DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 19, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 19, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-032-15 February 19, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 19, 2015: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued February 19, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $591,245,165 modification (P00003) to fixed-price-incentive contract W58RGZ-14-C-0018 to acquire 35 AH-64E Apache helicopters under the full rate production of Lot 5.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $105,616,400 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is July 31, 2015.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Coastal Environmental Group, Inc.*, Edgewood, New York (W912DR-15-D-0001); Argo Systems, LLC,* Hanover, Maryland (W912DR-15-D-0002); and the Dawson Charter Group, LLC,* San Antonio, Texas (W912DR-15-D-0003), were awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multi-year, multiple award task order contract for civil works construction projects.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 18, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded a $10,859,800 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging: Baltimore Harbor and the York Spit Channel, Northampton County, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2015.  Work will be performed in Cape Charles, Virginia. Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $10,859,800 are being obligated at the time of the award.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (W91236-15-C-0033).

Mennie’s Machine Co.,* Mark, Illinois, was awarded a $9,497,250 firm-fixed-price contract for a maximum of 82,000 M4A1 heavy carbine barrels.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 17, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Army Contracting Command, Tank and Automotive (Warren), Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-15-D-0028).

Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $7,560,440 modification (P00005) to firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-12-C-0142 (United Arab Emirates) to exercise option 2, technical support services for the Hawk missile program for the UAE.  Other procurement funds in the amount of $7,560,440 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Feb. 28, 2016.  Work will be performed in Andover, Massachusetts. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Missile), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

SupplyCore, Inc.,* Rockford, Illinois, has been awarded a maximum $270,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations for the Tailored Logistics Support Prime Vendor Program for the Southwest Region Zone 1.  This contract was a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received.  This is a two-year base contract with two 18-month option periods.  Location of performance is Illinois, with a Feb. 18, 2020, performance completion date.  Using services are Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and other federal civilian agencies.  Types of appropriation are fiscal 2015-2020 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-15-D-0014).

Science Application International, Inc., Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $247,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations for the Tailored Logistics Support Prime Vendor Program for the Southwest Region Zone 2.  This contract was a competitive acquisition and eight offers were received.  This is a two-year base contract with two 18-month option periods.  Location of performance is New Jersey, with a Feb. 18, 2020, performance completion date.  Using services are Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and other federal civilian agencies.  Types of appropriation are fiscal 2015-2020 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-15-D-0015).

CORRECTION: The contract announced on Feb. 13, 2015, for US Foods Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina (SPE300-15-D-3146), for $35,500,000 was announced with an incorrect award amount.  The correct dollar amount awarded is $61,500,000.

NAVY

Core Tech-AMEC-SKEC, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded $89,918,305 for firm-fixed-price task order JQ01under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62742-10-D-1307) for construction of a hardened fuel systems maintenance hangar at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.  The facility will house multiple aircraft types and provide repairs, functionality checks, and inspections of aircraft fuel systems, fuel tanks, and related components in support of the Guam Strike mission.  The work includes removal of existing pavement, site features, and utility relocation and incidental related work.  The task order is incrementally funded with the first increment of $56,000,000 being allotted at the time of award.  The second increment will be funded later in fiscal 2015 at $33,918,305.  The task order also contains one unexercised option, which, if exercised, would increase cumulative task order value to $90,600,805.  Work will be performed in Yigo, Guam, and is expected to be completed by March 2017.  Fiscal 2012 military construction (Air Force) contract funds in the amount of $56,000,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Three proposals were received for this task order.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.

QinetiQ North America, Waltham, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $7,074,242 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-13-D-0007) to exercise option year two for post-production support under the Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) MK2 program.  The MTRS MK2 provides the military explosive ordnance disposal technicians with a man-transportable capability to remotely perform reconnaissance.  Work will be performed in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by February 2016.  Contract funds will not be obligated at time of award, and no funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Cobham Life Support Systems, Inc., Davenport, Iowa, is being awarded a $7,000,000 not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-124-G-0007).  This order provides for the procurement of 180 new carbon monoxide catalyst sieve bed sets; 500 retrofit carbon monoxide catalyst sieve bed Sets; 51 refurbished TTU-520 A/E test sets; and 1,208 labels in support of the F/A-18 C/D (Lot 13 and above), F/A-18 E/F, and EA-18G aircraft, including non-recurring engineering and associated technical data.  Work will be performed in Davenport, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in January 2016.  Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,500,000 are being obligated, $340,769 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been awarded an estimated $18,725,093 requirements-type, indefinite-delivery contract for Base Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) kitchens program. The BEAR kitchens are modular, deployable kitchens with the electrical and water systems to connect to the BEAR power grid and water distribution systems. The kitchens are used in deployed locations to feed military, civilian, and support members. Work will be performed at Virginia Beach, Virginia, and various deployed locations, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 19, 2017. This award is the result of a small business competitive acquisition with four offers received. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Individual delivery orders will be issued for work required.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8533-15-D-0001).

