Sunday, July 10, 2011

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Chaos In Pakistan With Insurgency, Ethnic Violence And Govt Sanctioned Journalist's Murder

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Chaos In Pakistan With Insurgency, Ethnic Violence And Govt Sanctioned Journalist's Murder
**US suspends some Pakistan military aid says Obama aide: The Obama administration will hold back about $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military because Washington is unhappy with Pakistan’s expulsion of US military trainers and its campaign against militants, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Relations between the two governments have been strained with the United States wanting Pakistan to intensify its counterterrorism efforts. The relationship also has been tense due to the surprise US raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, US drone attacks that have killed civilians and a raft of other issues. The Times, citing three US senior officials, said the United States was suspending or canceling $800 million in aid and equipment —more than a third of the $2 billion it gives Pakistan for security assistance.
About $300 million in US funding is to reimburse Pakistan for deploying more than 100,000 troops along the Afghan border to combat Taliban and other militant forces. Other funding covers training and military hardware, Times sources said.
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 10, 2011: During Bush administration, US were whispering to Pervez Musharraf to act on militants, as terrorism originating from Pakistan was becoming a global menace to society all around the world and the same time US closed their eyes on Taliban related activities bombing in Bali, Spain, U.K., Philippines, Mumbai and other countries.

Pervez Musharraf, Bush treated him like a spoilt brat: Pervez Musharraf was invited several times to the White House and Bush treated him like a spoilt brat and affirmed him a status of the closest coalition partner for war on terror against organizations designated as terrorist and regimes that were accused of having a connection to them or providing them with support or were perceived, or presented as posing a threat to the US and its allies in general. It was typically used with a particular focus on militant Islamists and al-Qaeda. Bush provided Pakistan with approx. $20 billion in military and economy assistant / aid. Pervez Musharraf played an even hand between Taliban and the US, on release of monetary / military aid by US or their top officials visit To Islamabad, Pervez Musharraf would arrest few insurgents to appease Americans, while other insurgents were arming and attacking ISAF forces across the border in Afghanistan and the coalition forces from NATO and ISAF were not allowed to pursue the attackers to their safe shelter in Pakistan, causing resurgence of the Taliban. Pervez Musharraf ruled Pakistan as Chief Executive from 1999–2001 and as President from 2001-08. In the face of likely impeachment, he resigned on 18 August 2008.

President Asif Ali Zardari: In April, 2009., President Asif Ali Zardari, under pressure from conservatives, signed a regulation imposing Islamic sharia law in the Swat valley to end Taliban violence. The Obama Team worked in the right direction with Pakistan and have to put their foot down and require for accountability as the current government of Pakistan under Zardari were following the path of their predecessor Pervez Musharraf. Last eight years under Pervez Musharraf administration, Taliban and al Qaeda gathered memento in strength. As of July 2009 the U. S. Air Force’s robotic drone fleet stands at 195 Predators and 28 Reapers, partial fleet would be deployed in Afghanistan to eliminate Taliban and al-Qaeda elements.

Pakistan's ISI Spy Agency Has 'Militant Links' Says Adm Mike Mullen: In early 2011, the US military's top officer, Adm Mike Mullen, has repeatedly accused Pakistan's spy agency of having links with militants targeting troops in Afghanistan. He said Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had a "long-standing relationship" with a militant group run by Afghan insurgent Jalaluddin Haqqani. "It's fairly well known that the ISI has a long-standing relationship with the Haqqani network," Adm Mullen told Pakistan's Dawn newspaper."Haqqani is supporting, funding, training fighters that are killing Americans and killing coalition partners. And I have a sacred obligation to do all I can to make sure that doesn't happen."

