Thursday, June 2, 2011

DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 2 F-15K Slam Eagles To the Republic Of Korea

Defense News: DTN News - KOREAN DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers 2 F-15K Slam Eagles To the Republic Of Korea
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DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea, June 2, 2011: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered two F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft -- designated F-15K49 and F-15K50 -- to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base on May 30.


The aircraft departed the Boeing St. Louis facility on May 25 and made stops in Palmdale, Calif., Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before arriving in Korea.

"Boeing has now delivered 10 F-15Ks to the Republic of Korea under the Next Fighter II contract," said Roger Besancenez, Boeing F-15 Program vice president. "We remain laser focused on providing first time quality on every F-15K we deliver to this important customer. We are proud that the F-15K is a cost-certain, schedule-certain solution for the Republic of Korea."
Boeing delivered the first six of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract in 2010 and two more in April. The remaining 11 aircraft will be delivered through April 2012.
Six of the new F-15K Slam Eagles are scheduled to participate in an advanced aerial combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in early 2012.

The F-15K is an advanced variant of the combat-proven F-15E. Equipped with the latest technological upgrades, it is extremely capable, survivable and maintainable. The aircraft's service life is planned through 2040, with technology insertions and upgrades throughout its life cycle. Boeing completed delivery of 40 Next Fighter I aircraft to the ROKAF in October 2008.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 65,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

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F-15 Communications
Office: 314-234-6996
Mobile: 314-705-0895
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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 2, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 2, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 2, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued June 2, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $61,138,793 firm-fixed-price contract modification for the C-130 Avionic Modernization Program (AMP) low rate initial production, part two to Lot 2, including two C-130 AMP kits; engineering and program management support; initial spares and support equipment for Little Rock Air Force Base and St. Joseph’s Air National Guard Base; a functional test bed modification; a C-130 AMP part task trainer ;and a C-130 AMP Weapon System Trainer. ASC/WLNMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-08-C-6481 PO0020).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $22,433,052 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification for: software maintenance, covering the tasks necessary for the contractor to maintain and support software for air vehicle, ground and support segments; and flight test, covering the tasks necessary for the Global Hawk (GH) system integrator (prime contractor) to participate in planning, provisioning, conducting, analyzing, and documenting an integrated GH Combined Development/Operational Flight Test Program. These tasks provide the software maintenance and flight test to keep the development program operating. ASC/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600 PO0422).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $13,687,329 firm-fixed-price contract modification for the infrastructure portion of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) block load effort, which provides for the necessary tasks that allow the contractor to manage the day-to-day EMD contract operations of the Global Hawk weapon system including air vehicle, ground segment, and support segment. These tasks provide the infrastructure necessary to keep the developmental program operational. They are not directly tied to any one specific developmental capability. ASC/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600 PO0425).

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $53,396,891 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee VH-71 system development and demonstration contract (N00019-05-C-0030), which was terminated for the convenience of the government. This modification provides funding for post-termination related expenses, including, but not limited to: the physical inventory of contractor acquired property; proposal preparation; security; disposition of contract inventory; subcontractor settlement costs; and termination management activities. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (36 percent), and at various subcontractor facilities located within the United States and in the United Kingdom and Italy (64 percent), and is expected to be completed no later than September 2012. 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.

Andale Construction, Inc./Sundt 8A Mentor Protege JV*, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $39,899,693 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of two multi-story 85-room Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Camp Johnson, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. This project also includes the construction of a telephone exchange building, cable vault, and duct bank. The project will conform to anti-terrorism/force protection standards and follow Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and Federal Energy Acts compliance criteria for design, development, and construction of the project. The contract also contains three options and one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $40,949,693. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 21 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-C-4020).

Kisaq-RQ JV*, Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded a $37,963,850 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of two multi-story 101-room Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The contract also contains one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $40,989,362. Work will be performed in Havelock, N.C., and is expected to be completed by July 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with nine proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-C-4026).

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $36,007,842 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for nuclear weapons security equipment installation and maintenance and training services. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass. (37 percent); Bangor, Wash. (26 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (23 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (12 percent); and Cape Canaveral, Fla. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed Jan. 31, 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Navy Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-11-C-0019).

Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead, Calif., is being awarded a $35,592,071 firm-fixed-price modification to increase the maximum dollar of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity utility contract (N68711-70-C-1201) for the services necessary to construct and maintain the 155KV power line upgrades and Leatherneck substation at the vicinity of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. The work to be performed provides for constructing the new Leatherneck substation; upgrading the existing substations at Devers, Yucca, Hi Desert and Cardoean; creating a new subtransmission line to connect Carodean and Hi Desert off-base substations to the Leatherneck substation; and installing fiber optic lines on existing poles between the Devers and Carodean substations to connect with the Leatherneck substation. After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $39,149,630. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Andale Construction, Inc./Sundt 8A Mentor Protege JV*, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $31,577,805 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of two multi-story 100-room Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at French Creek, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Supporting facilities include site lighting, paved parking and roadways, sidewalks, miscellaneous concrete pads, staging and drying area for field equipment, stormwater management system, clearing and grubbing, earthwork, access roads, lighted basketball and volleyball courts, picnic shelter and barbecue pit, landscaping, and building and roadway signage. The contract also contains three unexercised options which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $41,221,824. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by August 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 24 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-C-4021).