*Small business

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Russian Bombers Intercepted Off Southern UK

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Russian  Bombers Intercepted Off Southern UK

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 19, 2015: The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) scrambled two Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft to intercept a pair of Russian bombers that were flying close to British airspace, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 19 February.

The Tupolev Tu-95 'Bear' strategic bombers were intercepted and shadowed by the Typhoons off the coast of Cornwall, in the southwest of the United Kingdom.

While no further details were available at the time of writing, it is more than likely that the Typhoons were launched from RAF Coningsby in eastern England, which is home to the UK's southern Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) force.

It is not believed that the Russian bombers violated UK airspace.

This incident comes at the same time as large scale Russian Air Force exercises involving more than 50 combat aircraft (mainly fighter types) are taking place near St Petersburg.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 18, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 18, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-031-15 February 18, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 18, 2015: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued February 18, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

DynCorp International, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $68,961,578 firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract (Saudi Arabia), with options, for integrated maintenance support services for the Saudi Arabian National Guard Aviation. Work will be performed in Saudi Arabia, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 17, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with six received.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $68,961,578 are being obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-15-C-0033).

DynCorp International, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $34,353,702 modification (P00072) to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract W58RGZ-13-C-0040 for aviation maintenance service for Operation Enduring Freedom.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $34,353,702 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2015.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is the contracting activity. (Note: This contract was awarded Feb. 17, 2015.)

Defense Engineering Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a $13,311,844 modification (P00006) to firm-fixed-price contract W52P1J-14-F-3003 for enterprise data storage services in support of the U.S. Army Information Technology Agency.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $13,311,844 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Feb. 29, 2016.  Work will be performed in Washington, District of Columbia. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $10,925,000 firm-fixed-price contract, with options, for hopper dredging of Grays Harbor, Washington State; main ship channel, San Francisco, California, and the mouth of the Columbia River and the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2015.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $10,925,000 are being obligated at the time of the award.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, Oregon, is the contracting activity (W9127N-15-C-0006). (Note: This contract was awarded Feb. 17, 2015.)

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, was awarded a $9,302,264 modification (P00025) to firm-fixed-price contract W52P1J-11-C-0027 to demilitarize 300,000 high explosive cartridges, and 3,248 cluster bomb units.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $9,302,264 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Feb. 28, 2016.  Work will be performed in St. Petersburg, Florida.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity. (Note: This contract was awarded Feb. 17, 2015.)

Security Signals Inc.,* Cordova, Tennessee, was awarded a $8,015,628 modification (P0004) to firm-fixed-price contract W52P1J-10-D-0065 to exercise an option for year five to acquire 78,600 A/P-25S, signal kits distress red.  Fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2015 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $8,015,628 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is March 30, 2019.  Work will be performed in Cordova, Tennessee.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co., Andover, Massachusetts was awarded a $7,560,440 modification (P00005) to firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-12-C-0142 (United Arab Emirates) for technical support for the Hawk missile program.  Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $7,560,440 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Feb. 28, 2016.  Work will be performed in Andover, Massachusetts.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal(Missile), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. (Note: This contract was awarded Feb. 17, 2015.)

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois was awarded a $7,428,600 firm-fixed-price contract with options for Southwest Pass maintenance dredging, non-continuous Mile 6.0 AHP to Mile19.5 BHP, on the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico.  Work will be performed on the Mississippi River SWP Area and possibly in other areas of the New Orleans District with an estimated completion date of Aug. 20, 2015.  Bids were solicited via the internet with two received.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $7,428,600 are being obligated at the time of the award.  Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-15-C-0012).

LimnoTech,* Ann Arbor, Michigan, was awarded a $7,400,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development and application of predictive mathematical models to solve complex environmental challenges through multidisciplinary integration of science and engineering. Outcomes of this research are to help explain the ecological process issues that reduce the contamination of waterways and ground water to protect the environment, fish and wildlife.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 17, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity (W912HZ-15-D-0002).

AIR FORCE

Strategic Professional Resources, Inc., Papillion, Nebraska, has been awarded a $75,220,169 firm-fixed price contract for non-personal advisory and assistance services. Contractor will provide USSTRATCOM with program management, engineering and acquisition support. Work will be performed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 17, 2020. This award is the result of a small business set aside competitive acquisition; two proposals were received. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $412,192 are being obligated at the time of award. The 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (FA4600-15-C-0004). (Note: This contract was awarded Feb. 17, 2015.)

