Defense-Technology News: May 26, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated May 26, 2011

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated May 26, 2011
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Thursday May 26, 2011

MEC's Brousell to Join Panel at Cisco Live Industrial Intelligence Day 5:40 pm - Marketwire
Department of Defense Can Be a Leader in Deploying Technology for Advanced Biofuels, BIO Says 5:35 pm - Business Wire
Northrop Grumman to Present at Sanford Bernstein's 27th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference 5:26 pm - PR Newswire
Ranger International Services Group: Two Subsidiaries Win GSA Contracting Effort Together 5:07 pm - PR Newswire
Epic Data Announces Q2 Results 4:46 pm - Marketwire
CAE announces new Chief Financial Officer 4:30 pm - Marketwire
Lockheed network suffers major disruption: sources 4:24 pm - Reuters
Lockheed Martin To Webcast CEO Presentation at Investor Conference 4:00 pm - PR Newswire
Deadline Announced for Employer Survey Measuring Guard and Reserve Impact on Workforce 3:45 pm - Business Wire
Media Advisory: Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Visits Ontario 3:33 pm - Marketwire
Dare Devil Dive Opens at Six Flags Over Georgia 3:14 pm - PR Newswire
Constellation Energy Awarded New GSA Contract for Electricity, Renewable Energy for 146 Federal and Institutional Accounts in Washington, D.C. 3:10 pm - Business Wire
TASC Report Defines Cyber Vulnerabilities; Highlights Interrelatedness 1:29 pm - PR Newswire
Milwaukee Leadership Seminar Showcases the Power of Cloud ERP for Manufacturers 1:00 pm - Marketwire
Plex Online Receives Top Prize in 2011 CODiE Awards' "Best Operations Management Solution" Supercategory 12:57 pm - Marketwire
Unison to Exhibit at Paris Air Show 2011, Booth Hall 3 Stand A82, Jun 20 - 26, 2011 12:48 pm - Business Wire
Kangaroo Express Supports Troops and Their Families with ‘Salute Our Troops’ Campaign 11:49 am - Business Wire
Council Testifies on the SAFETY Act Before Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies 11:45 am - GlobeNewswire
Elmo Solutions Releases Agni Link CAD-ERP Integration For Acomba Accounting Suite 11:43 am - Business Wire
Raytheon Releases New Corporate Responsibility Report 11:39 am - PR Newswire
Morpho Deploys Next Generation Biometric System 11:39 am - Business Wire
VA Announces Disaster Assistance After Tornado Outbreaks 11:28 am - Business Wire
ITT Offers Field-Tested Lightweight Countermeasures System to Protect U.S. Military Aircraft from Ground-Based Missile Threats 11:27 am - Business Wire
Aetna Announces Support for Rolling Thunder XXIV 10:55 am - Business Wire
Media Advisory/Launch of the Ultimate Space Shuttle Mission STS-135: Media Accreditation in Progress 10:40 am - Marketwire
iLOOKABOUT Corp. Announces Results of the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders 10:34 am - Marketwire
iLOOKABOUT Corp. Confirms Grant of Stock Options 10:33 am - Marketwire
ESN Names Air Force Colonel as Deputy Director of Its Air Force Operations, a Veteran in IT and Program Management 10:15 am - PR Newswire
Send Word Now to Join CSARN to Promote Security and Resilience Initiatives 10:11 am - Marketwire
Rexnord Corporation Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering of Common Stock 10:06 am - Business Wire
Altair to Showcase New Method of Optimizing Weight of Composite Fan Blades at ASME Turbo Expo 2011 10:00 am - PR Newswire
Supply Chain Council Announces 2011 North American Supply Chain Excellence Award Winners 10:00 am - Business Wire
New Sensing Solutions to Be Introduced at Sensors Expo & Conference 9:57 am - Marketwire
CPI Aerostructures Announces $2.85 Million Spares Contract from Sikorsky Aircraft 9:11 am - Business Wire
Concurrent Technologies Corporation's J. Pat Daugherty Named Special Operations Defense Industry Innovator of the Year by Greater Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association 9:10 am - PR Newswire
General Dynamics Chairman and CEO Johnson to Speak at Investor Conference 9:00 am - PR Newswire
Information Operations Europe: Delivering Effects Through Influence Activity 9:00 am - PR Newswire
Aerospace Industry Group Recognizes DUNMORE Protective Film as Extraordinary Technological Contribution 9:00 am - PR Newswire
Harris Corporation Awarded $59.7 Million IDIQ Contract from U.S. Navy for New Encryption Device; Initial Delivery Order Valued at $5.9 Million 9:00 am - PR Newswire
Fundamental “M-Hull” Ship Technology Re-certified by the Patent Office 9:00 am - Business Wire
AAI, Overwatch and ViaSat to Showcase FASTCOM™ at Empire Challenge 11 9:00 am - Business Wire
Hawkes Ocean Technologies Makes Underwater Airplanes with Autodesk Inventor Software 8:30 am - Business Wire
Northrop Grumman Team Completes CANES Critical Design Review 8:30 am - GlobeNewswire
Psiber Data Systems Launches New Smart Analyzer, the LanExpert 85 for Copper and Fiber Based Networks 8:25 am - PR Newswire
RBC Bearings Incorporated Announces Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter Results 8:00 am - Business Wire
Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc. Bearings Continue to Pass Independent Testing; McKay Named GM of Godfrey Guangzhou Aerospace Bearings 6:00 am - Business Wire
Ecole Normale Supérieure to Exhibit at Paris Air Show 2011, Booth ST – O84, Jun 20 - 26, 2011 5:43 am - Business Wire
Boeing and ANA to Conduct 787 Service Readiness Validation in Japan 3:00 am - PR Newswire

