Tuesday, December 31, 2013

DTN News - NEW YEAR 2014 CELEBRATIONS: New Zealand Celebrates New Year 2014

DTN News - NEW YEAR 2014 CELEBRATIONS: New Zealand Celebrates New Year 2014
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 31, 2013:  Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock hits midnight to celebrate the New Year on the waterfront in the New Zealand town of Queenstown, on January 1, 2014 (AFP, Marty Melville)



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Sunday, December 29, 2013

DTN News - SEASON'S GREETINGS: Happy New Year 2014

DTN News - SEASON'S GREETINGS: Happy New Year 2014
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 29, 2013: DTN News wish,  Our Readers and Viewers plus Everyone in the Global Village a super-duper extra luck Happy New Years 2014! Here's hoping that all your dreams come true.



New Years marks a new beginning. New people to meet, new adventures to enjoy and new memories to create. Here's again DTN News wish all the Happiest New Year 2014 ever!

Welcome New Year
We Look Forward To You..
A Year Of Wonderful Happiness..
A Year Of Good Health..
A Year Of Great Success..
A Year Of Incredibly Good Luck..
A Year Of Continuous Fun..
A Year Of World Peace

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: 3 Coalition Troops Killed in Kabul Car Bombing

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: 3 Coalition Troops Killed in Kabul Car Bombing
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 28, 2013: A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in an eastern district of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing three service members and wounding six Afghans, officials said.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgent group was behind the attack. Television images showed remains of the exploded car littering the street, and several armored vehicles stopped nearby.

The bomber struck the convoy about a half mile from NATO’s Camp Phoenix base, Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanakzai, who reported the Afghan injuries.

Two of the three troops killed were from Slovakia, according to Agence France-Presse.

Ambulances, firefighters and armoured vehicles from the ISAF mission rushed to the blast site, which was quickly cordoned off by police.

"I was in my bakery shop when I heard a bang that shattered all the windows," Nehmatullah, who uses only one name, told AFP news agency.

"I saw at least two bodies lying on the street and covered in blood, then came two vehicles of foreign forces and the soldiers pulled out two bodies of foreigners from a damaged black SUV."

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Friday attack in a message on its Twitter account. 

"A number of foreign forces were killed and wounded and many vehicles were also destroyed," the Taliban spokesman said.

The attack came as Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai deliberated over an agreement, allowing US forces to stay in the country beyond 2014.

Many Afghans, including advisers and a gathering of 3,000 prominent Afghans, have urged Karzai to sign the pact as they worry about security after 2014 when most foreign forces are leaving.


Karzai said he did not want to sign until after a presidential election scheduled for April next year.

The International Security Assistance Force didn’t provide details on the identities or nationalities of the three service members killed.

Twelve coalition troops have died in Afghanistan so far this month, including six U.S. soldiers who died in a helicopter crash Dec. 17.

So far this year 151 coalition troops have been killed in Afghanistan, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press

