Friday, December 09, 2011

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Looks To NATO For Afghan Funding

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Looks To NATO For Afghan Funding
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / BRUSSELS, Belgium - December 9, 2011: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday pressed coalition allies to make concrete commitments to funding Afghan security forces over the next decade.
Speaking after a meeting in Brussels of foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other coalition members, Mrs. Clinton said she was hopeful that the allies will come to NATO's summit in Chicago in May "prepared to pledge long-term funding" for the Afghan military and police.
"I encouraged our allies to better define NATO's enduring partnership with Afghanistan," Mrs. Clinton said, "including its post-2014 mission to support the Afghan national-security forces, and to provide a strong base on which Afghanistan can build a stable, peaceful future."
Afghan and allied officials in Kabul estimate the cost of maintaining the Afghan security forces—slated to reach 352,000 men by fall of 2012—at between $4 billion and $6 billion a year.
That is far beyond the means of the Afghan government. Without foreign assistance stretching over a decade, many Western and Afghan officials say, the Afghans won't be able to fill the security vacuum left by the planned pullout of most U.S.-led combat troops in 2014.
Many NATO allies have been perplexed by the U.S. drive over the past two years to bulk up the size of the Afghan military and police, voicing concerns that such a large force would be unsustainable—and complaining that they hadn't been consulted. Some of these nations now resent being asked to cough up hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for it, especially as European economies are reeling from the euro-zone debt crisis.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that nations outside the Atlantic alliance, and outside the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, should help foot the bill. In addition to troops from NATO countries, the coalition in Afghanistan includes sizable forces from countries such as Australia, Georgia, Sweden, South Korea and New Zealand.
"We will finish the job to help create a secure Afghanistan—for our shared security," Mr. Rasmussen said. "But the whole international community has a stake in a stable and secure Afghanistan. And the whole international community must help achieve it."
An international conference uniting the NATO allies with countries including Russia, China, Iran and India, held Monday in the German city of Bonn, has already promised to provide financial aid to Afghanistan in the decade after 2014. Concrete commitments are slated to be made at a pledging conference in Tokyo in July.
In Brussels, at the two-day NATO conference that was attended Thursday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow and the alliance sparred over NATO's missile-defense plans, as well as NATO's role in toppling the Libyan regime.
NATO says its planned missile shield, which includes a new radar system to be deployed in Turkey, aims to protect Europe from Iran and other Middle Eastern threats. Russia, however, is seeking binding guarantees that the planned system wouldn't be used against it.
The two sides agreed to continue negotiations on the matter, even as NATO officials said the deployment of the missile-defense project will go ahead. Russia didn't repeat Thursday an earlier suggestion by its ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, that the missile dispute may be linked to Moscow's cooperation with the U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.
In his only comments on Afghanistan at the Brussels conference, Mr. Lavrov described the conflict there as "a challenge to our common security."
NATO's so-called Northern Distribution Network, which has greatly expanded over the past year and which runs through Russia and the Central Asian states, provides the coalition with an increasingly important alternative to Pakistani supply routes.
The NDN, which accounts for at least half of coalition supplies, turned into a vital lifeline after Pakistan closed its border to NATO convoys last month, in protest over the killing of 24 Pakistani troops in an errant U.S. airstrike near the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Mrs. Clinton on Thursday hailed the NDN as "a very good example of Russia-U.S. and Russia-NATO cooperation" that is "mutually beneficial to all of us."
Write to Yaroslav Trofimov at yaroslav.trofimov@wsj.com
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

DTN News - BOEING NEWS / AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing, ALC Finalize Order For 787s And Next-Generation 737s

DTN News - BOEING NEWS / AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing, ALC Finalize Order For 787s And Next-Generation 737s
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SEATTLE, December. 8, 2011: Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air Lease Corporation (ALC) have finalized an order for four 787-9 Dreamliners. ALC also exercised options for four Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, with a list-price value of more than $1.2 billion, marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June.

"This order is a continuation of Air Lease Corporation's disciplined approach to building its fleet," said Ray Conner, senior vice president for Sales and Customer Support for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Air Lease Corporation has positioned itself for success since starting business early last year. These 787-9 Dreamliners and 737-800s support its strategy of establishing a fleet of young, high-quality, high-demand airplanes for its airline customers."

The airplanes join the 74 Next-Generation 737-800s and five 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes that ALC currently has on order.

"This order will continue to diversify our portfolio of efficient airplanes for our airline customers," said Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, chairman and CEO of Air Lease Corporation. "The 787-9, with its increased size and range, will provide our customers the ability to serve more cities with the lowest possible cost per seat."

