Monday, March 21, 2011

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Forges Ahead With New Fighters, Upgrades

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Pakistan Forges Ahead With New Fighters, Upgrades
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 21, 2011:

Pakistan has inducted its new Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 52+ fighters, while its first two full-strength squadrons of Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Thunders are also on the verge of becoming fully operational.

The Pakistan air force inducted 17 F-16 Block 52+ fighters into its 5 Sqn on 11 March, the service says. The final aircraft in the 18-unit deal is still in the USA undergoing testing and will arrive in another month.

Pakistan's new batch of aircraft comprises 12 single-seat C-model versions and six two-seat F-16Ds. The air force says it is also in negotiations with the USA for additional Block 52+ aircraft, with its original deal having contained an option for another 18.

Pakistan's new F-16s are powered by Pratt & Whitney F100-229 engines, with other systems understood to include Northrop Grumman's mechanically scanned APG-68(V)9 radar and ITT's ALQ-211(V)9 advanced integrated defensive electronic warfare suite.

A proposed weapons package outlined by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency in 2006 included 500 Raytheon AIM-120C5 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and 200 short-range AIM-9M-8/9 Sidewinders, plus 500 Boeing joint direct attack munitions, 1,600 enhanced GBU-12/24 laser-guided bombs and 700 BLU-109 penetrator bombs.

A mid-life upgrade of 34 F-16A/B Block 15 aircraft is also under way, with some being upgraded in Pakistan and some in Turkey. The project is likely to be completed next year, and will see the aircraft equipped with modern sensors and weapons.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's first full-strength squadron of 18 JF-17s is likely to become operational next month, with a second unit of the same strength likely to follow within two months.

At Air Show China in Zhuhai last November, Zeng Wen, vice-president of the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC), said Pakistan had 50 firm orders for the JF-17, but could end up buying 200.

Pakistan will use the JF-17 to replace a number of types, such as the Chengdu F-7, Dassault Mirage III and Mirage 5 and the Nanchang A-5. All A-5s will be decommissioned by early April, says the Pakistan air force.

China and Pakistan jointly developed the JF-17. Pakistan began indigenous assembly in 2009, and could incorporate Western avionics, radars and other systems into the type from 2012.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 21, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 21, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - March 21, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued March 21, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Critical Solutions International, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, was awarded on March 16 a $214,284,932 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 118 vehicle mounted mine-detection MKK II Type II systems. Work will be performed in Gauteng, South Africa, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 16, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0001).

General Dynamics and Tactical Systems, Inc., Saint Petersburg, Fla., was awarded on March 17 a $36,985,119 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the demilitarization of the eight various types of conventional ammunition families. Work will be performed in Saint Petersburg, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet with two bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-C-0027).

Alliant Techsystems, Inc., and Textron Defence Systems, Plymouth, Minn., was awarded on March 16 a $34,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 44 low rate initial production Spider XM-7 Networked Munitions Systems. Work will be performed in Wilmington, Mass.; Plymouth, Minn.; Rocket Center, W.Va.; Mankato, Minn.; and Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 5, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-11-C-0126).

Manufacturing Techniques, Inc., Kilmarnock, Va., was awarded on March 17 a $20,027,993 undefinitized firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 111 Cerberus lite portable surveillance and reconnaissance sensor systems. Work will be performed in Kilmarnock, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 14, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-S204).

Conti Environmental, Inc., Edison, N.J., was awarded on March 16 a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the work and services required for the remediation of contaminated soil, waste and floating product within Operable Unit 3 of the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site. Work will be performed in Marlboro, N.J., with an estimated completion date of March 7, 2016. Four bids were solicited with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-10-D-3004).

L-3 Communications Aerospace, LLC, was awarded on March 16 a $7,575,912 labor-hour contract. The award will provide for the services of 800 maintenance workers in support of aircraft production at Corpus Christi Army Depot. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas, is the contracting activity (GS-10F-0328N).

L-3 Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded on March 17 a $7,117,600 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for services to include line replaceable unit repair; contractor field service representative support; on-call/on-site technical support; and reset for Phoenix satellite terminals. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-G401).

Kalmar RT Center, LLC, Cibolo, Texas, was awarded on March 17 a $7,013,927 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement for the Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift and all ancillary parts, services and date requirements. Work will be performed in Cibolo, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 17, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-VK03).