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Monday, December 23, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 23, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 23, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-034-13 December 23, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 23, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 23, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Marlborough, Mass., has been awarded an  $134,399,631 fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract for the design and development of Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminals Increment I, with firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee options for manufacturing, installation, and sustainment.  Global ASNT Increment I is a secure, survivable multi-path communication system used to disseminate nuclear command and control messages from national-level decision authorities to wing command posts and bomber, tanker and reconnaissance aircrews at geographically dispersed locations.  Work will be performed at, Marlborough, Mass., and the design and development is expected to be complete in December 2016, with production, installation, and sustainment options extending to December 2020.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with one offer received.  Fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation funds in the amount of $1,395,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting authority (FA8705-14-C-0001).
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded an $108,194,928 cost-plus-fixed-price modification (P00501) for an existing contract (FA8611-08-C-2897) for F-22 sustainment. The contract modification is for calendar year 2014 F-22 Depot throughput and touch-labor. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement and operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $36,291,036.00 will be obligated for this effort.  This contract is not a multiyear contract.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWUKH, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity.
Exelis Inc. Radar, Reconnaissance & Undersea Systems, Van Nuys, Calif., has been awarded a $76,164,504 contract for the procurement and installation of nine ground control approach radars 2000 Systems (GCA-2000) plus associated operator and maintenance training for installation at nine airbases in Poland in support of the Polish Armed Forces for the Polish Armaments
Directorate.  The contractor will manufacture, assemble, test, install systems to be used for aircraft approach and landing guidance, airspace control services and support of air traffic control operations, mission requirements and operator maintenance training.  Work will be performed in Poland, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 2018.  This award is 100 percent foreign military sales for Poland.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HBAK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8730-14-C-0009).
Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $70,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for eight Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems (ACES) full systems for in country spares, three full systems to support software sustainment activities, 13 ACES Line Replaceable Units (LRU) to create a repair and return spares pool, and 21 ACES LRUs to support operation of ACES reprogramming benches at Warner Robins and Eglin Air Force
Bases, plus a lifetime supply of diminishing manufacturing source parts to support future repair and return and production.  Work will be performed at Goleta, Calif., and is expected to be completed March 2017.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales for the governments of Morocco, Egypt and Iraq.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWMK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity  (FA8615-14-C-6022).
CORRECTION:  In the Dec. 18, 2013 release of contract FA8616-14-C-6061 to Rockwell Collins, Inc. Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the contract amount should have read $43,812,122.
NAVY
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $48,860,666 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract for services in support of the Program Executive Office for Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command, PEO C41, and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.  Services provided will include the design, integration, testing, installation, training, and support of shipboard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (C4I) electronic communication systems for ships of the U.S. Navy.  Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Md. (50 percent); California, Md. (48 percent); Bath, Maine (1 percent); and Pascagoula, Miss. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2019.  Fiscal 2011 and 2012 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy contract funds in the amount of $48,860,666 will be obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-14-C-0011).
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $37,133,082 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5103) to incrementally fund the Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent (PSEA) activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering.  The Aegis PSEA manages the in-service combat systems configurations as well as the integration of new or upgraded capability into the CG57 Class of ships and the DDG 51 Class of ships.  Aegis Modernization will provide upgrades to Aegis cruisers and Aegis destroyers and will be applicable to all Aegis ships with a computer program that is backfit compatible to Baseline 2 cruisers.  Work is being performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by September 2014.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation, Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $37,133,082 will be obligated at the time of the award.  Contract funds in the amount of $3,988,400 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity.
Defense Support Services LLC*, Mount Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $24,903,892 indefinite-delivery requirements contract for instructional support services to conduct basic and advanced courses on the Navy's Cargo Offload and Discharge System (COLDS), including the operation and maintenance of Navy Lighterage and Improved Navy Lighterage System powered and non-powered craft, other COLDS subsystems, and continued Contractor Instruction, Maintenance, Operations and Training Support, which yields qualified COLDS graduates.  Work will be performed in Coronado, Calif. (65 percent) and Norfolk, Va. (35 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018.  No funds will be obligated at time of award.  Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals, with one offer received.  The Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61340-14-D-0001).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $23,275,441 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2300) to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ship core class services. Lockheed Martin will provide engineering and design services as well as affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (36 percent), Hampton, Va. (30 percent), Washington, D.C. (23 percent), and Marinette, Wis. (11 percent), and is expected to be complete by December 2014.  Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy funds in the amount of $12,056,601 will be obligated at time of award.  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.
Austal USA LLC., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $14,057,992 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for class service efforts for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.  Austal USA will provide engineering and design services as well as affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs.  Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (72 percent) and Pittsfield, Mass. (28 percent), and is expected to be complete by December 2014.   Fiscal 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy and Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $3,984,807 will be obligated at time of award.  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.
EDO Corp., Panama City, Fla., is being awarded a $13,168,340 firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for depot level repair, maintenance and modifications of the MK105 Magnetic Minesweeping Gear and MH-53E Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS53) Launch and Recovery System and tracking system to support the Navy for the currently deployed Airborne Mine Countermeasures legacy systems.  The contract includes the technical support, analysis, repair, modification, interface equipment, and engineering support for the MK105 and AMNS53 systems.  The MK105 and AMNS53 are currently fielded for use in the Navy's capability to conduct quick response, high speed airborne mine countermeasures.   This includes all depot repairs and incorporation of engineering change proposals, including the generation of all Integrated Logistics Support documentation to support the conversions.  This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $53,877,327.  Work will be performed in Panama City, Fla., and is expected to be completed by December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $70,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61331-14-D-0002).
