Monday, October 24, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 24, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 24, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 24, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 24, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Global Integrated Security (USA), Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $480,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the reconstruction security support services throughout Afghanistan in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 19, 2015. Five bids were solicited, with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-12-D-0001).

Core Engineering and Construction, Inc., Winter Park, Fla., was awarded a $45,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the remediation services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2016. There were 54 bids solicited, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-12-D-0002).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $33,336,156 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to produce 12 launcher mod kits. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Lufkin, Texas; Chelmsford, Mass.; and Ocala, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0001).

Benard Associates, Wayne, N.J., was awarded a $23,974,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the renovation and addition services for West Point Middle School. Work will be performed in West Point, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2015. Thirty bids were solicited, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-12-C-0001).

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $14,395,550 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of UH-60 fault-function panels. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-D-0010).

BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded a $9,031,771 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the refurbishment and analysis services for the Paladin integrated management bridge, three. Work will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0550).

NAVY

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $89,954,864 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2109) to exercise an option for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine platforms. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (75 percent), and Newport News, Va. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $16,868,744 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to contract (N00024-11-C-5106) to exercise options for Aegis Weapon System and Aegis Combat System combat systems engineering, in-country support services, and staging support to fulfill Aegis lifetime support requirements for the Republic of Korea Navy. This contract modification involves the Republic of Korea under Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (85.8 percent); Seoul, South Korea (10.8 percent); Pusan, South Korea (1.7 percent); and Chinhae, South Korea (1.7 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

The Boeing Co., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded an $11,129,648 firm-fixed-price contract for spares and will provide five major subassemblies required to build-up six AC-130U 25 mm ammunition storage handling systems assemblies. These subassemblies are conveyor assembly, loader/downloader, magazine transfer unit, magazine driver gearbox, and the gun drive gearbox. Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8520-12-D-0003).

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DTN News: Happy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights 2011

DTN News: Happy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights 2011
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 24, 2011: We Wish All our Readers and Viewers a Happy Deepavali - Festival Of Lights. May Ma Lakshmi Showers You and Your Family with Love, Luck, Beauty, Happiness as well Wealth and Prosperity for the coming Year.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghanistan With Pakistan In US-Pak War Says Hamid Karzai

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghanistan With Pakistan In US-Pak War Says Hamid Karzai
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 23, 2011: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad — a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his eastern neighbor during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent visit to Kabul.
Such a scenario is exceedingly unlikely, and Karzai's remarks appeared to be less a serious statement of policy than an overture to Pakistan, whose cooperation is sorely needed if Afghanistan is to have a chance at stability after years of conflict and civil war.
Nonetheless, Karzai's comments during an interview with the private GEO television station in Pakistan broadcast on Saturday contrasted sharply with his show of alliance with Washington during Clinton's visit last week, during which the American ramped up the pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants using its territory for attacks into Afghanistan.
"If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan," Karzai said. "If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."
He said his country was indebted to Pakistan for taking in millions of Afghan refugees over the years and stressed that Kabul would not allow any nation — be it the U.S., India, Russia, China or anyone else — to dictate its policies.
"Anybody that attacks Pakistan, Afghanistan will stand with Pakistan," he said. "Afghanistan will never betray its brother."
Both Washington and Kabul have repeatedly said Pakistan is providing sanctuary to terrorist groups launching attacks in Afghanistan.
Clinton, joined by a bevy of top U.S. officials including CIA director David Petraeus, flew to Pakistan after her Kabul visit with the blunt message that if Islamabad is unwilling or unable to take the fight to the al-Qaida and Taliban-linked Haqqani network operating from its western border with Afghanistan, the U.S. "would show" Pakistan how to eliminate that militant group's safe havens.
Even so, she said the U.S. has no intention of deploying U.S. forces across the border in Pakistan. She suggested that the favored solution would be reconciliation and peace efforts and that Islamabad needs to cooperate.
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces on Saturday concluded two operations aimed at disrupting insurgent operations in Kabul, provinces south of the Afghan capital and along the eastern border with Pakistan — all places where the Haqqani network has launched attacks.
"A number of Haqqani affiliated insurgents plus additional fighters have been either detained or killed," Army Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings, a spokesman for the coalition said Sunday. No further details were immediately available.
The focus on fighting those who refuse to embrace peace efforts while seeking reconciliation is pivotal in NATO's push to try to stabilize and secure Afghanistan as much as possible by the end of 2014, when foreign troops are scheduled to withdraw or move into support roles.
But the insurgents have remained intransigent and attacks and bombings plague Afghanistan, claiming the lives of civilians as well as those of Afghan and international forces.
NATO said that one of its service members was killed Sunday following an insurgent attack in the south of Afghanistan, a traditional Taliban stronghold.
Earlier, the alliance had reported the death of another of its troops in an attack in the eastern part of the country on Saturday.
NATO did not provide additional details, but the deaths raised to 473 the number of NATO service members killed so far this year in Afghanistan.
Separately, five villagers were killed while trying to remove a roadside mine planted by the Taliban in the Pashtun Zarghun district of the western province of Herat, the provincial governor's spokesman, Mohyaddin Noori, said Sunday.
The villagers had found six mines that were planted to target Afghan security forces in the area and, instead of notifying authorities, tried to move them themselves.
NATO and Afghan forces have been expanding their operations in the east, targeting the Haqqani network that operates out of Pakistan's North Waziristan region. Pakistan has been reluctant to move more forcefully against the Haqqani, arguing such an act could spark a broader tribal war in the region with which it is militarily ill-equipped militarily to handle.
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Associated Press writers Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann in Kabul contributed to this report.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For October 22, 2011