NAVY

A&D-Dorado, JV, LLP*, Santee, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0017); I.E.-Pacific, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0018); Sybrant Candelaria, LLC*, Glendale, Ariz. (N62473-11-D-0019); Patricia I. Romero, Inc., dba Pacific West Builders*, National City, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0020); and MTM Builders & Erickson-Hall, JV*, San Diego, Calif. (N62473-11-D-0021), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for commercial and institutional building construction at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all five contracts combined is $100,000,000. No task orders are being issued at this time. The work to be performed provides for new construction, renovation, revitalization, alteration, and repair. Types of projects may include, but are not limited to: administration, armory, athletic court and swimming pool, dining, dormitory/barrack, theater, educational, fire station, hangar, retail/store, recreational, religious facility, warehouse, laboratory, medical facility, animal shelter, and other similar commercial and institutional facilities. Work will be performed at various federal sites within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to, southern California (94 percent), Arizona (5 percent), and New Mexico (1 percent). The terms of the contracts are not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of March 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $25,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a set-aside for 8(a) Small Businesses via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 45 proposals received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contracts. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $42,181,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2256) for the detail design and construction of three 35-meter patrol boats, with an option for three additional 35-meter patrol boats and associated technical services for the Iraqi navy. This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract modification to $83,479,000. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La. (60 percent); Detroit, Mich. (30 percent); Ocean Springs, Miss. (8 percent); and Charlottesville, Va. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2012. 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.

Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Integrated Systems Division, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $32,486,900 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-10-D-0006) to exercise an option for up to 1,700 AN/AAR-47 missile warning system weapons replaceable assemblies. These assemblies include 600 A(V)2 and B(V)2 integrated optical sensor convertors; 200 A(V)2 and B(V)2 computer processors; and 100 A(V)2/B(V)2 control indicators. These systems are for installation on Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, other services, and various foreign military helicopters, rotorcraft, and low/slow fixed wing aircraft. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla. (72 percent); Austin, Texas (18 percent); Iwata-Gun Shizuoka, Japan (2 percent); Natanya, Israel (2 percent); Loveland, Colo. (2 percent); Sarasota, Fla. (1 percent); Northvale, N.J. (1 percent); Woodstock, Conn. (1 percent); and Sanford, Fla. (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed in January 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $10,885,800 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) to exercise an option for class services engineering efforts for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program. Efforts include non-recurring engineering in support of mission systems equipment (MSE) system/design verification testing; first article factory test site preparation and plans; maintenance of MSE packaging, transportation, assembly, activation, and preservation documentation; maintenance of shipboard MSE installation and check-out plans; as well as the measurement, tracking, and reporting of MSE weight and power usage documentation to support the shipbuilders in meeting lead ship integration and construction schedules. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I. (50 percent); Andover, Mass. (15 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (10 percent); Sudbury, Mass. (10 percent); Tewksbury, Mass. (10 percent); and San Diego, Calif. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 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.

Tierra Data, Inc.*, Escondido, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for natural and cultural resource studies and mapping services at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest area of responsibility. These services include identification, surveying, mapping and analyzing natural and cultural resources, habitats and the vegetation, marine, and wildlife components thereof and/or cultural resources sites and their related components by providing Global Positioning System and sonar resources surveys, data management, and aerial photography services. Work will be performed at Navy and Marine Corps locations in California (60 percent); Washington (10 percent); Guam (10 percent); Hawaii (10 percent); Oregon (5 percent); Alaska (2 percent); Arizona (1 percent); New Mexico (1 percent); and Nevada (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed by March 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $5,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-11-D-2225).

AIR FORCE

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $50,260,246 firm-fixed-price contract modification for six MQ-9 Reaper production aircraft and two MQ-9 Reaper aircraft that will be utilized as ground maintenance devices. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA-8620-10-G-3038 002801).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Insulation Sources, Inc.*, dba ICO Rally, Palo Alto, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $9,911,600 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for test set subassembly parts. Other location of performance is Ontario, Calif. Using service is Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2014. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (SPRRA1-11-D-0059).

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $8,205,351 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for instrumentation support. Work will be performed at Albuquerque, N.M., and is expected to be completed Feb. 13 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited and one received. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, BE-BCOQ, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (HDTRA2-06-D-0001-0015).

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DTN News -LIBYA UPRISING: Western, Arab Warplanes Converge For Libya Mission

DTN News -LIBYA UPRISING: Western, Arab Warplanes Converge For Libya Mission
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- March 21, 2011:

Western and Arab warplanes were converging on Italy's air bases Sunday to join the international campaign to cripple the ability of Moamer Kadhafi's forces to attack Libyan civilians.

France, which on Saturday spearheaded the UN-mandated Operation "Odyssey Dawn" with air strikes on Libya, on Sunday also sent its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to join the campaign.