Marine Hydraulics International,* Norfolk, Va., was awarded an $11,559,768 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4405) to exercise options for the accomplishment of USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) FY14 Selected Restricted Availability (SRA).  An SRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modernizations that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities.  Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $11,559,768 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
3 Phoenix, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $10,576,352 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-6287) for the procurement of engineering services for development, integration, and logistic support of the Torpedo Warning System (TWS). The TWS provides surface ships with the ability to detect threat torpedoes and thereby employ defensive measures including maneuver and hard and soft kill countermeasures.  Work will be performed in Chantilly, Va., (46 percent); Fairfax, Va., (28 percent); Houston, Texas, (18 percent); Wake Forest, N.C., (6 percent), and Hanover, Md., (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2014.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $7,566,566 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $9,531,889 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide maintenance services for E-2C, E-2D, and C-2 aircraft in support of the VX-20 Squadron.  Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. (95 percent) and in St. Augustine, Fla. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital fund in the amount of $4,175,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-14-C-0009).
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded an $8,991,254 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-0021) to exercise an option for two V-22 Block A to B 50-69 series upgrade kits.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (60 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2015.  Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $8,991,254 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, Covington, La., is being awarded an $8,080,209 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-11-C-2000) to exercise a one-year option for the time charter of one offshore supply vessel, HOS Dominator.  The ship's primary mission will be to provide submarine rescue diving and recompression system support service, in support of Commander, Submarine Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet.  Work will be performed at sea on the U.S. East Coast, U.S. West Coast, Hawaii and Alaska, and is expected to be completed by December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 Working capital contract funds in the amount of $6,090,691 will be obligated on this award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is the contracting activity (N00033-11-C-2000).
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was awarded a $7,684,132 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order under Basic Ordering Agreement (N00024-12-G-4330) for the accomplishment of the Planning Yard Services in support of LCS-2 and LCS-4.  Planning yard functions ensure well-integrated and executed planned and emergent maintenance support, and in-service sustainment. These services will include: vendor training and crew familiarization; in-service engineering support; trainer support; availability advanced planning; long lead time material planning and procurement; material warehousing; logistics product updates; and class sustainment management.  Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 21, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract in the amount of $1,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $6,781,461 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-12-C-0112) for initial spares in support of eight P-8A Low Rate initial Production Lot IV aircraft.  Work will be performed in Grand Rapids, Mich. (24.9 percent); Torrance, Calif. (18.8 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y.  (15 percent); Irvine, Calif. (14.5 percent); Freeland, Wash. (8.5 percent); Avenel, N.J. (5.2 percent); Rockford, Ill. (3.3 percent); Wilson, N.C. (3.1 percent); Manfield, Ohio (2.8 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (1.8 percent); West Chester, Ohio (1.5 percent); Sarasota, Fla. (.5 percent), and Wichita, Kansas (.1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in April 2017.  Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement Navy contract funds in the amount of $6,781,461 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $723,998,360 modification (P00127) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0008 to fund program year three for 33 UH-60M helicopters and 24 HH-60M helicopters, and associated program management, systems engineering, provisioning, technical publications, and integrated logistics support. Also provided for are advance procurement funding (termination liability) for program years four and five.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $723,998,360 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is June 30, 2015.  Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity.
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded a $104,944,411 modification (000721) to contract W56HZV-09-D-0159 to add an additional 545 medium tactical vehicles, 79 trailers, and applicable federal excise tax to the contract.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement Army funds in the amount of $104,944,411were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Nov. 30, 2015.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisc.  Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich. is the contracting activity.
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md. was awarded a $23,024,245 modification (P00009) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0016 for logistics support for the "One System Remote Video Terminal" in Afghanistan.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $23,024,245 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 30, 2014.  Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $14,500,852 modification (P00047) to contract W58RGZ-11-C-0120 for engineering and logistics services to implement and field the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight High Reliability Turret.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $14,500,852 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Sept. 30, 2017. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity.
Navistar Defense, LLC, Lisle, Ill. was awarded a $6,920,507 modification (P00086) to contract W56HZV-10-C-0011 for field service support in the continental United States and overseas for  Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MaxxPro vehicles.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $6,920,507 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed in Lisle, Ill., and Afghanistan.  Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich. is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Eagle Crusher Company Inc., Galion, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $157,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for the procurement of commercial type environmental equipment.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and sixteen offers were received.  This contract is one of up to ten contracts being issued against solicitation number SPM8EC-11-R-0006 and with requirements that specifically call for environmental equipment within the product line and will be competed amongst other contractors who receive a contract under this solicitation.  This is a five-year base.  Location of performance is Ohio with a Dec. 22, 2018 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  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., (SPE8EC-14-D-0004).
Revision Military,* Essex Junction, Vt., has been awarded a maximum $21,139,200 firm-fixed-price, definite-quantity contract for the procurement of advanced combat helmets.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received.  Location of performance is Vermont with an Apr. 15, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-14-C-0006).
CORRECTION:  In the Dec. 20, 2013 contract announcements, the award to CFM International, Cincinnati, Ohio, had an incorrect contract number. The correct number is SPRTA1-14-G-0002-0002.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

