DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., For Operations And Maintenance Services In Support of MQ-8B Fire Scout

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., For Operations And Maintenance Services In Support of  MQ-8B Fire Scout

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. Department of Defense No. 930-12 - November 28, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - Novembe 29, 2012: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $15,010,161 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance services in support of the MQ-8B Fire Scout.
  

Work will be performed in Afghanistan (90 percent), and Patuxent River, Md. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2013.  

This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.  

Contract funds in the amount of $1,500,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

 The remaining funding will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-13-C-0018).


Northrop Grumman's Transformational Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system provides unprecedented situation awareness and precision targeting support for U.S. Armed Forces of the future.

The MQ-8B Fire Scout has the ability to autonomously take off and land on any aviation-capable warship and at prepared and unprepared landing zones in proximity to the soldier in contact.

 The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the Bell 407 airframe. The new variant provides greater range, endurance and payload capacity to ship commander's intelligence-gathering efforts.

According to a U.S. Department of Defense news release on contract awards released April 23, the company will produce a total of eight Fire Scouts within an amount not to exceed $262 million. The Navy plans to purchase a total of 28 aircraft under a rapid development effort.

The Fire Scout endurance upgrade has been designated as the MQ-8C.

"Through our company-funded Fire-X demonstration effort we proved that using the mature unmanned systems architecture developed for the MQ-8B Fire Scout paired with the Bell 407 helicopter would provide greater capability efficiently and affordably," said Duke Dufresne, vice president and general manager for unmanned systems. "By using systems that have many years of development already invested in them we can meet the Navy's needs quickly."

Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the MQ-8C program. Major suppliers for new variant include Bell Helicopter and Rolls Royce.

Final assembly of the new Fire Scout variant will be completed at Northrop Grumman's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more information.


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DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: Satellite Images Suggest 'Looming' N.Korea Missile Test

DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: Satellite Images Suggest 'Looming' N.Korea Missile Test

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(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - November 28, 2012: North Korea could carry out a long-range missile test in the next three weeks, with new satellite images showing increased launch site activity, according to satellite operator DigitalGlobe Inc.


The global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery said Monday that the new pictures showed significant movement at North Korea's Sohae (West Sea) Satellite Launch Station.

"Given the observed level of activity noted, of a new tent, trucks, people and numerous portable fuel/oxidizer tanks, should North Korea desire -- it could possibly conduct its fifth satellite launch event during the next three weeks," it said.

DigitalGlobe said the type of activity was consistent with preparations observed before North Korea's failed launch of its Unha-3 missile in April.

Pyongyang insisted the April launch bid was aimed at putting a satellite in orbit, but the United States and United Nations denounced the mission as a disguised ballistic missile test.

The test put a halt to international efforts to engage the isolated nation, with the United States calling off plans to deliver badly needed food assistance.

The North is in the final stage of preparations for a launch after missile parts were transported to the launch site early this month, an unnamed senior military official told Yonhap news agency.

"(The South Korean military) is judging that there is high possibility of (the North's) firing off the missile between December and January of next year," the official was quoted as saying.

Any test in the next three weeks would cast a heavy cloud over South Korea's presidential election on December 19.

There have been widespread concerns in Seoul that the North would seek to influence the ballot by conducting a missile launch or provoking a border clash.

The Japanese Asahi Shimbun newspaper had reported last week that the US government had already warned Japan and South Korea that an imminent test was possible.

Last month, the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said satellite images showed North Korea had conducted motor tests at the Sohae site to improve its long-range missiles.

Some analysts believe that a North Korean rocket, if successfully developed, could eventually reach the range to hit the United States.

North Korea is known to have an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) in development -- the Taepodong-2 -- but it has never been tested successfully.

Days after the failed April test, North Korea raised eyebrows by displaying what appeared to be a new set of ICBMs at a military parade to mark the 100th birthday of the North's late founder Kim Il-Sung.

But Western military analysts and UN sanctions experts concluded that the display models were simply mock-ups.

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DTN News - EGYPT DEFENSE NEWS: Egyptians To Purchase Turkish-Made Drones

DTN News - EGYPT DEFENSE NEWS: Egyptians To Purchase Turkish-Made Drones

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Joanna Paraszczuk - Jerusalem Post

(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - November 27, 2012: Turkish paper reports pending sale of ANKA drones; UAVs would extend Egyptian military's intelligence, surveillance capabilities. 

Egypt plans to buy 10 Turkish-made drones, according to a report this week by Istanbul’s Sabah newspaper.

The decision to purchase the ANKA Medium Altitude Long Endurance unmanned aerial vehicles was made last week, during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Cairo, and followed a 10-week negotiation, Sabah said.

Sabah quoted Turkey’s defense industry ministry spokesman Murad Bayar as saying Turkey plans to begin producing the ANKAs early next year.

The ANKA drones are produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) and are designed to provide the Turkish military with a long-endurance, persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.

The eight-meter-long UAVs have all-weather, day and night ISR mission capabilities and can track fixed or moving targets, according to TAI.