The French Navy's flagship set off from the southern French naval port of Toulon at about 1:10 pm (1210 GMT) and was expected to reach the Libyan coast within 48 hours.

Meanwhile aircraft from the United Arab Emirates were due to arrive on Sunday at the Decimomannu air force base on the Italian island of Sardinia, which is already hosting four Spanish F-18 fighter jets that arrived on Saturday.

The UAE, along with Jordan, Morocco and Qatar, was among Arab nations that took part in a summit in Paris on Saturday on the Libyan crisis.

The Italian air bases are a key staging point for strikes by Western-led coalition forces to destroy Libya's air defences and impose a no-fly zone to prevent Kadhafi's forces from crushing a popular uprising.

Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Rome also assigned eight combat aircraft, including four Tornado jets, for the operation and they can be used "at any time".

And British Defence Secretary Liam Fox said Typhoon and Tornado jets would fly this weekend to the Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy, where they will be ready to deploy as part of the mission dubbed "Operation Ellamy".

Six Danish F-16 fighter were also ready to take off from Italy's Sigonella air base Sunday to join Odyssey Dawn which saw US, British and French forces hammer Libyan forces from the air and sea.

In the West's biggest intervention in the Arab world since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, mounted exactly eight years earlier, US warships and a British submarine fired more than 120 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya on Saturday.

This prompted Kadhafi to warn on Sunday of a long war in the Mediterranean "battlefield" as Tripoli reported dozens of deaths.

Belgium said Sunday six of its F-16 fighter-bombers would be operational Monday for the Libya mission.

"We will be able to take part in operations under the command of the coalition from tomorrow," said Defense Minister Pieter de Crem, who added that 250 people would be assigned to support the six aircraft and their pilots.

In addition to its four F-18 fighter jets, Spain sent a refueling aircraft to Italy and said it would also deploy an F-100 frigate, an S-74 submarine and a CN-235 maritime surveillance plane to help enforce an arms embargo on Libya, once parliamentary approval has been received.

Spain had already announced on Friday it would allow NATO to use two military bases, at Rota and at Moron de la Frontera in the south of the country, for the operation over Libya.

The UN Security Council last week passed a resolution approving "all necessary measures" to impose a no-fly zone in Libya, protect civilian areas and pressure Kadhafi into accepting a ceasefire.

The Security Council last month also ordered an arms embargo against Libya and other sanctions against Kadhafi's family.

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DTN News - LIBYA UPRISING: Western Strike Hits Gaddafi Compound, Tripoli Says

DTN News - LIBYA UPRISING: Western Strike Hits Gaddafi Compound, Tripoli Says
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Western forces launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya overnight and officials in Tripoli said a missile intended to kill Muammar Gaddafi had destroyed a building in his fortified compound.

"It was a barbaric bombing," said government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, showing pieces of shrapnel that he said came from the missile. "This contradicts American and Western (statements) ... that it is not their target to attack this place."

There was no comment on the strike from attacking forces.

The first air strikes on Saturday halted the advance of Gaddafi's forces on the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi and had targeted Libya's air defences in order to let Western warplanes patrol the skies of this oil-producing north African desert state.

The second wave of Western air strikes also hit Gaddafi's troops around Ajdabiyah, a strategic town in the barren, scrub of east Libya that rebels aim to retake and where their fighters said they need more help to take the fight to the enemy.

"If we don't get more help from the West, Gaddafi's forces will eat us alive," rebel fighter Nouh Musmari told Reuters.

The U.N.-mandated intervention to protect civilians caught up in a one-month-old revolt against Gaddafi drew criticism from Arab League chief Amr Moussa, who questioned the need for a heavy bombardment, which he said had killed many civilians.

Moussa said on Monday however that the League respected the U.N. resolution while stressing a need to protect civilians.

The United States, carrying out the air strikes in a coalition with Britain, France, Italy and Canada among others, said the campaign was working and dismissed a ceasefire announcement by the Libyan military on Sunday evening.

STRIKES "FOR A LITTLE WHILE"

Henri Guaino, one of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's closest aides, said the strikes were not aimed at ousting the autocrat who has ruled Libya for 41 years but told RMC radio that they were likely to last "a little while".

Britain's Defence Ministry said one of its submarines had again fired Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of a second wave of attacks to enforce the U.N. resolution but that one air force mission was called off because of civilians in the target area.

"As the RAF GR4 Tornados approached the target, further information came to light ... As a result the decision was taken not to launch weapons," a ministry spokesman said, adding this underlined the British commitment to protecting civilians.