DTN News - WEATHER REPORT DECEMBER 22, 2013: Worst Ice Storm in Years Coats Southern Ontario, Causes Travel Chaos, Cuts Power to Thousands

DTN News - WEATHER REPORT DECEMBER 22, 2013: Worst Ice Storm in Years Coats Southern Ontario, Causes Travel Chaos, Cuts Power to Thousands
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 22, 2013: DTN News reports about 350,000 customers across southern Ontario were without electricity after a massive weather system coated the landscape in ice, including about 250,000 in the Greater Toronto Area, where it could take up to three days to get everyone reconnected.

In the meantime, Toronto Hydro has asked those who have electricity service to "share the power" and consider inviting neighbours inside.

The City of Toronto has also opened a number of warming stations, which can be found at www.toronto.ca.

"All available resources have been deployed and crews are working as quickly as possible to restore power," said Toronto Hydro in a statement on Sunday.

The weather conditions have also resulted in scores of flight cancellations and delays at airports in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton, Saint John, Halifax and St. John’s.

Passengers are being advised to check their flights before heading to the airport. Find updates for Pearson International Airport here.

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia To Develop 5th-Generation Attack Helicopter By 2017

DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia To Develop 5th-Generation Attack Helicopter By 2017
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Ria Novosti
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 21, 2013:  It could take Russia about three years to complete the development of a fifth-generation attack helicopter and start testing its prototype, a defense industry official said Wednesday.

The Mi-28NM, a modernized version of the Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter that is being upgraded to standards of a fifth-generation aircraft, has been in development since 2008.

“I think we will need no more than three years to develop a new modernized version of the Mi-28N helicopter,” said Andrei Shibitov, chief executive officer of the Russian Helicopters company.

Shibitov did not specify the characteristics of the future combat helicopter, but he was quoted earlier by the Russian media as saying that the criteria for a fifth-generation attack helicopter must include low radar signature, an extended flying range, an advanced weapons control system, the capability to combat fighter jets and have a speed of up to 600 kilometers (370 miles) per hour.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

DTN News - BHGSG NEWS: Aishwarya on failing Bollywood Marriages: Unfair to Be Judgemental

DTN News - BHGSG NEWS: Aishwarya on failing Bollywood Marriages: Unfair to Be Judgemental
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 20, 2013:  In the backdrop of crumbling marriages in Bollywood, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels that its unfair to limit and judge relationships.