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is a slightly larger version of the 787-8 and will carry 250-290 passengers on routes of 8,000 to 8,500 nautical miles (14,800 to 15,750 kilometers). The 787 provides airlines with incredible fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance. The airplane uses 20 percent less fuel than today's similarly sized airplanes. It also will travel at a speed of March 0.85, which is similar to the speed of today's fastest wide-body airplanes.

"Air Lease Corporation's order helps establish the 787-9 Dreamliner in the leasing market," said Bill Collins, vice president of Leasing Sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "It also builds on the continued market success of this airplane."

The order increases the number of 787-9s on order to 270 airplanes from customers located all over the world. The 787 Dreamliner family, including the 787-8 and 787-9, has accumulated a total of 825 orders.

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Contact: Tim Bader North America/Leasing Sales Communications Boeing Commercial Airplanes +1 425-717-0672 tim.s.bader@boeing.com

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: US 'Agent' Ghulam Nabi Fai 'Took Pakistan Spy Money'

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: US 'Agent' Ghulam Nabi Fai 'Took Pakistan Spy Money'
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 8, 2011: A Kashmiri-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to secretly receiving millions of dollars from Pakistan's spy agency in violation of US federal laws.
Ghulam Nabi Fai, 62, was accused of working in Washington for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to lobby for Kashmiri independence.

He was arrested in July and charged with failing to register as a foreign government agent.

The Pakistan government has denied any knowledge of Mr Fai's activities.

Kashmir is at the centre of its row with India.

Mr Fai, who was born in Indian-administered Kashmir, and another man, Zaheer Ahmad, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, were charged with using at least $4m (£2.5m) in Pakistani funds in a bid to influence the US position on the disputed territory of Kashmir, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors say Mr Ahmad recruited people to act as donors who would give money to the council which really was coming from the Pakistani government. He is not under arrest and is believed to be in Pakistan.

"For the last 20 years, Mr Fai secretly took millions of dollars from Pakistani intelligence and lied about it to the US government," US Attorney Neil MacBride said in statement.

"As a paid operative of ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency), he did the bidding of his handlers in Pakistan while he met with US elected officials, funded high-profile conferences, and promoted the Kashmiri cause to decision-makers in Washington."

Correspondents say Mr Fai's guilty plea comes at a time when relations between Washington and Islamabad have worsened.

The US said Mr Fai's Pakistani handlers funnelled millions of dollars from the ISI through a front group, the Kashmiri American Council.

Officially, the Kashmiri American Council had a much smaller budget and it said that it received no foreign grants.

The group contributed money to US election campaigns, helped fund conferences and other efforts, including meetings with White House and state department officials, the US alleges.

Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for decades. Both countries claim the territory in its entirety and have fought two of their three wars over it.

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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 7, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - December 7, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 7,2011 are undermentioned;

ARMY

ITT Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $121,279,103 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the services in support of the wideband satellite communications missions identified in the Operational Management System. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Fort Meade, Md.; Fort Detrick, Md.; Wahiawa, Hawaii; Landstuhl, Germany; Okinawa, Japan; Fort Gordon, Ga.; MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; and Canberra, Australia, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2019. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (W91260-12-C-0001).

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $141,318,475 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the services in support of 30 Apache AH-64D attack helicopters for Taiwan. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2017. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0147).

AJ Services Joint Venture I, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, was awarded a $90,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the healthcare housekeeping services in support of direct and non-direct patient care and healthcare-related settings of four principal military treatment facilities. Work will be performed in Fort Gordon, Ga.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Jackson, S.C.; and Redstone Arsenal, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The Center for Healthcare Contracting, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting office (W81K04-12-D-0001).

DRS C3 & Aviation Co., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $45,065,661 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a secure border system for the Jordan Border Security Program phase. Work will be performed in Gaithersburg, Md., and the Kingdom of Jordan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-12-C-D500).

Scientific Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded a $35,785,555 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the engineering and technical support services to the director of Operational Test and Evaluation to evaluate the operational testing of major acquisition systems. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 11 bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-12-D-0001).

Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded a $34,627,623 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the development and management services for the systems under the Product Management Office for Integrated Tactical Systems. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass., Huntsville, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-08-C-0153).

BAE Systems, US Combat Systems, York, Pa., was awarded a $30,381,829 cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the services to procure material for 247 Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-G-0003).

Recco, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyo., was awarded a $26,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction services headquarters building of the Air National Guard in Cheyenne, Wyo. Work will be performed in Cheyenne, Wyo., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The National Guard Bureau, Cheyenne, Wyo., is the contracting activity (W912L3-12-C-0001).

Day & Zimmerman - Lone Star, L.L.C., Texarkana, Texas, was awarded a $22,700,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the M28B2 percussion primer. Work will be performed in Texarkana, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 29, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-12-D-0007).