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Mitsubishi Electric's New GaN HEMT Amplifier for C-band Satellites Achieves World's Top PAE Rating of 67% 10:00 pm - Business Wire
Silicon Frontline Addresses EDA Industry Bottleneck, Promotes Guaranteed Accurate 3D Post-Layout Extraction at Design Automation Conference 7:23 pm - Marketwire
SEACOR Environmental Services International Announces Rebranding as SEACOR Response at the International Oil Spill Conference, 2011 6:00 pm - Marketwire
Professional Credentials Help Military Professionals Transition to Successful Civilian Careers 5:50 pm - Business Wire
Szaferman Lakind Named Freedom Award Finalist 5:06 pm - PR Newswire
Tactical Air Defense Services Receives Second Round of Funding From Cornucopia, Ltd. 5:02 pm - GlobeNewswire
NASA Selects OSIRIS-REx as Next New Frontiers Mission 4:54 pm - PR Newswire
Mercury Computer Systems Delivers Unmatched Levels of Radar Subsystem Performance 4:15 pm - Business Wire
Veterans Descend on Honolulu to Compete in the National Veterans Golden Age Games 4:00 pm - Business Wire
IQMS Named a Finalist in Two 2011 American Business AwardsSM Categories 2:30 pm - Business Wire
CHC Helicopter Sponsors SOS Children's Village Run & Family Festival 2:10 pm - Marketwire
Photo Release -- Ingalls Shipbuilding Starts Fabrication on U.S. Navy's 10th USS San Antonio-Class Ship 2:00 pm - GlobeNewswire

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 26, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 26, 2011

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 443-11 May 26, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 26, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 26, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee modification under contract HQ0276-10-C-0005, P00011. The total award value of this action is $110,678,886, resulting in a new cumulative contract value of $275,967,245. The modification will extend contract line item number 0001 period of performance to continue engineering and development for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The period of performance is May 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2011. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds will be used for this effort with $20,000,000 provided at time of award. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

The Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded an $88,499,909 firm-fixed price, single award contract for items being procured for the Afghanistan Basic Trainer/Light Lift Family of Systems: six Cessna T-182T aircraft; 26 Cessna 208B aircraft; six aircrew training devices; and interim contractor support for the aircraft and training devices in Afghanistan and advisor training. This effort supports foreign military sales to Afghanistan. 877 AESG/SYI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8617-11-C-6209).

EDO Corp., North Amityville, N.Y., is being awarded a $20,180,992 contract modification for the repair of AN/ALG-161A Radio Frequency Surveillance/Electronic Countermeasures System components; 225 repair contract line items; one contract line item for material; and one contract line item for travel. Work will be performed at North Amityville, N.Y. 638 SCMG/PKBB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8522-09-D-0006, PO0007, exercise option two).

Cobham Defense Electronic Systems, Lowell, Mass., is being awarded a $13,263,252 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Advanced Wireless Networks for the soldier radio platform. Work will be performed at Lowell, Mass. The Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKD, Rome N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-11-C-0200).

Textron Systems Corp., Wilmington, Mass., is being awarded a $9,890,927 contract modification for the Sensor Fuzed Weapon India Foreign Military Sales case integration phase one eight-month effort. This effort supports foreign military sales to India. AAC/EBJI, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-11-C-0044 PO0001).

NAVY

Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash., is being awarded an $83,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite- quantity contract for operations and maintenance services in support government-owned ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including: multiple training courses ranging from system pilot training, maintenance and operations, mission coordinator and payload operator; multiple kits for sustainment, payload and engine module kits; and multiple spare parts for ScanEagle UAS. Work will be performed in Bingen, Wash., and is expected to be completed in May 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $62,700,000 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 Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0012).