"I don't think it is fair to get judgemental and limit relationships or strengths or inability to hold themselves or limit it to showbiz. What happens in society is each to his own. What would be fair and respectful is belief in people to allow them to live their lives and finding strength in choices they make," the actress said in response to a query on effects of showbiz on marital life. Recently, Hrithik Roshan and his wife of 13-years Sussanne decided to separate. Also, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actress wife Kalki Koechlin are taking time off their marriage.

Aishwarya was speaking at the launch of L'Oreal Paris - Kajal Magique - here yesterday. For the actress, her mother and daughter Aaradhya's eyes are beautiful. "Eyes are windows to the soul," she said. Aishwarya thinks being Indian is being beautiful.

"We are rooted, consider values in the highest esteem, we are simple people. We are very hard working and we know to retain respect, love, commitment and tradition. Being Indian is being beautiful."
On actors opting go under the knife, she said, "For me it is all natural, thank you parents and God."

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DTN News - SEASONS GREETINGS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: US President Barack Obama And Famiy Pose For Photographs During Pre-Christmas Celebrations

DTN News - SEASONS GREETINGS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE: US President Barack Obama And Famiy Pose For Photographs During Pre-Christmas Celebrations
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 20, 2013: Christmas got a presidential seal of approval Sunday night.

The Backstreet Boys opened TNT's Christmas in Washington concert with a medley of their original holiday songs, Christmas Time and It's Christmas Time Again. President Obama, Mrs. Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia looked on.

Also on the lineup at the 32nd annual holiday concert: Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow, Janelle Monae, Anna Kendrick and Pat Monahan. Jackman served as host for this year's festivities,which benefits the Children's National Health System. President and Mrs. Obama were front and center for the holiday fun, and the American Family Choir, Washington Youth Choir and AFTRA Choir accompanied the star singing talent. Charles Barkley, NBA Hall of Famer and analyst for TNT's Inside the NBA, made a special guest appearance.

After noting that Christmas is a "time for warmth of family and friends," Jackman pointed out that he is the first Australian to host Christmas in Washington. "Even TNT is outsourcing these days," he joked.

Jackman said he wasn't sure what to get the Obamas, but decided on a "gift that speaks to the true meaning of Christmas: a box set of all seven X-Men and Wolverine movies."

Kendrick, who was just in Washington one week ago to perform at the Kennedy Center Honors, was up next, singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Monahan sang Merry Christmas Baby, and Crow crooned the classic, Please Come Home for Christmas.

Monae sang This Christmas, and then the entire lineup came together for a closing medley when Jackman put his voice on display during Angels We Have Heard On High. Then President Obama and Mrs. Obama took to the stage.

Obama pointed out that while he loves getting Christmas presents, it's "a time to remember the story of a child born to two faithful travelers on earth." He said this time of year brings "a message of hope." "We wish this holiday season, and all holiday seasons, peace on earth."

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 18, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 18, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-031-13 December 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 18, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Meridian Medical Technologies, Columbia, Md., has been awarded a maximum $123,191,610 modification (P00013) exercising the third one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2DP-11-D-0002) with four one-year option periods for nerve agent antidotes in auto-injectors and services related to basic maintenance and surge readiness.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Locations of performance are Maryland and Missouri with a Dec. 31, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital and warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
NAVY
 
DZSP 21 LLC, Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded $85,998,135 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N40192-13-C-3001) to exercise the fifth award option period for base operation support services at Joint Region Marianas.  The work to be performed provides for general management and administration services; command and staff (public affairs office); public safety; port operations; ordnance; material management; galley; facilities management and engineering services; sustainment, restoration and modernization; facilities services; utilities (electrical, wastewater, steam and demineralized water, and potable water); base support vehicles and equipment; and environmental. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $799,295,163.  Work will be performed at various installations in the U.S. Territory of Guam, and work is expected to be completed December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy; fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance, Air Force; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army Reserve; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Defense agencies; and fiscal 2014 Defense Commissary Agency account contract funds in the amount of $32,853,236 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.
 