Govt Sanctioned Journalist's Murder Says Adm Mike Mullen: Last week, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, went public with allegations that the Pakistani government approved the murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose battered body was found in a canal in May.“It’s been reported recently and I haven’t seen anything that would disabuse that report,” America’s most senior military officer told reporters from the Pentagon Press Association.Although he said he did not have evidence linking the killing to a specific government agency, he added: “It was sanctioned by the government, yeah.” Analysts said the statement was unprecedented and would drive the two countries further apart, inflaming public sentiment and offering a gift to radical Islamic leaders who stoke anti-American feelings

Zawahiri hiding in Fata Says Panetta: On April 9, 2011, the new Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, who arrived in Kabul on Saturday, said the United States was “within reach of strategically defeating Al Qaeda” and that the American focus had narrowed to capturing or killing 10 to 20 crucial leaders of the terrorist group in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. Mr. Panetta, who took over as defense secretary from Robert M. Gates on July 1, made his comments aboard his plane before arriving on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. They were Mr. Panetta’s first public remarks in his new post and among the most positive from a senior American national security official about the decade-old war against the terrorist organization, founded by Osama bin Laden, that was responsible for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Mr. Panetta, who as director of the Central Intelligence Agency ran the American commando raid that killed Bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, said that vanquishing Al Qaeda was one of his most important goals as defense secretary. “Obviously we made an important start with that in getting rid of Bin Laden,” Mr. Panetta said. “We’re within reach of strategically defeating Al Qaeda. And I’m hoping to be able to focus on that, working obviously with my prior agency as well.”


Mr. Panetta, in one of the most specific descriptions from an Obama administration official about Mr. Zawahri’s whereabouts, said that he believed Mr. Zawahri was living in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest frontier. But, he acknowledged, “With these guys you never know. But at least the best intelligence we have is that he’s located somewhere there.” Mr. Panetta indicated that he had raised the issue of Mr. Zawahri with Pakistan’s powerful spy agency, the directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence. “One of the last things I did as director of the C.I.A. was to sit down with my counterparts in Pakistan and make clear to them that there are a set of targets that we have,” Mr. Panetta said. “And the more they can help us go after those targets, the more we will have the ability to achieve our goals in Pakistan.” On who in Pakistan knew about Bin Laden’s hideaway in Abbottabad, Mr. Panetta said he had “suspicions, but no smoking gun.” Later, after a meeting with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, Mr. Panetta made his first public gaffe as defense secretary: He told reporters that 70,000 American troops would remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2014.

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 7, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 7, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - July 7, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued July 7, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $119,415,215 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of two Lot 86 Harpoon missile bodies; two exercise Grade B canister All Up Round (AUR); eight anti-submarine rocket AUR; and associated hardware for the government of Taiwan. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of four exercise air launch and associated hardware for the government of Taiwan (two) and India (two); 20 tatical air launch AUR for the government of India; 20 tactical light weight canister AUR for the government of Egypt; and Harpoon-associated hardware for the governments of Singapore, Japan, Australia, Korea and Canada. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Mo. (43.5 percent); McKinney, Texas (13.5 percent); Toledo, Ohio (6.0 percent); Motherwell, United Kingdom (4.4 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3.6 percent); Lititz, Pa. (3.5 percent); Elkton, Md. (3.0 percent); Grove, Okla. (2.6 percent); Black Mountain, N.C. (2.2 percent); Middletown, Conn. (1.8 percent); Kirkwood, Mo. (1.6 percent); Galena, Kan. (1.5 percent); Joplin, Mo. (1.3 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (1.1 percent); Chandler, Ariz. (1.0 percent); Palo Alto, Calif. (0.8 percent); McCalester, Okla. (0.8 percent); El Paso, Texas (0.7 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (0.7 percent); Lancaster, Pa. (0.7 percent); Estill Springs, Tenn. (0.6 percent); and various location in and outside the continental U.S. (5.1 percent). Work is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Taiwan ($26,939,620; 22.5 percent); India ($35,107,410; 29.4 percent); Egypt ($51,197,160; 42.9 percent); Singapore ($404,441; 0.3 percent); Japan ($2,051,762; 1.7 percent); Australia ($1,883,516; 1.6 percent); Korea ($1,155,312; 1.0 percent); and Canada ($675,994; 0.6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contact was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0300).