DTN News - WIKILEAKS NEWS: Various Articles From International Media Originated From Wikileaks For October 22, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 22, 2011: The international non-profit organization Wikileaks became world renown as a whistleblower publishing submissions of private, secret and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks and whistleblowers.
WikiLeaks states that its "primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations".
Here are the news on various subjects on Wikileaks by global media/web/blogs and reactions respectively for DTN News readers and viewers;
LTTE defeat affects drug trade: Wikileaks Nation on Sunday The defeat of the LTTE had affected the drug trade in Asia, according to a US cable that was revealed in Wikileaks. As the Colombo Telegraph reports, the US Embassy in a communique to Washington on November 17, 2009 had said that the downfall of the ... See all stories on this topic »
SOUTH PARK 15.10 'Bass To Mouth' Crave Online Only Lemmiwinks can take down Wikileaks and end the Eavesdropper's reign of humiliation. Along with Lemmiwinks comes the return of the ghostly Frog Prince, as well as Swallow... and let's just say shit gets really weird. The final battle between ... See all stories on this topic »
Without credit card donations, WikiLeaks facing funding crisis ... WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website that has been at the center of some of the world's most controversial news for the past 18 months, is facing dire economic ... www.mcclatchydc.com/.../without-credit-card-donations.html
WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman | The Nation WikiLeaks reveals: Miguel Facussé, a biofuels magnate in Honduras entangled with the drug trade, is waging a bloody war against campesinos—with American ... www.thenation.com/.../wikileaks-honduras-us-linked-brutal-b...
Without credit card donations, WikiLeaks facing funding crisis MiamiHerald.com By Mark Seibel WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website that has been at the center of some of the world's most controversial news for the past 18 months, is facing dire economic times, largely, the website says, because Visa, MasterCard and ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks: Bulgarian President Runners Seen by US Diplomats Novinite.com The database of the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks has US diplomatic information on 6 out of a total of 18 Bulgarian politicians, who are currently running to become the country's next president. File photo The site for investigative journalism ... See all stories on this topic » Novinite.com
Book Review: WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by David Leigh ... Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) ORG Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, from the Guardian's David Leigh and Luke Harding, reads like a James Bond story. And the authors do not overstate the drama of theWikileaks imbroglio. The world and activities of Julian Assange, ... See all stories on this topic »
The Connection Between Wikileaks Censorship And PROTECT IP: Censorship Through ... Wall Street Journal It explores the “new vector” for censorship found in both the attacks on Wikileaks and the PROTECT IP Act: censorship by forcing service providers to not do business with certain websites... We welcome your thoughtful comments. ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks cables provide limited vindication for Malema Mail & Guardian Online The Botswana government gave the United States the green light to explore the possibility of establishing an Africa Command (Africom) base in the country when the issue was raised four years ago, American diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks show. ... See all stories on this topic »
'South Park' Mocks Phone Hacking Scandals (VIDEO) Huffington Post (satire) It's been a little while since Wikileaks and the News Corp phone hacking scandals have been in the news, but that doesn't mean it's too late for them to get the "South Park" treatment. On this week's episode, the boys at South Park Elementary are ... See all stories on this topic »
WikiLeaks translation group opens cables to S.Koreans 한겨레 By Choi Woo-ri “I decided to translate the leaked cables after reading an article from Hankyoreh reporting on President Lee Myung-bak's attitude on the United States and Japan that were publicized by WikiLeaks,” said Lee Dong-hyun. ... See all stories on this topic »
Unpredictable to the end, Muammar Qadaffi ruled Libya for decades Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City A US diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks advised Rice that, although Qadaffi avoids making eye contact, he was a voracious consumer of news and eager for the chance to "share with you his views on global affairs." Still, Qadaffi, who had survived ... See all stories on this topic »
How To Stop the Next WikiLeaks Slashdot by porter235 (413926) Minimize access to sensitive docs, keep those with access happy, and most importantly, always be ethical. by Errol backfiring (1280012) I wonder when they make this compulsory for civilians as well? by assemblerex (1275164) You ... See all stories on this topic »
Brand Bites: WikiLeaks Gets Priceless, Burberry Flakes, Sappy Nappies and more brandchannel.com Wikileaks spoofed Mastercard's "Priceless" campaign this week. Watch the spot below, and check out place branding with a twist, and more. ... while Iceland invites citizens to show off what inspires them: Er, is Arrow promoting manorexia with "Arrow ... See all stories on this topic »
The Connection Between Wikileaks Censorship And PROTECT IP ... By News The always thought-provoking Yochai Benkler, has a new paper, which, unfortunately (and pointlessly given Benkler's key points), is locked up behind an MIT paywall. It explores the new vector for censorship found in both the attacks on ... PHP Hosts
WikiLeaks not financially endangered: Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Latin American media that his organization was far from financially endangered despite sanctions slapped on it by the ... www.physorg.com/.../2011-10-wikileaks-financially-endanger...
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