Turner Construction Co., Washington, D.C., is being awarded a $41,407,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the Medical Clinic Replacement at Naval Support Activity Annapolis.  The work to be performed provides for the construction of a multi-story, free standing health clinic on the North Severn side of the United States Naval Academy.  This new clinic will be a replacement facility for the current health clinic.  The new health clinic encompasses primary care, orthopedics, physical therapy, dental, optometry and mental health as well as ancillaries, support and administrative space.  The facility also has an emergency response support mission.  Supporting facilities construction will include all site utilities, site preparation, site improvements, environmental mitigation, paving (parking and roadways), and access roads.  Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by January 2016. Fiscal 2013 military construction, defense medical contract funds in the amount of $41,407,500 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with eight proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-14-C-0154).
 
S. S. Dannaway and Associates Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services for fire protection and related services at various locations under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR).  The work to be performed provides for services that include design and engineering services for preparation of technical reports including conducting engineering investigations and concept studies; preliminary and final design plans and specifications; construction estimates; operations and maintenance manuals; record drawings; shop drawing reviews; technical review of design plans and specification prepared by A-E firms and government forces; water flow testing; final acceptance testing of all types of installed fire protection systems and other consulting requiring immediate action.  Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to Hawaii (55 percent), Guam (30 percent), and Far East (15 percent).  The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of December 2018.  Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $10,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-14-D-0001).
 
ARMY
 
Military Hardware*, Wilmington, N.C., was awarded a $51,952,200 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters with a minimum order of 100 units and a maximum of 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0002).
 
Atlantic Diving Supply*, Virginia, Beach, Va., was awarded a $24,288,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters.  The contract minimum is 100 units and the contract maximum is not to exceed 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0001).
 
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded an $18,556,810 modification (P00009) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0030 for an undefined contract action for six additional months of contractor logistics support for the Bell 407, Huey, Jet Ranger, and OH-58A&C helicopters in Al Taji, Iraq, in accordance with foreign military sales case IQ-B-UDZ.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $9,092,838 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Aug. 8, 2014.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Work will be performed in Iraq and Piney Flats, Tenn.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
American Southwest Electronic*, Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $13,087,038 firm-fixed-price contract for the West Bank Mississippi River Levee, Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, Pointe Coupee Seepage Control, New Roads Relief Wells, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $13,087,038 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 19, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with nine received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-14-C-0015).
 
Structural Assoc. Inc.*, East Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded an $11,163,100 firm-fixed-price contract to design and-build a soldier specialty care clinic at Fort Drum, New York.  Fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $11,163,100 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec.17, 2015.  Thirty bids were solicited with six received.  Work will be performed at Fort Drum, N.Y.  Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-14-C-0003).
 
Reema Consulting Services, Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for operations support services for program management soldier weapons, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.  These services will be for the following:  senior and junior operations specialist, computer graphics specialist, public affairs specialist, technical editor specialist and information technology specialist.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 17, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with seven received.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-14-D-0008).
 
Oracle America, Reston, Va., was awarded a $7,043,216 modification (P00054) to contract N00024-01-C-6110 for Oracle PeopleSoft licenses and maintenance services.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,297,739 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 20, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed in Reston, Va.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.
 
AIR FORCE
 
Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $46,654,122 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for B-2 Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1 Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD) Effort.  The EMD phase includes the modification, qualification, and testing of the system which consists primarily of an existing terminal/receiver design, an antenna, a Human Machine Interface display, power supply, and other ancillary equipment to enable receipt and display of emergency action messages, including a mission planning ground station.  Work will be performed at Richardson, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 28, 2018.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $4,184,895 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWZK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity  (FA8616-14-C-6061).
 
The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., has been awarded a $12,322,017 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00063) on an existing contract (FA8819-08-C-0006) for the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  The contract modification is for uninterrupted satellite operations, maintenance, and anomaly resolution of the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,895,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  Work will be performed at El Segundo, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Shriever Air Force Base, Colo.; and Boulder, Colo.; and is expected to be complete by June 20, 2015.  Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity.
 