Bering Straits Logistics Services, Anchorage, Alaska, has been awarded a $73,299,893 firm-fixed-price type contract for material support integrator services. Contractor will maintain comprehensive inventory management systems to include common use items. Work will be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 18, 2020.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition; three offers were received but only two were eligible for award. Fiscal 2015 depot maintenance activity group funds in the amount of $12,909,786 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8125-15 -C-0010).

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $64,537,920 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-5417) to exercise an option for the fiscal 2015 U.S. Navy Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Round Pack (GMRP) requirements.   The RAM Guided Missile Weapon System is co-developed and co-produced under an international cooperative program between the governments of the United States and Federal Republic of Germany.  RAM is a missile system designed to provide anti-ship missile defense for multiple ship platforms.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (49.7 percent); Ottobrunn, Germany (42.7 percent); Rocket Center, West Virginia (4.5 percent); and Andover, Massachusetts (3.1 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2017.  Fiscal 2015 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $64,537,920 will be obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded a $38,295,822 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4308) for USS Mahan (DDG-72) fiscal 2015 docking selected restricted availability.  A docking selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities.  Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by August 2015.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) and fiscal 2015 other procurement (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $36,945,719 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds in the amount of $32,835,071 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Virginia, is the administrative contracting activity.

Nexagen Networks, Inc.,* Marlboro, New Jersey, is being awarded a $15,915,782 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering support services for information assurance and security engineering-related services to the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.  This three-year contract includes one two-year option period, which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $27,305,949.  Work will be performed at the government facilities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (75 percent) and contractor’s facilities in Marlboro, New Jersey (25 percent); work is expected to be completed Feb. 17, 2018.  No funds will be obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Funding will be obligated via task orders as they are issued using operations and maintenance (Navy) funds; operations and maintenance (Army) funds; other procurement (Navy) funds; research and development (Air Force) funds; research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds and Coast Guard multi-year appropriation acquisition, contracts and improvements funds.  This contract was competitively procured via 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside solicitation via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website; two proposals were received and one was selected for award.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-15-D-0083).

VSolvit LLC,* Ventura, California, is being awarded a $10,624,059 firm-fixed-price modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N39430-13-D-1231) to exercise option period two for information technology enterprise business systems support at Naval Facilities Information Technology Center, Naval Base Ventura County.  The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $31,726,530.  Work will be performed primarily in Port Hueneme, California, and is expected to be completed February 2016.  No funds will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued.  No task orders are being issued at this time.  The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

US Foods Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina, has been awarded a maximum $61,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for prime vendor food and beverage support in the South Carolina area.  This contract was a sole-source acquisition.  This is a 336-day bridge contract.  Location of performance is South Carolina, with a Jan. 16, 2016, performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 and 2016 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-15-D-3146). (CORRECTION: The contract, originally awarded Feb. 13, 2015,  is revised to show: the new cost of the contract, length of performance and completion date.)

DNO, Inc.,* Columbus, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $61,200,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruit and vegetable support.  This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received.  This is an 18-month base contract, with two 18-month option periods.  Location of performance is Ohio, with an Aug. 16, 2019, performance completion date.  Using services are non-Department of Defense customers.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-15-D-S643).

* Small Business

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DTN News - BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing System Could Bring Precision to Laser Weapons on US Navy Ships

DTN News - BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing System Could Bring Precision to Laser Weapons on US Navy Ships
*Directed energy expertise key to integrating laser weapons on ships

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Boeing
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,) - February 18, 2015:  – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $29.5 million contract to design and develop a beam control system that could provide exceptional accuracy for laser weapons on U.S. Navy warships. 

Boeing will begin to design a prototype High Power Beam Control Subsystem (HP BCSS) that’s compatible with High Energy Lasers (HEL) based on solid-state laser (SSL) technology. Boeing’s solution will be compatible with systems other companies are designing for the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program.

The resulting beam control system will focus and hold a laser on a moving aimpoint long enough to disable the target. Doing that with a ship-based laser is particularly challenging, given the maritime environment and constant movement of an at-sea vessel.

“Boeing innovations in beam control and directed energy technologies are keys to understanding laser weapon system configurations that could yield a capability for the Navy in their maritime environment,” said Peggy Morse, vice president, Boeing Directed Energy & Strategic Systems (DESS).

