Saturday, September 07, 2013

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Hafiz Saeed Leads Mass Rally in Islamabad Against India on Pakistan's Defence Day

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Hafiz Saeed Leads Mass Rally in Islamabad Against India on Pakistan's Defence Day
Source: DTN News from reliable sources DAWN Pakistan
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 7, 2013: FROM ISLAMABAD - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed appeared openly at a rally in Islamabad on Friday, denouncing India as a terrorist state as thousands of his supporters chanted for “holy war” against the rival nuclear nation.

India has accused Hafiz Saeed of masterminding the 2008 attack on its financial capital Mumbai where gunmen killed 166 people over three days. The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

As dusk fell, more than 10,000 people gathered in Islamabad in a show of defiance certain to enrage India further following weeks of tensions over the disputed Kashmir border.

“The United States and India are very angry with us. This means God is happy with us,” Saeed told the crowd as supporters chanted “Jihad!” (“Holy war”) and “War will continue until the liberation of Kashmir”. He did not use the word “jihad” himself.

“We are ready for every sacrifice for the liberation of Kashmir,” the stocky and bearded former professor added at the rally marking Pakistan's Defence Day.

Speaking about Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who died in a Pakistani jail this year and was given a state funeral back home, Saeed told the crowd: “He was a terrorist. How can the Indian government give state honours to a terrorist? This means the Indian government and army are terrorists.”

India has called on Pakistan to bring Saeed to justice, an issue that has stood in the way of rebuilding relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours since the Mumbai carnage.

Saeed is the founder of the LeT, a militant group banned in Pakistan but tolerated unofficially and believed to be close to the army. Saeed has long abandoned its leadership and is now the head of its charity wing.

India is furious that Pakistan has not detained him since it handed over evidence against him to Islamabad, and allows Saeed to live freely in the city of Lahore in a villa with police stationed outside.

Relations plunged to further lows last month after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the so-called Line of Control that separates the two sides in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

BELLIGERENT MOOD
Seeking to defuse tensions, Pakistan's civilian leaders have kept a conciliatory tone, but on Friday, as thousands gathered in Islamabad, emotions spilled into the open.

The mood was strikingly anti-Western and belligerent, with speakers openly declaring their sympathy for the Taliban fighting Western forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

“India should stop describing Kashmir as its indispensable part,” Saeed said from a makeshift stage mounted on a truck. “Otherwise every part of India would be dispensable for us.”

As the crowd cheered, two men performed a patriotic song threatening to “turn the whole of India into Mumbai”.

Others chanted “Whoever is a friend of India is a traitor” and waved black and white striped flags.

“They should know there are a lot of people here who are waiting for the conquest of India,” Hamid Gul, a former chief of the ISI intelligence service, told the crowd.

“It will be our privilege to take part in this war.”

Saeed founded the LeT, which India blames for the rampage in Mumbai, in the 1990s. He has denied involvement in any attacks.

He abandoned the leadership after India accused the LeT of being behind an attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001.

His charity, linked to the LeT, enjoys popular support for its humanitarian work.


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Friday, September 06, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 6, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 6, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No.  638-13 September 6, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 6, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  September 6, 2013  are undermentioned;


CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
           Propper International Inc., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $137,828,391 firm-fixed-price contract for modular lightweight load carrying equipment. This contract includes thirty-one contract line items with various minimum and maximum quantities for each. Location of performance is Puerto Rico, with a Sept. 5, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-13-D-1062).

           SNC Manufacturing LLC*, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $98,147,085 modification (P00014), to contract (SPM1C1-12-D-1063), exercising the first option-year period for Army combat uniform coats. The contract is a firm-fixed-price contract. Location of performance is Puerto Rico, with a Sept. 8, 2014 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

           BAE Systems, Totowa, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $94,312,136 modification (P00056), to contract (SPM400-06-D-9405), adding two additional pricing periods for advanced radar warning receiver ship sets and line replaceable units. The sole-source contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Locations of performance are New Jersey, New York, and potentially Korea, Australia, Egypt, Norway, Poland, and Canada, with a Dec. 5, 2018 performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is Air Force procurement funds and foreign military sales funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

           Hologic LP, Marlborough, Mass., has been awarded a maximum $32,300,000 modification (P00013), to contract (SPM2DE-09-D-7228), exercising the fourth option-year period for ThinPrep Pap test kits and related supplies. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Massachusetts, with a Sept. 30, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa

ARMY
           Javelin Joint Venture, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $67,664,020 firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract modification (P0001) of contract (W31P4Q-13-C-0129) for procurement of 260 Block 1 rounds and command launch unit (CLU) retrofit pricing for the U.S. Navy in support to foreign military sales to the countries of Jordan, Indonesia and Oman. Performance location will be Tucson, Ariz., with funding from fiscal 2010 through 2012 other authorizations funds. This contract was competitive contract via the web with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Redstone Arsenal (Missile), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.

