Monday, October 28, 2013

DTN News - ECUADORIAN NEWS: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa In Moscow, Russia

DTN News - ECUADORIAN NEWS: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa In Moscow, Russia
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reviews the Russian Honour guard during an official welcome ceremony upon his arrival to Moscow. Rafael Correa is on his official visit to Russia. 


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DTN News - EGYPT UNREST; Pro-Morsi Student Supporters Injured During A Protest In Cairo

DTN News - EGYPT UNREST;  Pro-Morsi Student Supporters Injured During A Protest In Cairo
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Student supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood carry a comrade injured during clashes with Egyptian security forces outside al-Azhar university in Cairo. Egyptian security forces fired tear gas to disperse students protesting in support of Morsi, security officials said. 


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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 28, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 28, 2013
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  October 28, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
NAVY
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $99,606,355 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to incorporate a Maintenance Training Device Suite (MTDS) and Ordnance Load Trainer into the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime aircraft Low Rate Initial Production II. The MTDS Suite will include six Virtual Maintenance Trainer Devices and 14 Hardware Type II devices. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (45 percent); Orlando, Fla. (25 percent); Whidbey Island, Wash. (15 percent); Huntington Beach, Calif. (10 percent); and Jacksonville, Fla. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2016. Fiscal 2012 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $99,606,355 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

ARMY
Conquistador Dorado JV, Sanford, Fla., (W912P8-14-D-0009); Integrated Pro Services LLC, Belle Chasse, La., (W912P8-14-D-0010); RDC Circle LLC**, Belle Chasse, La., (W912P8-14-D-0011); and Veterans Contractors Group JV LLC, Metairie, La., (W912P8-14-D-0012); were awarded a firm-fixed-price, multi-year, multiple-award, task-order contract with a maximum amount of $50,000,000 for hurricane protection and restoration services. Performance location and funding will be determined with each task order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 13 bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity.

Leiodos Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a maximum amount of $36,717,969 to provide maintenance and logistics services in support of Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance programs. Fiscal 2014 procurement funds in the amount of $17,991,804 are being obligated on this award. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-14-C-C001).

AIR FORCE
Taitech, Inc., (FA8650-14-D-2316), and Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., (FA8650-14-D-2317) both of Dayton, Ohio, were awarded a combined $31,820,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Technology for Sustained Supersonic Combustion (TSSC). The objective of the TSSC program is to focus on research and development of components and diagnostics for high-speed air breathing propulsion systems and their integration into air vehicles, weapons, and launch systems. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with an expected completion date of Oct. 31, 2020. Fiscal year 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,049,939 to Taitech and $3,851,246 to ISSI are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. The Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity.

Pride Industries, Roseville, Calif., has been awarded a $19,258,736 modification (P00031) to previously awarded FA4484-12-F-0006 for Dix base support services (work management, supply management, structure maintenance, grounds maintenance, roads maintenance, utilities, equipment maintenance, and billeting). Work will be performed at the Dix area of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal year 2014 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,737,891 are being obligated at time of award. The 87th Contracting Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon, Intelligence and Information Systems, Defense and Civil Missions Solutions, Sterling Va., was awarded an $11,971,245 firm-fixed-price contract for sustainment services supporting the Military Satellite Communications System (MILSATCOM) Global Broadcast System (GBS). This contract provides for operational capability and will sustain uninterrupted GBS to garrisoned and deployed war fighters in the form of mission-essential data and streaming products. Work will be performed at Sterling, Va., with an expected completion date of March 31, 2016. Fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,578,749 is anticipated for obligation at time of award. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F8823-14-C-0001).

CORRECTION: The contract released on Oct. 24, 2013 to Rockwell Collins Network Enabling Software Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for $14,960,418 listed the wrong contract number. The correct number is FA8730-14-C-0006.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Harvard Drug Group, Livonia, Mich., has been awarded a maximum $53,276,069 modification (P0110) exercising the second one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D0-11-D-0010) with four one-year option periods for various pharmaceutical products. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Michigan with a Nov. 15, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2013 warstopper funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Breeze-Eastern Corp.,* Whippany, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $37,067,231 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft mount winches. This contract was a competitive acquisition and one offer was received. Location of performance is New Jersey with an Oct. 28, 2018 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2015 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., (SPRRA1-13-D-0068).