The Boeing beam control system capitalizes on the company’s work with the U.S. Army’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD). In demonstrations at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in 2014, in which Navy program team members participated, HEL MD acquired, tracked and destroyed targets in windy and foggy conditions. Important technical data was collected on energy systems within a maritime environment, which ONR shared with the Army and Boeing. HEL MD has disabled mortars and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) during recent testing.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Defense, Space & Security is a $31 billion business with 53,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

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DTN News: Happy Chinese New Year 2015 - Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat

DTN News: Happy Chinese New Year 2015 - Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 17, 2015:  This year’s Chinese New Year celebration on February 19, 2015 will usher in the Year of the Goat. Gong Xi Fa Cai.

May the year Goat, shower you and your family with Good Luck, Fortune, Health and full of Joy.

Wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year 2015. Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat

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DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Dassault Aviation "Confident" of Talks With India on The Sale of 126 Rafales

DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Dassault Aviation  "Confident" of Talks With India on The Sale of 126 Rafales

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 15, 2015: French defence company Dassault Aviation on Friday said it was "very confident" that three years of talks with India on the sale of 126 Rafales worth 12 billion euros would result in a deal.

Eric Trappier, chief executive of Dassault Aviation which manufactures Rafale, in an interview with BFM television, said talks were slow as India wanted some of the jets manufactured at home in a bid to boost defence manufacturing, meaning the details of every nut and bolt had to be agreed upon.

The negotiations have got into trouble recently, leading to delay in finalisation of the contract for supply of 126 fighter planes.

In addition to recent visit to New Delhi of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said  he was confident about the outcome of talks to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets to India in a multi-billion-dollar deal that has been stalled for months.

Fabius is the first of a string of Western politicians due in New Delhi over the next few weeks for talks with the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are drawn in part by the prospect of defence deals, as the new administration considers opening the industry to foreign investment.

"The discussion is developing in a very positive way and ... we are very confident in the final outcome," Fabius told reporters in the Indian capital.

An Indian defence ministry official, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, was more cautious.

"I don't think the deal will be signed very soon. There are many intractable issues to be resolved," he told Reuters, while declining to elaborate.

Modi, in office for just over a month, has vowed to get India's economy out of the doldrums by cutting red tape to revive infrastructure projects - including in the defence industry.

The previous government was widely derided for failing to follow through on promises and for letting major projects become bogged down.

India chose French company Dassault Aviation's Rafale in 2012 over other international jet manufacturers, but disagreements over cost and work-sharing have slowed talks, while India's weak economy has stretched government finances.

No final contract has been signed and rivals including Britain still hold out hope the deal will fall through.

"It is fair that for complex matters it takes some time, but there is a difference between some time and too long," Fabius said, talking about deals in general.

"The notion of efficiency - which is very important if I understand correctly, in the new government approach - is completely shared by us," he added before talks with minister Arun Jaitley, who holds both the finance and defence portfolios.

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DTN News - UKRAINE CRISIS: The Hours Before The Ceasefire Between Ukraine And Pro-Russian Rebels – In Picture

DTN News - UKRAINE CRISIS: The Hours Before The Ceasefire Between Ukraine And Pro-Russian Rebels – In Picture

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 14, 2015: Fears for Ukraine’s ceasefire as clashes with Russia-backed rebels intensify. Neither side seems to expect an end to the conflict, and both were trying to shore up their positions before the deadline.

Fighting between government and rebel forces in eastern Ukraine trailed off in the first hours after a midnight ceasefire began – but steady shelling resumed later in the morning near the besieged city of Debaltseve.

Kiev and the breakaway republics in the east said fighting had quietened and the ceasefire was mostly being observed.

But the Guardian heard mortar fire to the east of Luhanske on the highway to Debaltseve, where up to 8,000 Ukrainian troops have been under rebel attack for weeks.

The UN security council was convening an emergency session on Sunday to hear a Russian resolution on the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

South of Luhanske is a 10-mile stretch of road that is often shelled by rebels and is reportedly mined, largely cutting off Debaltseve from the rest of the Ukrainian forces. Further north on the highway a destroyed troop transport truck was still smoking on Sunday morning.

Soldiers at the last checkpoint in Luhanske said the guns had gone quiet after the midnight ceasefire, but shelling of Ukrainian positions in the area had resumed around 6am – a report confirmed by the press service of Kiev’s “anti-terrorist operation”.

“There’s no ceasefire here,” said a Ukrainian soldier who would give only his first name, Andrei.

“It’s a present from Putin,” joked another soldier, gesturing in the direction of the shelling.

The soldiers said Ukrainian forces were not shooting back, but some of the shelling to the east of Luhanske sounded like outgoing fire. Ukrainian army command said its forces were observing the ceasefire but would return fire if attacked or if the rebels shelled residential areas.

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