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $25,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a high bay hanger for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Air Systems program at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The proposed new construction will consist of maintenance operations/administrative spaces, storage and work spaces, communication rooms, lab spaces, offices and administrative spaces, a mission control system, and spaces to support major acquisition and test and evaluation programs, and sensitive compartmented information facility area. The project also includes an aircraft parking apron, taxiway access, line vehicle parking spaces, antenna farm, mobile command ground station, contractor storage building, roadway and on-site parking, and site improvements. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed by July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 19 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-11-C-0154).

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a contract modification in an amount not-to-exceed $25,300,000 to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2308) for long lead time material for DDG 113. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio (60 percent), and Pascagoula, Miss. (40 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 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.

ENVIRO AgScience, Inc.*, Columbia, S.C., is being awarded a $14,822,624 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of the mess hall located at French Creek, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for a single-story enlisted dining facility. The contract also contains one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $16,185,295. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by February 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 11 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-C-4022).

The DCK North America, LLC, Large, Pa., is being awarded $10,878,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-10-D-5329) for construction of a motor transportation/communications maintenance facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for construction of a multi-story motor transport and electronics/communications operations and maintenance facility. Site improvements include a tactical vehicle skills training range, heavy-duty pavement, wash racks, tactical vehicle and personally owned vehicle parking. Site utility distribution systems include low impact development in the design and construction of this project. This project also includes the demolition of four buildings/structures. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by November 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Gale Associates, Inc., Towson, Md., is being awarded a maximum amount $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract with for civil/structural/architectural/mechanical/electrical and fire protection services in support of projects at military installations throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility (AOR). Task order 0001 is being awarded at $100,840 for the exterior restoration of Scholand Hall, Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, Newport, R.I. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by September 2011. All work will be performed in the Mid-Atlantic Northeast AOR including, but not limited to, Rhode Island (20 percent); Maine (20 percent); Connecticut (15 percent); New Jersey (15 percent); Pennsylvania (10 percent); New York (5 percent); New Hampshire (5 percent), Massachusetts (5 percent); Vermont (3 percent); and Delaware (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $100,840 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 65 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Northeast Integrated Product Team, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-D-7207).

Science Applications International Corp., Lexington Park, Md. (N00421-10-D-0016); Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va. (N00421-10-D-0017); L-3 Communications Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J. (N00421-10-D-0018); and National Technologies, Inc., Alexandria, Va. (N00421-10-D-0019), are being awarded modifications to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to exercise options for business financial management and program and business analysis services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft (NAWCAD). A not-to-exceed shared ceiling of $9,665,555 exists for the ordering period and each contractor will be provided a fair opportunity to compete for individual task orders. Work will be performed at NAWCAD Patuxent River, Md. (89.9 percent), and NAWCAD Lakehurst, N.J. (10.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

AAR Airlift Group, Inc., Palm Bay, Fla., is being awarded a $27,959,862 option year modification for fixed wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services. Work will be performed in Afghanistan. The option will start June 1, 2011, to be completed by May 31, 2012. This contract was a competitive acquisition. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R016).

Evergreen Helicopters, Alaska, Anchorage, is being awarded a $15,368,000 option year modification for fixed wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services. Work will be performed in Afghanistan. The option will start June 1, 2011, to be completed by May 31, 2012. This contract was a competitive acquisition. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R017).

Berry Aviation, Inc., San Marcos, Texas, is being awarded a $25,993,597 option year modification for fixed wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services. Work will be performed in Afghanistan. The option will start June 1, 2011, to be completed by May 31, 2012. This contract was a competitive acquisition. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R018).

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DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Russia May Buy An-70 Transport Planes By 2012-13

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(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - June 2, 2011:

Russia may start buying Ukrainian-built An-70 propfan military transport aircraft in 2012-2013, deputy commander of the Russian Air Force Maj. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said on

Wednesday.


"The plane is undergoing factory tests, and next year it will be tested by [Russian] military pilots," Bondarev said.

A final decision on the purchase of the An-70 will be maid by a state commission on the basis of the tests results, General Bondarev said.

The An-70 is a medium-range propfan-powered military transport plane developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau. The Antonov company first tested a prototype An-70 in 1994, but a lack of Ukrainian state funds, and political disputes between Moscow and Kiev have prevented large-scale production of the aircraft.

Russia said in 2006 that it would pull out of the project, and buy the Il-76MF instead, after the program suffered a series of setbacks including problems with the propfan engine and two crashes involving prototypes.