The Libyan government urged people in towns, cities and tribes to join a march from Tripoli to Benghazi "so we could exchange condolences, ... announce forgiveness ... and then we could sit down as one family ..."

The intervention in Libya is the biggest against an Arab country since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Withdrawal of Arab support would make it much harder to pursue what some defence analysts say could in any case be a difficult, open-ended campaign with an uncertain outcome.

Asked about Moussa's concerns about the conduct of the campaign, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary at the U.S. Department for Defense, told the BBC:

"I think that may be the case that people don't understand the military dimensions of what was required to establish the no-fly zone but I can tell you that we continue to have ... statements of support from a number of Arab countries."

Italy said it had warplanes in the air, after U.S. and British warships and submarines launched 110 Tomahawk missiles on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, director of the U.S. military's Joint Staff, told reporters there had been no new Libyan air activity or radar emissions, but a significant decrease in Libyan air surveillance, since strikes began Saturday.

BENGHAZI NOT FREE FROM THREAT

Benghazi was not yet free from threat, said Gortney, but Gaddafi forces in the area were in distress and "suffering from isolation and confusion" after the air assaults.

Late on Sunday night, Libyan officials took Western reporters to Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, a sprawling complex that houses his private quarters as well as military barracks, anti-aircraft batteries and other installations, to see what they said was the site of a missile attack two hours earlier.

A short walk from a brightly lit tent where Gaddafi receives his guests, the three-storey building stood in ruins, and a circular hole was visible on its gutted facade. The United States says it does not have Gaddafi on its target list.

A Libyan military spokesman announced a new ceasefire on Sunday, saying that "the Libyan armed forces ... have issued a command to all military units to safeguard an immediate ceasefire from 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) this evening".

Both before and after he spoke, heavy anti-aircraft gunfire boomed above central Tripoli.

Outside Benghazi, smouldering, shattered tanks and troop carriers from what had been Gaddafi's advancing forces littered the main road. The charred bodies of at least 14 government soldiers lay scattered in the desert.

But with Gaddafi having vowed to fight to the death, there were fears his troops might try to force their way into cities, seeking shelter from air attacks among the civilian population.

In central Benghazi, sporadic explosions and heavy exchanges of gunfire could be heard in the streets late on Sunday evening. A Reuters witness said the firing lasted about 40 minutes.

In Misrata, the last rebel-held city in western Libya, a rebel spokesman said pro-Gaddafi forces were bringing in civilians from nearby towns to use as human shields and that those forces killed seven people there on Sunday.

Residents said water supplies were cut off and Libyan troops had encircled the town.

A Libyan government health official said 64 people were killed by Western bombardment on Saturday and Sunday, but it was impossible to verify the report independently.

ARAB SUPPORT CRUCIAL

Arab support for a no-fly zone provided crucial underpinning for the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution last week that paved the way for Western action to stop Gaddafi killing civilians as he fights an uprising against his 41-year rule.

The U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said the no-fly zone was now in place.

But Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States would not have a "pre-eminent role" in maintaining it, and expected to turn over "primary responsibility" within days, perhaps to Britain or France.

U.S. officials, eager to avoid similarities to the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, have been playing down Washington's role and emphasising that overthrowing or killing Gaddafi is not the goal of the attacks on Libya.

Mullen told CBS television the endgame of the campaign was "very uncertain" and acknowledged it could end in a stalemate.

Gates told reporters: "I think this is basically going to have to be resolved by the Libyans themselves."

In Brussels, NATO envoys failed to agree on any alliance involvement in enforcing the no-fly zone.

NATO members Turkey and Germany have spoken out against the zone, and diplomats said France had argued against involvement by an alliance whose reputation in the Arab world had been tainted by its involvement in the war in Afghanistan.

French planes fired the first shots of the intervention on Saturday, destroying tanks and armoured vehicles near Benghazi.

France sent an aircraft carrier towards Libya and its planes were over the country again on Sunday, defence officials said. Britain said its planes had targeted Libya's air defences, mainly around the capital Tripoli.

Other countries, including Qatar, also dispatched aircraft to participate in the operation, U.S. officials said.

(Reporting by Mohammed Abbas and Angus MacSwan in Benghazi, Maria Golovnina and Michael Georgy in Tripoli, Hamid Ould Ahmed and Christian Lowe in Algiers; Tom Perry in Cairo, John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau in Paris, Missy Ryan in Washington, Matt Spetalnick in Rio de Janeiro; Writing by Peter Millership; Editing by Giles Elgood)

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