G4S-SJC, LLC, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $90,000,000 design-build indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract for various repairs, alteration, construction, and demolition work to shore facilities at the U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $3,951,880 for the repair shoreline revetment at the back of Bachelor Officers Quarters 7 at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia; task order 0002 is being awarded at $1,172,466 for the replacement of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at facility number 939, Air Force Galley, Diego Garcia; task order 0003 is being awarded at $217,571 for the construction of a shelter for two base stations at U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work for all three task orders is expected to be completed by July 2012. All work on this contract will be performed in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $3,951,880 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Asia Navy Electronic Commerce Online websitewith four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-11-D-0004).

Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $46,158,317 modification to increase funding to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive fee contract (N0019-07-C-0097) for the conventional takeoff and landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, England (20 percent); Orlando, Fla., (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $34,300,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Aquate Corp., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $44,590,377 cost-plus-fixed-fee/hybrid-cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price completion contract to provide work efforts for procurement, total package fielding, and sustainment support of state-of-the-art commercial-off-the-shelf equipment in support of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives used by responders for combating weapons of mass effect. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-11-C-0037).

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., was awarded on July 5 a $15,776,023 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2100) for continued engineering, technical services, concept studies, and design of a common missile compartment for the United Kingdom Successor SSBN and the Ohio replacement SSBN submarine. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (93 percent); Quonset Point, R.I. (3 percent); Newport News, Va. (2 percent); and Newport, R.I. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2011. 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.

Makers Architecture and Urban Design, LLP*, Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a maximum amount $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for facilities planning documentation services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for project planning documents, plans, studies, geo-spatial information and service, global positioning system services and other services. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to, California (87 percent), Arizona (5 percent), Nevada (5 percent), Colorado (1 percent), New Mexico (1 percent), and Utah (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed by July 2014. 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 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-11-D-0010).

TCOM, LP*, Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $10,224,392 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-11-C-0250) for the procurement of hardware in support of phase three of the Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (PGSS) for the Army. Hardware to be procured includes five 22M+ aerostat systems, six tether-up spares kits, and two line replaceable units/site spares to outfit and enhance the capabilities of the existing PGSS currently fielded. Work will be performed in Elizabeth City, N.C. (90 percent), and Columbia, Md. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM4AX-09-D-9404/P00087. Award is a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $70,595,754 for supply spare parts to support numerous aircraft platforms. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is July 7, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity.

Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $29,643,016 for ground tires. Other locations of performance are Indiana and South Carolina. Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0144).

Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $9,887,860 for ground tires. Other locations of performance are Spartanburg, S.C., and France, Spain, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Romania, Italy, Canada. Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0142).

Plaza Fueling Agents, Inc.*, Newport News, Va., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $8,599,340 for marine gas oil. Other locations of performance are Pennsylvania and Maryland. Using services are Navy, Coast Guard, and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2015. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-11-D-0374).

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Tribalco, LLC, Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a contract option which will increase the total estimated contract ceiling to $54,595,617 for the four-year ordering period indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of tactical combat casualty care sets in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. The work will be performed in Bethesda, Md., and is expected to be completed in 2015. This contract was awarded through competitive acquisition, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(4)(B) and 41 U.S.C. 253b(d)(3). U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-10-D-0023).

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $37,274,119 contract under its indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development and test period which consists of an engineering development model, engineering services, training, long lead time materials, and travel. The contract is for the Shallow Water Combat Submersible in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, Program Executive Office-Maritime. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed within 24 months from issuance of delivery order. U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-11-D-0002).

FSCX, Inc., Lawton, Okla., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price contract in the amount of $17,560,721 for a base year and four one-year option periods for survival evasion resistance escape instruction support in support of U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The work will be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., and surrounding areas and is expected to expire in July 2016. This contract was awarded as a service disable veteran owned small business set-aside. U.S. Army Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92239-11-C-0011).

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 7, 2011

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