoli fell to his foes and his 42-year-old rule collapsed a week ago after a six-month uprising backed by the West and several Arab nations.
Algeria's acceptance of Gaddafi's wife and offspring angered the rebel leadership, who want him and his entourage to face justice for years of repressive rule and who fear that he could orchestrate a new insurgency unless he is captured.
"We have promised to provide a just trial to all those criminals and therefore we consider this an act of aggression," spokesman Mahmoud Shamman told Reuters. "We are warning anybody not to shelter Gaddafi and his sons. We are going after them...to find them and arrest them."
NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil called on the Algerian government -- which has not recognized the council as Libya's legitimate authority -- to cooperate with it and hand over any of Gaddafi's sons who is on its wanted list.
Asked if he knew where Gaddafi senior was, he told al- Jazeera TV: "If we knew where Gaddafi was now our revolutionaries would be on their way to capture him. We have no information that Muammar Gaddafi is in Libya or in any other place."
Earlier on Monday, Jalil appealed to NATO to keep up its air campaign in support of the rebels, saying Gaddafi was still a threat.
NATO warplanes have struck at Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, in recent days and Britain said its aircraft also attacked artillery units of Gaddafi forces near Sidra, west of the oil town of Ras Lanuf.
LAST STAND AT SIRTE?
Whether or not Gaddafi is hiding in Sirte to make a last stand, the city would be a strategic and symbolic prize for Libya's new rulers as they tighten their grip on the vast North African country.
Rebel forces were advancing toward Sirte from east and west even as contacts continued for its surrender. Their eastern column had pushed past the village of Bin Jawad and secured the Nawfaliya junction By Monday.
Marwan Mustapha, an ambulance worker at Nawfaliya, said: "God willing, the rebels will enter the city without bloodshed and the negotiations will have succeeded. But if they have to enter by force, there will be blood."
In the desert to the south, Gaddafi loyalists were also holding out, notably in the city of Sabha.
But the death of Gaddafi's son Khamis, if confirmed, would be a serious blow to any chance of a military fight back.
Colonel Al-Mahdi Al-Haragi, chief of the rebels' Tripoli Brigade, said he had confirmation that Khamis was badly wounded in a clash near Ben Walid. He was taken to hospital but died and was buried in the area, Al-Haragi said.
Rebel military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Bani told Al Arabiya TV that the rebels also believed Gaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi was killed on Saturday along with Khamis,
"We have almost certain information that Khamis Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi were killed on Saturday by a unit of the national liberation army during clashes in Tarhouna (90 km southeast of Tripoli)," Bani said.
A U.S. official said Washington could not independently confirm Khamis' death but similar information was being received from "reliable sources."
Khamis has already been reported killed twice during the uprising only to re-emerge.
Earlier on Monday, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court had said he may apply for an arrest warrant for Khamis.
Human Rights Watch said members of the Khamis Brigade, which he commanded, appeared to have carried out summary executions of prisoners whose bodies were found in a warehouse in Tripoli.
The Hague-based ICC has already approved arrest warrants for Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
A GOOD EID
The NTC, now recognized as Libya's legitimate authority by more than 40 nations, was working to establish control in Tripoli after days of chaos and clashes with remaining Gaddafi loyalists.
The council, whose leaders plan to move to Tripoli from their Benghazi headquarters this week, is trying to impose security, restore basic services and revive the economy.
Gunfire echoed occasionally across the city but aid agencies reported medical and other services were beginning to function again.
Residents, hit by shortages of food, fuel and water, ventured out to shop amid the stink of garbage before the Eid al-Fitr festival after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
"Thank God this Eid has a special flavor. This Eid we have freedom," said Adel Kashad, 47, an oil firm computer specialist who was at a vegetable market. "Libya has a new dawn."
(Reporting by Samia Nakhoul and Mohammed Abbas in Tripoli, Maria Golovnina in Abu Grein, Alex Dziadosz in Nawfaliya, Robert Birsel and Emma Farge in Benghazi and Regan Doherty in Doha; Writing by Angus MacSwan; Editing by David Stamp)
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Monday, August 29, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 29, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 29, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 29, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 29, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc., was awarded a $3,700,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the Command Hardware Systems-4. Work will be performed in Taunton, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 26, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-D-G402).

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $265,646,071 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 22 UH-60M aircraft and 1 HH-60M aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).

AM General LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded a $130,943,210 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 904 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles. Work will be performed in Mishiwaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-C-0405).

American Ordnance LLC, Middletown, Iowa, was awarded a $113,193,507 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 60mm/81mm high explosive load assemble pack cartridges and 60mm/81mm high explosive full cutaway and complete inert models. Work will be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-D-0086).

Day & Zimmerman Inc., Lone Star Division, Camden, Ark., was awarded a $108,721,038 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 60mm/81mm high explosive load assemble pack cartridges and 60mm/81mm high explosive full cutaway and complete inert models. Work will be performed in Camden, Ark., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-D-0085).

Day & Zimmerman Inc., Kansas Division, Parsons, Kan., was awarded a $91,170,748 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 60mm/81mm high explosive load assemble pack cartridges and 60mm/81mm high explosive full cutaway and complete inert models. Work will be performed in Parsons, Kan., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-D-0083).

