Wednesday, May 11, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 11, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 11, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 11, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 11, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee modification under contract HQ0276-10-C-0005, P00011. The total award value of this action is $110,678,886, resulting in a new cumulative contract value of $275,967,245. The modification will extend CLIN 0001 period of performance to continue engineering and development for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The period of performance is May 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2011. Fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds will be used for this effort with $20,000,000 provided at time of award. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

NAVY

InGenesis Arora Associates, San Antonio, Texas (N62645-11-D-5028); International Healthcare Staffing Alliance, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62645-11-D-5029); The OMO Group, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62645-11-D-5030); and Smallwood Prison Dental Services, Inc., Ashburn, Va. (N62645-11-D-5031), are each being awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple task order contracts for multi-disciplinary dental services in support of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., and associated branch medical clinics. Total combined value of the contract if all task orders are issued is $99,562,806 and the companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. This contract consists of a 60-month ordering period. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va., and is expected to be complete May 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This requirement was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities website, with 24 offers received. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity.

General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded an $18,394,537 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088) for engineering and integrated logistics services in support of the F/A-18E/F F414-GE-400 engine. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass. (97 percent), and Evendale, Ohio (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $366,819 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Huntington Ingalls Inc., formerly Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $8,779,436 modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management support of new construction and conversion/special mission submersibles, and submarine support facilities. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $6,636,080 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for logistic services in support of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and applicable foreign military sales customers. Services to be provided include maintenance, engineering and technical support of AN-USM-702 Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Automated Support System and self-maintenance automated test and calibration operational test program set repairable assets. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in May 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $151,512 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($6,253,837; 94.3 percent); the U.S. Air Force ($293,707; 4.4 percent); and the government of Finland ($88,536; 1.3 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-11-C-0338).

AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $19,586,819 firm-fixed-price contract modification for square window paratroop door kits applicable to C-130 aircraft. At this point, $7,445,909 has been obligated. Work will be performed in Marietta, Ga. Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Tactical Airlift Division Contracting Branch, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-11-D-0004).

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DTN News - INDIA NEWS: Rahul Gandhi Arrested By UP Police And Released

DTN News - INDIA NEWS: Rahul Gandhi Arrested By UP Police And Released
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / GREATER NOIDA, India - May 11, 2011: Rahul Gandhi was arrested tonight by the UP police after he joined the land war here, pledging full support to farmers fighting against acquisition while lambasting Chief Minister Mayawati. "Rahul Gandhi has been arrested unde Sec 151 CrPC and will be presented before a Sub-Divisional Magistrate tomorrow," Inspector General of Police (Meerut Range) Rajnikant Mishra said.

Gandhi was taken away from the dharna site in Bhatta Parsaul Village in a grey Tata Safari to an undisclosed location.

The Amethi MP smiled to the large battery of media before getting into the vehicle along with AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh and Firozabad MP Raj Babbar.

"We will continue to support the farmers agitation," Singh said as he was pushed into the vehicle.

Congress promptly attacked Mayawati for Gandhi's arrest with AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi saying UP has witnessed "the cruellest rule of several imperialistic regimes".

"UP government's action in arresting Rahul Gandhi proves that Mayawati is digging her own grave," Dwivedi said.

"If any sense of justice is left in the government, judicial inquiry is the minimum that the state government should order immediately," he said.

Sneaking into Batta Parsaul village, the epicentre of the agitation in Western Uttar Pradesh, in the wee hours riding pillion on a motorcyle, Gandhi sat with the agitating farmers throughout the day in scorching heat to emphathise with their cause and women who lost their men.

"I feel ashamed to call myself Indian after seeing what has happened here. The (state) government here has unleashed atrocities on its own people," he told the farmers.

Even as he sat on a dharna, a war of words erupted, with BJP terming it as a "drama" and wanting to know why the UPA government was still not acting on his earlier promise of bringing Land Acquisition Bill in Parliament.

The Congress, on its part, said it was keen to get on early passage of the bill in Parliament.

Gandhi said he associated with them as they were demanding their "right" and there was "nothing wrong" in it.

"I want to tell you that I am with you till your demands are met. Till your work is not done, the Congress party will not desert you," he said to a thunderous applause from the gathering which shouted slogans hailing him.

He said an official had told him that the agitation was like "naxalism" but he had found that the farmers were peacefully making their demands.

Gandhi demanded a judicial inquiry into the exchange of fire on Saturday last between farmers and police in which two farmers and two policemen were killed.

Earlier, after reaching the village at 4 AM along with party colleague Digvijay Singh, he heard the farmers and had tea with them.

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: Hillary Clinton Calls Chinese Crackdown A 'Fool's Errand'

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: Hillary Clinton Calls Chinese Crackdown A 'Fool's Errand'
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 11, 2011:
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says China's effort to hold off the kind of democratic changes that are sweeping the Middle East is a "fool's errand" that is doomed to failure.
The remark came in an interview with The Atlantic magazine that was posted on the Internet Tuesday as she and other U.S. officials met senior Chinese officials in Washington.
In the interview, Clinton was asked whether Chinese officials are frightened by the popular uprisings in the Middle East.
Clinton replied that the Chinese "are worried, and they are trying to stop history," which she said "is a fool's errand (hopeless cause)." Clinton added that the Chinese cannot stop democratic reform, "but they are going to hold it off as long as possible." She also said the United States would not walk away from dealing with China because it has what she called "a deplorable human rights record."
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