Tennier Industries Inc.,* Boca Raton, Fla., has been awarded a maximum $22,977,600 modification (P0008) exercising the first one-year option period on a seven-month base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1029) with two one-year option periods for trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Location of performance is Florida, Tennessee, and Kentucky with an Oct. 31, 2014 performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Whitehall Manufacturing Corp.,* Chester, Pa., has been awarded a maximum $14,760,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, total set-aside contract for multiple leg slings. This is a two-year base contract with one three-year option period. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and one offer was received. Location of performance is Pennsylvania with an Oct. 24, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE8EE-14-D-0001). (Awarded Oct. 25, 2013)

Tyco Fire Products, LP, Marinette, Wis., has been awarded a maximum $13,710,201 firm-fixed-price contract for aqueous film forming foam. This is a two-year base contract with three one-year options periods. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Location of performance is Wisconsin with an Oct. 27, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE8EG-14-D-0003).

C&C Produce, Inc., North Kansas City, Mo., has been awarded a maximum $10,558,225 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fresh fruit and vegetable support. This is an eighteen-month base contract with two eighteen-month option periods. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. Location of performance is Missouri with a May 3, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPE300-14-D-P237).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., has been awarded a $14,622,382 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Endurance program. Work will be performed in Redondo Beach, Calif. (54 percent); Rolling Meadows, Ill. (23 percent); Linthicum, Md. (5 percent); Oxford, Mass. (2 percent) and Pittsburgh, Pa. (16 percent). The estimated completion date is Dec. 27, 2016. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0017).

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Training, Akron, Ohio, has been awarded an $11,386,743 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Endurance program. Work will be performed in Akron, Ohio (88.43 percent); Orlando, Fla. (1.41 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (9.74 percent) and Palmdale, Calif. (0.42 percent). The estimated completion date is Dec. 24, 2016. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0016).

Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., has been awarded a $15,958,394 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide information technology services in support of DARPA's Support Services Office ITS support and services effort. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va. The estimated completion date is April 30, 2014. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds are being obligated at time of award. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-14-C-0008).

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DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania established Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence Facility At Deveselu, Romania

DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania established Anti-Ballistic Missile Defence Facility At Deveselu, Romania
*Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: A Romanian military helicopter lands behind the presidential honour guard, before the official ground-breaking ceremony held at Aegis Ashore Facility, a military anti-ballistic missile defence facility at Deveselu, 180 km south of Bucharest, Romania. 
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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Military Personnel After Attending 11th National Women's Congress In Beijing

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: Military Personnel After Attending 11th National Women's Congress In Beijing
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013:  Military personnel leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the 11th National Women's Congress near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images


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DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: Japan's PM Warns China On Use of Force As Jets Scrambled

DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: Japan's PM Warns China On Use of Force As Jets Scrambled
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 28, 2013: Japan’s leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa.

Verbal skirmishing between Asia’s two biggest economies, who dispute ownership of an island chain, escalated as Beijing warned Tokyo that any hostile action in the skies against Chinese drones would be construed as an “act of war.”

“We will express our intention as a state not to tolerate a change in the status quo by force. We must conduct all sorts of activities such as surveillance and intelligence for that purpose,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an address to the military.

“The security environment surrounding Japan is becoming increasingly severe. This is the reality,” he said. “You will have to completely rid yourselves of the conventional notion that just the existence of a defense force could act as a deterrent.”

Abe presided over an inspection of the military at which a US amphibious assault vehicle was displayed for the first time, an apparent sign of Japan’s intention to strengthen its ability to protect remote islands.

The defense ministry plans to create a special amphibious unit to protect the southern islands and retake them in case of an invasion.

“There are concerns that China is attempting to change the status quo by force, rather than by rule of law,” Abe earlier told the Wall Street Journal in an interview following a series of summits this month with regional leaders.

“But if China opts to take that path, then it won’t be able to emerge peacefully,” he said in the interview published Saturday.

“So it shouldn’t take that path, and many nations expect Japan to strongly express that view. And they hope that as a result, China will take responsible action in the international community,” Abe added.