Exelis Inc., Herndon, Va., has been awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00011) for a ceiling increase to an existing contract (FA8750-09-D-0002).  The total cumulative face value of the contract is $59,900,000.  The contract modification is to maintain support and prevent loss of support for the 120 operationally deployed systems and continue basic development to address operational gaps.  The principle purpose is for the research and development, integration, testing, deployment, enhancement, and maintenance of Information Support Server Environment Cross-Domain Sharing capabilities throughout the Air Force, the DoD Intelligence Information Systems community.  Work will be performed at Herndon, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 14, 2016.  This is a ceiling increase modification and no funding will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity
 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., NGIS, Herndon, Va., has been awarded an $8,424,108 modification (P00012) for an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (FA8750-13-C-0120) for software enhancement/testing/integration/maintenance.  The contract modification is to provide a full spectrum of technical support to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center to maintain, enhance and operate the current infrastructure and applications and incorporate new capabilities required to meet future mission requirements.  This is accomplished by performing operations and maintenance, and intelligence production support to operate, maintain, modernize, extend the capabilities of, and utilize NASIC's current functional capabilities to include the Automated Virtual Information Production Support System.  Work will be performed at Fairborn, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 17, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $5,079,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity.
 
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DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal

DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal
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Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources By Bradley Brooks - AP
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government said Wednesday that Sweden's Saab won a long-delayed fighter jet contract initially worth $4.5 billion that will supply at least 36 planes to Latin America's biggest nation.

The decision comes as Brazil seeks to ramp up its defense capabilities to patrol a porous land border that's more than 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometers) long, much of it covered by jungle, over which arms and drugs easily flow. Brazil is also seeking better protection for massive offshore oil fields that it has discovered in recent years.

Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim said that the choice after some 15 years of debate was made after "careful study and consideration, taking into account performance, transfer of technology and cost, not just of acquisition but of maintenance. The choice was made on the best balance of these three factors."

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter that the decision was "a tribute to Swedish technology and competitiveness."

The decision to buy the Swedish jet over Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet or France's Dassault Rafale came as a surprise to many. The French jet had been favored by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while current leader Dilma Rousseff had been said to favor the Boeing bid.

Some analysts said the Boeing jet was hurt by the fallout over revelations six months ago that the U.S. National Security Agency carried out a massive espionage program that directly targeted Rousseff's own communications.

That led to Rousseff canceling a planned state visit to Washington in October.

"Dilma had been favoring the Boeing plane and a lot of people thought she would announce her decision during her state visit to Washington," said David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia. "Boeing was very close but then the NSA booted them out of the air."

Others, however, contend the Swedish jet, which was favored by Brazil's Air Force, according to an internal assessment leaked to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in 2010, was always going to win the competition and that the decision had little to do with the NSA spy revelations.

Alexandre Barros, a political risk consultant with the Brasilia-based firm Early Warning, said many in the government had long opposed Boeing because the company's bid was less flexible in terms of technology transfers than the two European plane makers and also because they were wary of becoming indebted to Washington.

"The Americans tend to think that if you buy arms from them you are automatically their allies," said Barros. "Brazil doesn't want that kind of link."

He said that Brazilian officials long prized their autonomy from the U.S., and as the main power in South America they don't want to be in the position of being perceived as having to support American policies on the continent, particularly in Colombia and Venezuela. Part of the draw of Saab's bid was that Sweden doesn't have any political clout in the region.

Regardless of the main reasons, Brazil's military hopes the government making the decision after some 15 years of debate will lead to advances in its defense capabilities.

Brazil in the mid-1980s had the largest defense industry in the developing world. It became the world's eighth-largest arms exporter amid strong demand for its armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance and anti-aircraft vehicles, troop carriers and rocket launchers.

However, the industry went into a tailspin when the Cold War ended and demand for weapons declined. In 1990, Brazil's two largest arms manufacturers, Engesa and Avibras, sought protection from creditors for debts of about $200 million.

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Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield in Rio, Karl Ritter in Stockholm and Stan Lehman in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.

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