TAI director-general Muharrem Dortkasli told Sabah that other regional countries have also expressed an interest in the ANKA.

Egypt has considered purchasing Turkish UAVs since last year, according to reports in the Turkish and defense industry press. Last year, the Egyptian Navy also signed a contract for six Turkish-built Yonca-Onuk multi-role tactical platform fast interceptor boats.

Ankara’s decision to develop an indigenous UAV came amid deteriorating relations with Israel, which has previously supplied Turkey with drones, and also as part of a wider strategy to extend Turkey’s influence in the region.

Israel became one of Turkey’s major arms suppliers in the 1990s, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet daily newspaper. In 2004, Turkey signed a $180 million defense contract with Israeli companies for 10 Heron UAVS. However, defense relations soured in the wake of the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in May 2010.

Earlier this month, Hurriyet reported that the Turkish military plans to return three tactical Aerostar UAVs to Israel, citing the drones’ poor performance against the Kurdistan Workers Party.

Turkey said it would not return the Herons, however.

Turkey leased the three Aerostars from Israel for $10 million in 2005, when production of the Herons it ordered was delayed.

Earlier this week, Erdogan said that Turkey was “the top third country in the world” after the US and Israel in terms of UAVs, and that the country also produced its own infantry rifles, warships and helicopters, according to Sabah.


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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT ON PARKINSON DISEASE: Neuro-Entanglement of Muscles Spindles In Sporadic Parkinson's Disease

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT ON PARKINSON DISEASE: Neuro-Entanglement of Muscles Spindles In Sporadic Parkinson's Disease

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Dr.Gobinathan Devathasan ~ Consultant Neurologist - MBBS M Med. (Int Med),  MRCP (UK), FAMS, CFAAN (USA), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (London)
(NSI News Source Info) Singapore - November 22, 2012: The axiom that sporadic Parkinson's disease cannot remit long term and is a neurodegenerative  disease of the brain is parallel to Euclid's 5th Postulate which is "on a point not lying on a given line not more than one line parallel to the given line can be drawn "and this held back many dimensional geometry for nearly 2000 years. 

We assume the opposite axiom that PD begins extra-cranial and remission may be feasible and show the data leading to this end.

Methods: 86 patients over an 8 year period with early PD of Stage 1-11, were interviewed with a protocol with regards to sleep posture(1),trauma,peculiar habits,with the limbs, walking posture and any other observable motor abnormalities noted by the subjects or family members prior to diagnosis Muscle tone was assessed in 20 cases on the affected and 'unaffected side' by muscle ultrasound(2) in the relaxed state. Muscles sampled were both brachioradialis and hamstrings. PD patients with significant Leucoaraiosis (based on MRI) were excluded.

Results: in 75 patients a triggering periperal cause can be identified and its temporal relationship before  onset of disease. Muscle ultrasound showed that there is diffuse increase of resting tone even in the apparently unaffected side. Abnormal sleep posture is the most common (55%), or 80% overlapping factors are considered; followed by minor trauma to a limb and persistent pain  (18%), if peculiar tonic posturing of a limb that leads to increase muscle tone (16%) and extreme sports (5%). These factors precede onset of disease usually by at least five years. 

Discussion: ENTANGLEMENT and COHERENCE, is now recognized in fundamental physics to occur also at a macro level (e.g large school of fish swimming in harmony}. Rather than neuronal synaptic pathways, we propose synchronous ENTANGLEMENT of muscle afferent spindle discharges which reset higher diffusely with time in tune to the tone of the affected limb as implied by ultrasound of the four muscle groups. This results in massive afferent subcortical input overworking and depleting the dopaminergic fibers of the substantia nigra and indirectly increasing gamma fusimotor activity at the spinal level. Mutative changes leading to a-synuclein, parkin, LRRK2 could be just secondary changes via gene switches (Nature 4). The review of Abbruzzese et al (5) also supports an abnormal afferent inflow hypothesis although here abnormal gating was proposed.

Conclusion: We advised all patients to eliminate the triggering factor e.g. by habitual turning in sleep. and in 12 cases the PD remitted (more than six months) and medication stopped, providing further evidence for disorder or default of muscle afferents and that the above mechanism is involved. We propose that neurologists drop the term neurodegenerative for neuro-entanglement disorders as Alzheimer's, ALS, traumatic brain-encephalopathy may have similar mechanisms.

KEY WORDS: muscle spindles, entanglement, coherence, Parkinson, muscle-ultrasound,  remission
References
1) Roger Penrose: Book (1999) "The large, small and the Human Mind"
2) Devathasan et al. Euro. J of Neurology 2007, 132: 75
3) Editorial--Muscle ultrasound, Neurology 2011,77:1508
4) Nature, 2012, 489:57-74
5) Abbruzze et al, Movement Disorder 2003, 18:231

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT FROM HONG KONG: USS Bonhomme Richard Anchors In Hong Kong

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT FROM HONG KONG: USS Bonhomme Richard Anchors In Hong Kong 

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karen Blankenship, Amphibious Squadron 11 Public Affairs
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – November 4, 2012: The U.S. amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard pulled in Hong Kong waters on Oct. 29, 2012, to get replenishment and embarked Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Hong Kong for a scheduled port visit Oct. 29.