Kyodo News reported that Japan scrambled jets Sunday for the third successive day in response to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters near the Okinawa island chain.

Two Y8 early-warning aircraft and two H6 bombers flew from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean and back again but did not violate Japan’s airspace, it said.

The Japanese defense ministry was not immediately available for confirmation.

Japan’s military is on increased alert as Tokyo and Beijing pursue a war of words over the disputed islands in the East China Sea that lie between Okinawa and Taiwan.

On Saturday China responded angrily after a report said Japan had drafted plans to shoot down foreign drones that encroach on its airspace if warnings to leave are ignored.

Tokyo drew up the proposals after a Chinese military drone entered Japan’s air defense identification zone near the disputed islands in the East China Sea last month, Kyodo said.

“We would advise relevant parties not to underestimate the Chinese military’s staunch resolve to safeguard China’s national territorial sovereignty,” China’s defense ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in comments posted on the ministry’s website.

“If Japan takes enforcement measures such as shooting down aircraft, as it says it will, that would constitute a serious provocation, an act of war of sorts, and we would have to take firm countermeasures, and all consequences would be the responsibility of the side that caused the provocation.”

Tokyo and Beijing both claim the small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. Japan administers them and calls them the Senkakus. China refers to the islands as the Diaoyus.

One of Abe’s first decisions as prime minister was to increase the defense budget for the first time in 11 years.

Tokyo also plans to hold a major air and sea exercise next month to bolster its ability to protect its remote islands.

In the Wall Street Journal interview, Abe said Japan had become too inward-looking over the past 15 years, but as it regains economic strength “we’d like to contribute more to making the world a better place.”

The Journal said he made it clear that one way Japan would “contribute” would be countering China in Asia.

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Intent To Sell JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets To Sri Lanka

DTN News - PAKISTAN DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Intent To Sell JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets To Sri Lanka
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 27, 2013: Pakistan’s strained economic condition puts to question the country’s capability to spend billions of rupees on the defence sector on the pretext of enhancing the defence exports and kicking off related strategic ventures.

The JF-17 was primarily developed to meet Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) requirement for an affordable, modern multi-role combat aircraft as a replacement for its large fleet of Dassault Mirage III/5 fighters, Nanchang A-5 bombers, and Chengdu F-7 interceptors. It was also to have export potential as a cost-effective and competitive alternative to significantly more expensive Western fighters.

In 1999, Pakistan and China signed the contract to jointly develop the FC-1/Super 7. Initial difficulties in acquiring an avionics and radar package from Europe led to many problems, solved in 2001, when design of the airframe was decoupled from the avionics. In 2003, the maiden flight of the first prototype occurred in China. The Pakistani designation "Super-7", meanwhile, were replaced with "JF-17". Later test flights with a modified design occurred in 2006. Deliveries to the PAF for further flight testing and evaluation began in 2007 and the aircraft's first public aerial display took place that year in Islamabad. The PAF officially inducted its first JF-17 squadron, No. 26 Squadron, on 18 February 2010 with fourteen aircraft.


The Block 1 JF-17 is expected to cost approximately US$ 15 million per unit, with Block 2 aircraft costing US$ 20–25 million. The PAF has a confirmed order for 150 JF-17s, which may increase to 250 aircraft

While the country grapples with worst kind of economic crises owing to crippled industry due to ever-rising inflation, increasing cost of industrial expenditures following massive hike in power tariff as well as security situation, billions of rupees are reportedly being pumped in the strategic projects without any accurate anticipation whether such kind of large-scale investment at the cost of public money would bear any fruit.

Some reports suggest that Pakistan intends to export sophisticated JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to certain countries by next year and $ 100 million (over 10 billion rupees) have been released in this regard. Interestingly, this reported amount is more than four times the size of funds allocated to Pakistan’s defence production sector (2.3 billion rupees) in this year’s fiscal budget. In the defence budget for the ongoing year, there is no mention of any prioritised project in the Defence Production Division suggesting the exports of JF-17 Thunder and the allocation of over Rs 10 billion for related expenses.