Contrack International, Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a $17,645,735 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction services for facility upgrades to support the procurement of F-16 fighter aircraft for Egyptian Air Force readiness. Work will be performed in Cairo West Air Base, Egypt, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 22, 2012. Nineteen bids were solicited, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-12-C-0007).

Mahaffey Tent & Awning Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn., was awarded a $16,607,834 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the logistical rotational life support services at Joint Readiness Training Center. Work will be performed in Fort Polk, La., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with nine bids received. The Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Polk, La., is the contracting activity (W9154J-11-D-0006).

Anthony & Gordon Construction Co., Inc., Knoxville, Tenn., was awarded a $13,345,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of an Army Reserve Center at Roanoke, Va. Work will be performed in Roanoke, Va., with an estimated completion date of March 27, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 15 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-12-C-0004).

Raytheon, Andover, Mass., was awarded a $12,662,904 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-reimbursable contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract for technical services in support of the PATRIOT Air Defense System for Taiwan. Work will be performed in El Paso, Texas, and Taipei, Taiwan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2015. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0317).

VERSAR, Springfield, Va., was awarded a $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the local national personal services to support reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Work will be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2013. Five bids were solicited, with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-12-D-0003).

General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $9,457,570 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the command, control, communications and computer intelligence operations and maintenance services. Work will be performed in Yongsan, Korea, with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The 411th Contracting Support Brigade, Korea, is the contracting activity (W91QVN-12-F-0003).

Swanberg Construction, Inc., Valley City, N.D., was awarded a $7,999,035 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the support services for the Devils Lake Flood Risk Management Project. Work will be performed in Devils Lake City, N.D., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Minn., is the contracting activity (W912ES-11-C-0005).

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., L.L.C., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded a $7,756,320 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the pipeline dredging services in support of the Houston Ship Channel. Work will be performed in Anahuac, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-12-C-0002).

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $7,518,959 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the logistics support services for the AH-64D Apache low rate initial production. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0161).

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., Scranton, Pa., was awarded a $7,493,779 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 120mm M933A1/M934A1 high explosive shell bodies. Work will be performed in Scranton, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited, with two bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-08-C-0056).

MWH Americas, Inc., Broomfield, Colo., was awarded a $7,446,272 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the construction services at Price’s Pit landfill remediation. Work will be performed in Pleasantville, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (DACA31-02-D-0017).

JBC, Pooler, Ga., was awarded a $7,383,147 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to deliver 29 high mobility engineering excavators. Work will be performed in Pooler, Ga., with an estimated completion date of June 15, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0414).

AM General, L.L.C., Mishawaka, Ind., was awarded a $6,939,080 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 1,000 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle power packs. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 14, 2015. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (W911N2-12-D-0003).

AIR FORCE

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $42,913,894 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for the Surveillance Radar Program is a Foreign Military Sales Program managed by the Electronic Systems Center to provide Taiwan with the elements of a missile and air defense capability. Specifically, this system includes a UHF phased array radar integrated with Taiwan-furnished Identification Friend-or-Foe beacons; two Missile Warning Centers; and communications and interface architecture and protocol to specified Taiwan mission elements via the Taiwan military communications infrastructure, consistent with USG restrictions. The location of the performance is Sudbury, Mass., and is expected to be completed Nov. 9, 2012. ESC/HSIK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8722-05-C-0001 P00062).

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $9,381,403 firm-fixed-price contract for the delivery order for seven Fixed Ground Control Stations. The location of the performance is Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2012. ESC/HIBK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8771-C-11-0001-P00010).

United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $8,553,755 firm-fixed-price contract for Material Management Program for the F100 engine in support of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. The locations of the performance are Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn.; Pratt & Whitney Military Aftermarket Services, San Antonio, Texas; and Pratt & Whitney Eagle Supply, Oklahoma City, Okla. The performance is expected to be completed Dec. 2, 2019. This was a sole-source acquisition. Therefore, one proposal was received. OC-ALC/GKGK, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8124-12-D-0001).

NAVY

Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $32,329,491 modification to previously awarded contract (M67854-07-C-2072) for the continuation of the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Increment I effort to support the changes made to the risk reduction change order. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Md. (95 percent), and Syracuse, N.Y. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract modification was not competitively procured, as the contract effort is within the scope of the current contract and is entered into pursuant to the changes clause. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

TCOM, L.P., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $10,414,828 firm-fixed-price contract for the contractor engineering technical support (CETS) services in support of Kuwait Low Altitude Surveillance System (KLASS) Program for the government of Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The CETS personnel perform operation and maintenance of the KLASS aerostat, which is a mission essential asset for this sensitive region of the world. Work will be performed in Kuwait (90 percent); Columbia, Md. (five percent); and Elizabeth City, N.C. (five percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured, due to sole-source direction by international agreement. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-12-C-2404).

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