ECC International Constructors LLC / METAG Joint Venture, Burlingame, Calif., was awarded a $62,237,989 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of facilities for the Afghan National Army at Camp Hero in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, to include site development and improvements, force protection structures and building such as barracks, admin space, dining facilities and storage buildings. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of April 7, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 13 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kandahar, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W5J9LE-11-C-0046).

EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded a $43,811,456 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 32 security & support mission equipment package production cut-in. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0194).

Woodlawn Manufacturing LTD, Marshall, Texas, (W15QKN-11-D-0186); Bailey Tool & Manufacturing Company, Lancaster, Texas, (W15QKN-11-D-0213); were awarded a $29,387,575 firm-fixed-price multiple-award-task-order contract between two contractors. The award will provide for the facilities, personnel and equipment for the manufacture of the M485 canister metal parts. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 22, 2021. Seven bids were solicited, with seven bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Freitas Construction, Allyn, Wash., (W912K3-11-D-0002); Pacific Tech Construction, Kelso, Wash., (W912K3-11-D-0003); Angayuk Construction, Fife, Wash., (W912K3-11-D-0004); Sealaska Constructors LLC, Bellevue, Wash., (W912K3-11-D-0005); Imperial Construction, Wapato, Wash., (W912K3-11-D-0006); and Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company, Hayden, Idaho, (W912K3-11-D-0007); were each awarded a $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the construction projects of various size and value for the National Guard in the State of Washington. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 24, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received. The National Guard Bureau, Tacoma, Wash., is the contracting activity.

Federal Prison Industries, Washington, D.C., was awarded a $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to increase the ceiling for outer tactical vests for Foreign Military Sales in support of various countries. Work will be performed in Yazoo City, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 25, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-08-D-0045).

Contracting, Consulting, Engineering LLC, Annapolis, Md., was awarded a $15,146,580 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of barracks at Air Force Base Soto Cano, Honduras. Work will be performed in Soto Cano, Honduras, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 26, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-11-C-0028).

Reliable Contracting Group, Louisville, Ky., was awarded a $14,676,926 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction services to upgrade and build new facilities. Work will be performed in Springfield, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 20, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The National Guard Bureau, Springfield, Ill., is the contracting activity (W91SMC-11-C-0010).

The Ewing Co., Boise, Idaho, was awarded an $11,571,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of an Operational Readiness Training Complex at Orchard Training Area, Boise, Idaho. Work will be performed in Orchard Training Area, Boise, Idaho, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 23, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 14 bids received. The National Guard Bureau, Boise, Idaho, is the contracting activity (W912J7-11-C-0002).

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Applied Research Associates, Inc., of Albuquerque, NM, is being awarded a $220,000,000 ($102,000,000 base and $118,000,000 option) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for Test Operations, Technology and Test Support (TOTTS) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in support of the Research and Development Enterprise, Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Technology Directorate. The contractor will provide end-to-end test event planning, management, safe execution, and results analysis supporting DoD, federal agencies and friendly nations’ programs to counter proliferation and defeat weapons of mass destruction. Bids were solicited on a full and open competitive basis and two were received. The contracting activity is Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Albuquerque, NM, (HDTRA2-11-D-0001). Work will be performed primarily in Albuquerque, NM and at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The base period of performance is 29 Aug. 2011 through 28 Aug. 2016 and the option period of performance is 29 Aug. 2016 through 28 Aug. 2021.

NAVY

Resolution Consultants, an AECOM-EnSafe Joint Venture, Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a maximum amount $200,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for comprehensive long-term environmental action services on Navy and Marine Corps installations at various Department of Department sites in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic area of responsibility. The work to be performed provides for architectural and engineering services to provide program management and technical environmental services in support of the Department of the Navy’s Environmental Restoration Program, Munitions Response Program, and other similar programs. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $342,578 for architect engineering services at the Program Management Office in Virginia Beach, Va. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by March 2012. Work will be performed primarily in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and Northwest Regions predominately in Maine (13 percent), Fla. (10 percent), Mass. (10 percent), Ind. (9 percent), N.J. (8 percent), R.I. (6 percent), Texas (6 percent), Md. (5 percent), N.Y. (5 percent), Pa. (5 percent), Va. (5 percent), S.C. (4 percent), Ill. (3 percent), Miss. (3 percent), Washington, D.C. (2 percent), Conn. (1 percent), Ga. (1 percent), La. (1 percent), Minn. (1 percent), Wash. (1 percent), Ohio (.5 percent), and Tenn. (.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $342,578 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N62470-11-D-8013).

Balfour Beatty, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $49,053,161 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) and road connector at the Stone Bayarea of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of a 125 room multi-story BEQ, and a 100 room multi-story BEQ, plus gatehouse, canopy, and weather shelter. This project will include the demolition of buildings RR9 and RR4 and also constructing the widening egress to Route 210, construction of a gateway and guard house, a road connecting Route 210 and inside of Stone Bay. The road construction will require the construction of a bridge to allow for heavy equipment, and a number of culverts. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $50,493,702. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by September 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 26 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-C-4008).

FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., is being awarded a $25,506,679 firm-fixed-price contract for 34 Star SAFIRE 380 High Definition systems to outfit and enhance the capabilities of the existing Persistent Ground Surveillance System that are currently fielded for the Army. Work will be performed in Afghanistan (60 percent), and Wilsonville, Ore. (40 percent); and is expected to be completed in August 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $229,277 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-2. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J. is the contracting activity (N68335-11-C-0212).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,474,708 cost plus fixed fee contract for logistics in support of the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) MQ-8B Fire Scout system. Logistic support services includes: logistics management, maintenance support, supply support, air vehicle transportation, training services, logistics management information, technical data updates, flight operations and deployment support. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Md. (40 percent), San Diego, Calif. (20 percent), and various locations outside the continental United States; and is expected to be completed in August 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $6,400,000 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0075).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Graybar Electric Company, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM500-04-D-BP25/P00024. Award is an indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, prime vendor contract with an estimated maximum $40,000,000 for this option period. The contract is for maintenance, repair, and operations for the Northeast Region, Zone 2. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. The date of performance completion is August 29, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

AIR FORCE

Accenture Federal Services LLC of Reston, Va. is being awarded a $12,122,447 firm fixed price, cost reimbursable, labor hour contract modification to continue the post production support of the current contract to allow the system integrator to achieve system stabilization. The contracting activity is ESC/HIQK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (FA8770-06-F-8001, P00097).

United Paradyne Corporation of Santa Maria, Calif. is being awarded a $7,817,467 fixed price incentive fee, firm fixed price, cost reimbursement, no fee contract modification for the consolidation of three vital logistical aerospace support services into one comprehensive operation and maintenance contract for the 30th Space Wing. The contract also provides an integrated management entity, the Aerospace Maintenance Operations Center. The contracting activity is 30 CONS/LGCZ, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (FA4610-10-0008, P00028).

U.S. DoD issued No. 747-11 August 29, 2011
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DTN News - CANADIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense Delivers Canadian TAPV For Government Testing

DTN News - CANADIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense Delivers Canadian TAPV For Government Testing
**Extensive DND testing to be carried out at Aberdeen Test Center
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / OSHKOSH, Wis. & OTTAWA, Ontario - August 29, 2011: Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), today delivered the Oshkosh Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) to Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland where the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) will conduct mobility, survivability and weapons testing. Oshkosh Defense’s response to the TAPV solicitation was submitted to the Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) last week.
“Today, Oshkosh has delivered the best solution for the TAPV program including the most advanced military vehicle technologies and the finest Canadian-based sustainment services for the DND,” said Serge Buchakjian, senior vice president and general manager of International Programs for Oshkosh Defense. “Our TAPV is a fully integrated vehicle that is customized to the Canadian Force’s specific requirements, offering them the best-value solution. With our partners at General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada and Oshkosh Corporation's London Machinery, Inc., we can produce the vehicle in a way that creates considerable benefits for the Canadian economy for the next 25 years.”
The TAPV is intended to replace the Armoured Patrol Vehicle (APV) and the Coyote reconnaissance vehicle, to help ensure the Canadian Army remains capable of effective training, supporting domestic operations and sustaining deployed forces as part of the Canada First Defence Strategy. The Oshkosh TAPV, which is based on the company’s proven Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) platform, leverages a mission-proven chassis and the patented TAK-4® independent suspension system used on more than 20,000 military-class vehicles, which have proven highly-effective in some of the most extreme operating environments, including Afghanistan.
In independent testing conducted to date, the Oshkosh TAPV has undergone on- and off-road durability validation, successfully met ballistic and other survivability threat requirements (including the use of steel-pot method for NATO STANAG blast tests), and completed extensive live-fire demonstrations of the fully integrated dual Remote Weapon Station (RWS). The combination of these activities demonstrates the effectiveness, maturity and reliability of the Oshkosh TAPV.
Oshkosh Defense is teamed with General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada and Oshkosh Corporation subsidiary London Machinery, Inc. (LMI) in its bid for the TAPV program. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada will provide in-country support and system integration. LMI will contribute local advanced manufacturing capabilities to assemble the vehicle, conduct subsystem integration and final acceptance testing, which will be performed by its highly skilled workforce.
About Oshkosh Defense
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, is an industry-leading global designer and manufacturer of tactical military trucks and armored wheeled vehicles, delivering a full product line of conventional and hybrid vehicles, advanced armor options, proprietary suspensions and vehicles with payloads that can exceed 70 tons. Oshkosh Defense provides a global service and supply network including full life-cycle support and remanufacturing, and its vehicles are recognized the world over for superior performance, reliability and protection. For more information, visit www.oshkoshdefense.com.
About Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialty access equipment, commercial, fire & emergency and military vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®, McNeilus®, Medtec®, Jerr-Dan®, Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles, Frontline™, SMIT™, CON-E-CO®, London® and IMT®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide in businesses where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and long-term value are paramount. For more information, visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com.
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