BAE Systems U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $26,599,904 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-4137) for manufacture and delivery of propulsor systems in support of the Virginia-class submarine propulsor system requirements, long lead time material, and the purchase of required spare parts in support of the propulsor program. Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky., and is expected to be completed by March 2014. 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.

D&S Consultants, Inc., Eatontown, N.J., is being awarded a $7,314,236 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for perceptual training systems and tools. D&S Consultants, Inc., will conduct applied research and advanced technology development based on requirements and design recommendations for adapting or developing technologies to create a prototype for users that can improve the training of combat hunter-like knowledge, skills and abilities. Specifically these tools will be evaluated for use as performance assessment and training tools to support enhanced observation, combat trafficking (i.e., observing the physical terrain), and tactical profiling (i.e., observing the human terrain). The result will enhance the warfighter’s ability to perceive, observe, collect, and share critical information on people, places and insurgent activity to improve situational awareness, and to facilitate collaboration and information analysis among quad level trains. Work will be performed in Eatontown, N.J., and is expected to be completed in December 2015. The action will be incrementally funded with an initial obligation of $350,030. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the internet under an Office of Naval Research Broad Agency Announcement (10-001), with one award made. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00014-11-C-0193).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

L-3 Communications Westwood Corp., Tulsa, Okla., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $45,120,000 for generator cylinder engines. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is May 31, 2017. The Defense Logistics Agency Land, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-11-D-0014).

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. 443-11 May 26, 2011

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DTN News - SERBIA NEWS: Serbia Arrests Ratko Mladic On War Crimes Charges

DTN News - SERBIA NEWS: Serbia Arrests Ratko Mladic On War Crimes Charges

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / NEW YORK, U.S. - May 26, 2011: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general charged with orchestrating the largest mass killing of civilians in Europe since World War II, was arrested Thursday in Serbia, ending a nearly 16-year manhunt that stood as a test of the West’s commitment to hold accused war criminals accountable.

Mladic, 69, was indicted twice, first in 1995 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, on more than a dozen counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. He was charged with commanding troops responsible for enforcing the 46-month siege of Sarajevo and for slaughtering about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims near the town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

After Thursday’s arrest, Serbian President Boris Tadic told reporters in Belgrade that Mladic was picked up by the Serbian Security Intelligence Agency and will be extradited to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

“On behalf of the Republic of Serbia, we announce that Ratko Mladic has been arrested,” Tadic said, according to the Associated Press. “We ended a difficult period of our history and removed the stain from the face of the members of our nation wherever they live.”

President Obama congratulated Serbia on the arrest and said he looks forward to the “expeditious transfer” of Mladic to The Hague.

“Today is an important day for the families of Mladic’s many victims, for Serbia, for Bosnia, for the United States, and for international justice,” Obama said in a statement issued from Deauville, France, where he is attending a Group of Eight summit. “While we will never be able to bring back those who were murdered, Mladic will now have to answer to his victims, and the world, in a court of law. ... Those who have committed crimes against humanity and genocide will not escape judgment.”

Serge Brammertz, prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), welcomed the arrest and said Mladic would stand trial before the tribunal. In a statement, he said the arrest “can have a positive impact on reconciliation in the region,” while also serving the cause of justice for war crimes victims.

“These victims have endured unimaginable horrors — including the genocide in Srebrenica — and redress for their suffering is long overdue,” Brammertz said. He said the arrest “clearly signals that the commitment to international criminal justice is entrenched” and shows that “people responsible for grave violations of international humanitarian law can no longer count on impunity.”

The arrest was also hailed by other Western governments and human rights activists as a landmark in international justice. They said it would send an unmistakable message to other leaders — including Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi, two leaders charged with mass atrocities by the International Criminal Court — that they will ultimately be held accountable.

“The long arm of the law has just gotten a good deal longer,” said Richard Dicker, an expert on international justice at Human Rights Watch. “Coming more than 15 years after the first indictment, the message is that justice never forgets. It’s a clear signal to those leaders who so confidently bank on impunity that they need to be looking over their shoulder.”

Mladic’s arrest by Serbian authorities might mark a turning point in the effort of Serbia, once considered a pariah state by the West, to become integrated into Europe and ultimately to become a member of the European Union. European governments have long believed that the Serbian military establishment protected Mladic and prevented his arrest.

The development also provided a major boost to the Hague-based tribunal, which has indicted more than 150 Bosnians, Croatians and Serbians on war crimes charges, including the late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

After the announcment, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Mladic’s arrest marks a “historic day for international justice.” He also called the arrest “an important step in our collective fight against impunity as well as for the work of the ICTY.”

Staff writers Scott Wilson in Deauville and William Branigin in Washington contributed to this report.

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