The recent thaw in Russian-Ukrainian relations saw Moscow renew long-stalled funding to Ukraine in 2009 for eventual joint production of the plane, although the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said last year it would not finance the project.

There are up to 300 transport aircraft in service with the Russian Air Force, including An-12 Cub, Il-76MD and An-124 Condor transport aircraft.

The An-70 is intended to replace Russia's ageing An-12 aircraft.

Russian Airborne Troops Commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said last year that his service had ordered 40 An-70 planes under the new state arms procurement program for 2011-2020.

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DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese And NATO Arms Better Than Russian?

Defense News: DTN News - RUSSIA DEFENSE NEWS: Chinese And NATO Arms Better Than Russian?
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 2, 2011: The Russian defense industry manufactures poor quality arms for ground forces. NATO and China produce better quality hardware, the commander of Russian ground troops Alexander Postnikov said

"THE COMBAT VEHICLE ARSENAL, ARTILLERY SYSTEMS AND SMALL ARMS PRODUCED BY THE DOMESTIC DEFENSE INDUSTRY FALL BEHIND NATO AND EVEN CHINESE ARMS," THE OFFICIAL STATED.

Postnikov particularly cracked down on the Russian T-90 tank, which, as he said, "was a 17th modification of the Soviet T-72 tank produced since 1973. According to the official, a tank like that currently costs 118 million rubles ($4 million). "It would be easier for us to purchase three Leopards from Germany for this money," he said.

He did not explain, though, why India prefers to buy one Russian T-90 tank instead of three German Leopards. India plans to use T-90s to replace its outdated T-72 and T-55 tanks. Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan also signed contracts with Russia for the delivery of such machines, but Mr. Postnikov disregarded that too.

There are other interesting aspects to the story. According to media reports, in 2010, one T-90 tank was valued at 70 million rubles ($2.3 million). Therefore, it is not clear how the cost increased more than 1.7 times in less than a year.

Here is another aspect. Cheapest and oldest Leopards cost not less than 70 million rubles as of 2009. As for Leopard 2A6, the cost of this machine is 172.2 million rubles ($5.7 million).

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t is worthy of note than 80 countries of the world purchase arms from Russia today. The volume of Russian arms sales grows every year by $600 million. However, according to Mr. Postnikov, all these countries buy outdated and extremely expensive hardware. Moreover, Russia's arms sales in 2010 were evaluated at $10 billion vs. $8.8 billion earned in 2009, Rosoboronexport said.

Do the governments of 80 countries purchase Russian arms to cause damage to their own detriment? Nevertheless, it is not the first time, when officials from the Russian Defense Ministry express negative remarks about the quality of domestic military hardware.

It was particularly said, for instance, that Russia would launch the license production of Italian Iveco Lynx armored vehicles in 2011. No one could prove, though, that Russian analogues of those vehicles are worse.

Vladimir Popovkin, first deputy defense minister, complained of the poor state of affairs in the development of Russian unmanned aircraft. Russia spent five billion rubles for the purpose, but failed to achieve any progress, the official claimed.

Alexander Postnikov, the commander of the Russian ground forces, said in September of 2010 that his troops had completed test flights of 22 Russian drones. The designers achieved impressive progress, Postnikov said and added that some drones could be put into service soon.

These are contradictory statements, but it seems that Russia is not going to refuse from purchasing the drones of Israeli production.

The most controversial statement was released by Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in December of 2010. He stated that Russia could replace its iconic Kalashnikovs and SVD rifles with foreign analogues.

Vladislav Shurygin, a military expert:

"Those saying that the production of the Russian defense industry is worse and more expensive than Western and even Chinese analogues need to have their heads examined. Such remarks can bury all our defense contracts, so they are voiced by those who should be considered as enemies of their own country.

"As for the condition of the national defense industry, it is a very complicated one indeed. Russia has been living on the Soviet legacy during the recent 20 years. We have not been investing anything in the modernization of our defense industry. As a result, one can hear some people saying that Russia is incapable of building high-quality arms. However, T-90 tanks are not outdated. This vehicle operates perfectly under the conditions of the Russian climate. No one can give guarantees that foreign tanks will do well in low temperatures.

"As for the quality, it has decreased too. For example, the quality of armor that is produced today is lower than the quality of Soviet armor produced during the 1980s. Russia lost many technologies during the period of so-called democratic reforms.

"If we start to purchase hardware from abroad, we will go back to the level of the 19th century. We will not be able to defend our national interest," the expert said.
Nikolai Novichkov, editor-in-chief of Arms-Tass news agency:

"I believe that Postnikov has a point. President Medvedev stated several days ago that there were no qualified engineers left in the country. Instead, we have the multi-million-strong army of managers and lawyers, he said. One should think about that when analyzing the situation in the Russian defense industry. Many employees working at our defense enterprises are in their fifties and sixties. Young people do not go to work in the defense industry, because they pay about 15,000 rubles there ($500) a month. If someone comes to work there, they soon leave to work as managers to get more money," Novichkov said.

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