The budgetary allocations for defence and defence production sectors for the fiscal year 2013-14 suggest, of the Rs 627 billion defence budget, the Defence Division has received Rs 4.2 billion and the Defence Production Division, Rs 2.300 billion. Separately, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) have respectively got Rs 1.3 billion and Rs 5.8 billion. Pakistan Army has got Rs 310 billion in this year’s fiscal budget, which is almost 50 percent of the total defence budget for 2013-14. The PAF got Rs 131 billion that makes 21 percent of the Rs 627 billion defence budget while Pakistan Navy got Rs 63 billion, around 10 percent of the defence funds. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) got Rs 6.2 billion.

As many as 20 projects have been prioritised for which Rs 3.5 billion have been allocated while only two projects in the Defence Production Division have been prioritised with the allocation of Rs 2.3 billion.

Adding to the mystery shrouding reported plans for exporting JF-17 Thunder, the top government functionaries concerned have kept conspicuous mum over the issue. This correspondent called Rana Tanvir Hussain, Federal Minister for Defence Production thrice at his personal cell number on Friday to get his viewpoint on the issue but he did not speak. His personal assistant Muhammad Bilal said the minister was in a meeting with Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and was not available for comments.

Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, on contact, expressed inability to comment on the issue saying the matter was not known to him. “Frankly speaking, I haven’t heard of any such development. How can I say anything without having proper knowledge?”

The Secretary Defence Production Lieutenant General (r) Tanvir Tahir was called at his official landline number 051-9270930 but he, according to his staff, was not in the office.

Jointly manufactured by Aviation Industry Corp of China and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), JF-17 Thunder is originally a Chinese product, with the related technology shifted to Pakistan in the recent years.  Regarded as a third-generation multipurpose combat jet, the JF-17 Thunder, in technical terms, is known as FC-1 Fierce Dragon.

In an interview with a Chinese news agency in May this year, Chairman PAC Air Marshal Sohail Gul Khan had claimed that several countries were interested in buying JF-17 Thunder from Pakistan. The PAC manufactured more than 40 JF-17 Thunder aircraft, he had said

The recent media reports claim Pakistan is to export five to seven JF-17 Thunder jets to the countries like Sri Lanka, Kuwait and Qatar and related deliberations are under way.

Requesting anonymity, a retired air marshal said, the manufacturing cost incurred on JF-17 Thunder is 1.5 billion to two billion rupees, roughly. “It needs to be determined whether there is a significant room for exporting this aircraft and earning profit after incurring such huge amount of money,” he said.   Pakistan’s current defence budget of Rs 627 billion has seen 15 percent surge compared to the last year’s defence budget of Rs 545 billion that was revised at Rs 570 billion.


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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: October 27, 1922 The First Annual Celebration of U. S. Navy Day Took Place

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: October 27, 1922 The First Annual Celebration of U. S. Navy Day Took Place
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(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - October 27, 2013: Navy Day was established on October 27, 1922 by the Navy League of the United States. Although it was not a national holiday, Navy Day received special attention from President Warren Harding. Harding wrote to the Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby:





"Thank you for your note which brings assurance of the notable success which seems certain to attend the celebration of Navy Day on Friday, October 27, in commemoration of past and present services of the Navy. From our earliest national beginnings the Navy has always been, and deserved to be, an object of special pride to the American people. Its record is indeed one to inspire such sentiments, and I am very sure that such a commemoration as is planned will be a timely reminder."

"It is well for us to have in mind that under a program of lessening naval armaments there is a greater reason for maintaining the highest efficiency, fitness and morale in this branch of the national defensive service. I know how earnestly the Navy personnel are devoted to this idea and want you to be assured of my hearty concurrence."

October 27 was suggested by the Navy League to recognize Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. Roosevelt had been an Assistant Secretary of the Navy and supported a strong Navy as well as the idea of Navy Day. In addition, October 27 was the anniversary of a 1775 report issued by a special committee of the Continental Congress favoring the purchase of merchant ships as the foundation of an American Navy.

October 27 is Navy Day in the United States, celebrating the world’s largest fleet, with 317,054 active duty personnel, 109,671 reserves, and 285 ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service.

It is the force that gives America the ability to project military power around the world. Although the Navy has been out of the spotlight after a couple of decades of land wars, it is expected to play a bigger role given America’s Pacific pivot and growing reluctance to deploy troops.