           RQ Construction LLC, Carlsbad, Calif. was awarded a $27,703,840 firm-fixed-price, option eligible, non-multi-year contract for construction of a 127,171 sq. foot readiness center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). Performance location is JBLM, Wash., and funding is from fiscal 2013 military construction funds. This contract was a competitive acquisition via the web with 14 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-13-C-0044).

           Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Collegeville, Pa., was awarded a $17,997,133 firm-fixed-price, non-option eligible, non-multi-year contract modification (P00002) to contract (W81K04-13-D-0029) for laboratory testing services for all military members and dependents. Performance location will be Collegeville, Pa., with funding from fiscal 2014 other authorizations funds. This contract was a non-competitive acquisition with one bids solicited and with three bids received. The U.S. Army Medical Command - Contracting Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

           XCEL Engineering Inc.*, Oak Ridge, Tenn., was awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price, non-option eligible, non-multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for environmental services in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville mission boundaries. Performance location and funding will be determined with each order. This contract was a competitive acquisition via the web with one bid received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-13-D-0046).

           Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., Quincy, Mass. was awarded a $8,238,900 firm-fixed-price, non-option eligible, non-multi-year contract for maintenance dredging at Norwalk and New Haven, Conn. Performance location is Norwalk and New Haven, Conn., and funding is from fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance Army funds. This contract was a competitive acquisition via the web with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - New England District, Concord, Mass., is the contracting activity (W912WJ-13-C-0014).

NAVY
           Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $9,981,663 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0117) for additional operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance - Demonstrator, Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as the Global Hawk Maritime - Demonstrator. The services include manpower to increase BAMS-D operational tempo from the current nine maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions per month to a sustained level of 15 missions per month. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent), and outside continental United States (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2014. Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $3,000,000 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

           Asphalt Roads & Materials Co., Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $9,483,530 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for asphalt paving and minor concrete work at various naval facilities throughout the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option periods is $47,417,650. Work on this contract will be performed in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of September 2018. Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $5,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with six bids received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-13-D-7728).

           Progeny Systems Corp.*, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $8,257,426 cost-plus-fixed-fee Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract under Topic N121-045, entitled “Maritime Airborne Service Oriented Architecture Integration.” The objective of this SBIR effort is to design and develop a maritime airborne service oriented engineering development model of the P-8A increment 3 architecture. This model is necessary to support the P-8A net ready and interoperability requirements which includes research and development for the source code and the Unified Modeling Language Model. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Fiscal 2012 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,257,426 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-13-G-0001).

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U.S. DoD issued No. 638-13 September 6, 2013
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DTN News: Airbus Top Stories / Headlines News Dated September 6, 2013

DTN News: Airbus Top Stories / Headlines News Dated September 6, 2013
*International Media on AIRBUS Related News
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 6, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Airbus and associates respectively.
*Comprehensive daily news related to Airbus and associates respectively.
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UPS Flight 1354 accident in Birmingham – Alabama USA

14 AUGUST 2013 PRESS RELEASE
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A300-600F operated by UPS was involved in an accident shortly after 09.50hrs (UTC), at Birmingham, Alabama today. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight 1354, from Louisville, KY to Birmingham AL.

The aircraft involved in the accident, registe...

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Over 10 billion passengers have flown on Airbus fuel efficient aircraft

Airbus and Air Canada partnership rewarded by Air Transport World

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An Eco-Partnership award for North America’s first “Perfect Flight”

Airbus’ Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) certified on A320ceo Family

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Marking the next step towards ROPS capability across all Airbus families

Airbus Americas seeking two manufacturing station coordinators for Mobile assembly line

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• Avionics/Electrical Installation Station Coordinator
• Mechanical Installation Station Coordinator

A380, to wow crowds at MAKS airshow

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Airbus Managed Inventory goes operational at Aeroman

25 JULY 2013 PRESS RELEASE
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