While in Hong Kong, Sailors and Marines will have the chance to experience the culture, participate in Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) tours, volunteer for community service events or just relax and see the sights. 

"I've never been to Hong Kong before," said Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Aaron Richards. "I'm very excited about going to the bazaar to buy some nick knacks and I will be going on an MWR tour to see the city and have a nice dinner." 

The various MWR tours include a trip to Disneyland, a Kung Fu class, rock climbing, wine tasting, sunset boat rides, historical and cultural tours and shopping trips.

Sailors and Marines are also scheduled to visit a local high school to help students prepare care packages for the homeless that will be distributed during the holiday season.

"Community service events give us a chance to become more familiar with each other's cultures," said Religious Programs Specialist 2nd Class James Decker. "When we share a common goal and work together, we change the way we see each other as people and that changes the way we treat each other as nations, and that changes the world."

The Bonhomme Richard ARG, commanded by Capt. Cathal S. O'Connor, is comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) and is currently operating in the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. 

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese Troops In Field Tactical Stages Island-Landing Drill

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese Troops In Field Tactical Stages Island-Landing Drill

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - November 3, 2012: The Nanjing Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has conducted a live ammunition island-landing exercise which involves infantry, artillery and army aircraft. 

The mission: to land and capture an island target. Special Forces are equipped with multiple long-distance detection instruments.

Information about the enemy is quickly sent to headquarters which guides joint fire to open a landing field, attacking the enemy's advanced positions and radar systems.

Surveillance helicopters send pictures of the strikes to headquarters. Gunships strike the remaining targets.

Half-an-hour later, two transport helicopters arrive at a predetermined landing area. 

Soldiers seize the vantage ground and consolidate and expand the captured position to cover main forces landing on the battlefield.

After a successful landing, combat forces engage in ground fighting. When the enemy start to fight back, four gunships launch air strikes. After less than two hours, the joint forces have successfully landed on the island. Under powerful fire, the enemy is destroyed.

The Commanding Officer of Nanjing Military Area Command says the aim of the exercise was to examine and improve joint operation and airstrike capabilities.

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DTN News - SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers Final Peace Eye AEW&C Aircraft To Republic of Korea Air Force

DTN News - SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers Final Peace Eye AEW&C Aircraft To Republic of Korea Air Force

*Airborne surveillance and battle management capability delivered 5 weeks ahead of schedule in partnership with local industry

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 31, 2012: Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Oct. 24 delivered the fourth and final 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF), demonstrating the continuing success of the company's partnerships with local industry.

"We delivered five weeks ahead of schedule thanks to the hard work, focus and close collaboration among the ROKAF, Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Boeing and our in-country suppliers," said Rick Heerdt, Boeing vice president of Airborne Surveillance, Command and Control.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) modified and supported testing of three of the four 737-based Peace Eye aircraft at its facility in Sacheon.

"Throughout the program, KAI demonstrated its outstanding technical capability and modification experience in delivering this powerful airborne surveillance and battle management capability that enhances the security of the Korean peninsula," Heerdt said.

Other Korean companies that made key contributions to the AEW&C program include:

• Korean Air Aerospace Division: technical services, spares and related parts-handling services
• LIG Nex1: networking and training
• Samsung Thales: mission crew training.
• Boeing Training Services Korea: flight crew training
• Huneed Technologies: ground-based datalinks communications system.

The AEW&C team has delivered all ground support segments for mission crew training, mission support and system maintenance to ROKAF Base Gimhae, the Peace Eye fleet's main operating base.

Boeing is providing on-site technical support, training and spare parts as part of an interim support program. This allows seamless support of the Peace Eye fleet as it transitions to a through-life support program.

Boeing also has delivered six AEW&C aircraft to Australia. Four other AEW&C aircraft are in production for Turkey.

The 737 AEW&C aircraft is designed to provide airborne battle management capability with an advanced multirole electronically scanned radar and 10 state-of-the-art mission crew consoles that are able to track airborne and maritime targets simultaneously. The mission crew can direct offensive and defensive forces while maintaining continuous surveillance of the operational area.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing 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, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 61,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

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Oct. 23, 2012	Boeing-COMAC Technology Center Announces First Biofuel Research Project
Oct. 22, 2012	Boeing EMARSS Risk Reduction Prototype Makes 1st Flight
Oct. 22, 2012	Boeing, Samsung Electronics to Explore Joint Technology Research and Development
Oct. 22, 2012	Boeing Non-kinetic Missile Records 1st Operational Test Flight
Oct. 22, 2012	Boeing Partner GE Aviation Enters Agreements with Brazilian Aircraft Maintenance Companies
Oct. 22, 2012	Boeing Statement on Turkish Airlines’ Commitment to Order 777s
Oct. 18, 2012	Boeing to Feature New Innovations and Proven Capabilities at AUSA Expo

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