“You’re going to see a much greater emphasis on using sea-based forces to produce an effect,” Admiral Gary Roughead told Reuters. “You’re seeing it in the Mediterranean, with Syria, and you’re seeing it in the Pacific and the Middle East.”
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Adjusts 747-8 Production Rate

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Adjusts 747-8 Production Rate
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(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 19, 2013: Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that it will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from 1.75 airplanes to 1.5 airplanes per month through 2015 because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes.

"This production adjustment better aligns us with near-term demand while stabilizing our production flow, and better positions the program to offer the 747-8's compelling economics and performance when the market recovers," said Eric Lindblad, vice president and general manager, 747 Program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Although we are making a small adjustment to our production rate, it doesn't change our confidence in the 747-8 or our commitment to the program."

The company expects long-term average growth in the air cargo market to begin returning in 2014, and forecasts global demand for 760 large airplanes (such as the 747-8) over the next 20 years, valued at $280 billion.

The 747-8 family provides airlines with double-digit improvements in fuel efficiency, operating costs and emissions, while being 30 percent quieter and adding more capacity. To date, the 747-8 has accumulated 107 orders for passenger and cargo versions, 56 of which have been delivered.

The first delivery at the new production rate is expected in early 2014. The production rate change is not expected to have a significant financial impact.

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747 Communications
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Boeing Communications
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DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania Finally Settles On Portuguese F-16s

DTN News - ROMANIA DEFENSE NEWS: Romania Finally Settles On Portuguese F-16s
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(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 19, 2013: Late last week, Romanian defense minister Mircea Dusa signed the contract for a €600 million ($817 million) deal to acquire 12 Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM fighters from Portugal. An initial installment was paid at the same time. The acquisition of F-16s will finally allow Romania to operate NATO-compatible aircraft, and also brings to an end a long-running saga to provide a replacement for the dwindling LanceR fleet of upgraded MiG-21s.


Included in the deal are nine current Portuguese air force aircraft and three that Portugal is acquiring through the U.S. excess defense article program. This trio will be put through a mid-life update (MLU) program at Portugal’s OGMA maintenance, repair and overhaul company to bring them up to F-16AM/BM standards before delivery to Romania. The deal, which covers nine F-16AM single-seaters and three F-16BM two-seaters, also includes the training of an initial batch of nine pilots and 69 technicians, to be undertaken partly in the U.S.

The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in 2015/16, with all 12 to be handed over by 2017 to equip a single squadron. Romania has stated its intention to buy another batch of F-16s from Portugal to equip a second unit.

Romania began its search for a new fighter in the early 2000s, with the aim of replacing the LanceRs in 2010/11 with 48 new aircraft. The F-16, Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen were seen as the main contenders, but a lack of funds continually delayed any decision. In 2005 Romania announced that it was to buy used F-16s from the Israeli air force, with overhaul and support provided by Elbit. Belgian F-16s were considered in 2006, and in 2008 Romania submitted a request for 24 new Block 50/52 aircraft and discussed an alternative plan to buy second-hand U.S. aircraft. In March this year Romania approved the purchase of 24 ex-U.S. Air Force F-16C/D Block 25s, but subsequently the country struck a final, cheaper deal with Portugal.

In Romanian service the F-16s will replace the 30 to 40 remaining LanceRs. This program involved a major upgrade to the Mikoyan MiG-21M, MF and UM, and was undertaken by Aerostar in conjunction with Elbit. Avionics were completely overhauled and Python 3 missile capability was added. From 1996 the Romanian air force received 71 LanceR A ground attackers with Elta EL/M-2001B radar, 14 LanceR B two-seat conversion trainers and 26 LanceR C air defense fighters with EL/M-2032 radar.

Portugal acquired a total of 45 F-16A/B Block 15s. The first batch, delivered from 1994, comprised 20 Block 15OCU aircraft acquired new under the Peace Atlantis I program to equip Esquadra 201 at Monte Real. In 1999 Portugal received 25 ex-U.S. Air Force Block 15s to establish a second squadron, Esquadra 301. Only 20 of these aircraft were placed in service, and soon after delivery they were put through the MLU program with new avionics, F100-PW-220E engines and Falcon UP structural upgrade. The remaining five ex-U.S. aircraft were used as a source of spares.

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