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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 15, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 15, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - July 15, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued July 15, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization awarded Stratos Government Services Inc, 1400 Eye Street, Washington D.C., an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Military Sealift Command’s next generation wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service on July 12, 2011. The contract, with a $315,000,000 not-to-exceed ceiling price and a guaranteed first-year minimum of $5 million, will replace the current MSC Afloat Bandwidth Efficient Satellite Transport (BEST) commercial satellite communications infrastructure. The period of performance is 12 July 2011 through 11 July 2019 (four-year base period plus four one-year option periods). Performance will be at various locations world-wide. The contract number is HC1013-11-D-0102.

NAVY

Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $141,964,119 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0021 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement 140 MaxxPro Recovery Vehicles (MRVs) and logistics sustainment spares and support. MRVs support U.S. and coalition forces requiring assistance resulting from disabled vehicles during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn. Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., and work is expected to be completed by the end of November 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on July 14, 2011, a $24,068,204 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 57MM HE-3P cartridges and 57MM target practice cartridges. This contract is for fabrication, testing, inspection and delivery of 57MM, MK 295 MOD 0, high explosive pre-fragmented programmable, proximity fuzed (HE-3P) cartridges and 57MM, MK 296 MOD 0, target practice cartridges to function in the MK 110 MOD 0 gun mount. Work will be performed in Bjorkborn, Sweden, and is expected to be completed by November 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-11-C-0039).

GE Aviation Systems, LLC, Santa Ana, Calif., is being awarded a $20,339,889 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0076) for the procurement of 240 FPU-12/A 480 gallon external fuel tanks for the F/A-18 E/F (112) and the EA-18G (128) aircraft, including related program support . Work will be performed in Santa Ana, Calif., and is expected to be completed in February 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $4,975,889 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

DTI Associates, Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $15,165,201 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5132) for professional support services to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. These services include support services in the areas of program management, business financial management, and systems engineering for the Pentagon, Navy Annex, and Crystal City locations. The primary responsibilities of OPNAV N86 are to oversee and support integration of capabilities and resources to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. The contractor will provide subject matter experts, critical budget and finance support, and support in the development of operational requirements and concept of operations analysis. The contractor will coordinate program input and support between other government agencies, foreign services, academia, technical activities, laboratories, warfare centers, and industry. Work will be performed in the Washington, D.C. metro area and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $7,127,644 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Element Environmental LLC, Aiea, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum amount $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for installation restoration investigations at various Navy and Marine Corps activities in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for engineering, chemistry, geology, hydrogeology, human health and ecological risk assessment, social and life sciences, drafting, electronic data management, statistics, health and safety, and other support services. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to, Hawaii, Guam, and Japan, and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $25,000 will 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, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-11-D-1821).

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., was awarded July 13, a $12,674,979 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) FY11 Extended Docking Phased Maintenance Availability. An Extended Docking Phased Maintenance Availability is an extensive ship renovation and modernization, including alterations and repairs, including inspection and testing of all ship’s systems and components ensuring safe and dependable operation of the ship. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $12,674,979 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., is being awarded a $7,785,143, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for electro-optics sensor (EOS) systems, failure analysis, repairs, upgrades, field repairs, provision item order spares, maintenance training, and data in support of the Naval Shipboard Protection System program. The EOS systems are rugged and ship mountable to provide surface ships with a day/night, high-resolution, infrared and visible band imaging capability, as well as range finding capability, to augment existing optical and radar sensors for the purpose of detecting and identifying asymmetric threats. The EOS systems will be operated on military maritime crafts exposed to harsh operating and environmental conditions. The EOS systems will be used to detect threats as they are entering into a U.S. Navy exclusion zone. Work will be performed in Wilsonville, Ore., and is expected to be completed by July 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $65,397will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-11-D-JQ64).

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is announcing the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification, option exercise, under contract HQ0147-09-C-0007 to The Boeing Company of Huntsville, Alabama. The total value of this contract modification is $36,723,335 increasing the total contract value to $697,000,221. Under this contract modification, the contractor will manage the Ground-based Midcourse (GMD) Defense Weapon System Sustainment and Operations Support to include system sustainment, training, and operations support of the GMD mission assets. The work will be performed in Fort Greely, Alaska, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. The performance period is from 1 September through November 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The MDA, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Camel Manufacturing, Pioneer, Tenn.,* was awarded contract SPM1C1-11-C-0019. The award is a firm fixed price contract with a maximum $8,611,440 for lightweight maintenance enclosures. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is October 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Crown Clothing Co., Vineland, N.J., ** was awarded contract SPM1C1-08-R-1144. The award is a firm fixed price contract with a maximum $8,372,133 for coats. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Marine Corps. The date of performance completion is July 26, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

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U.S. DoD issued No. 612-11 July 15, 2011
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DTN News: Iran Top Stories / Headlines News Dated July 15, 2011

Defense News: DTN News: Iran Top Stories / Headlines News Dated July 15, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 15, 2011: Comprehensive daily news related to Iran for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related to Iran Top Stories / Headlines News for the world of TODAY


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Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:41AM
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has denounced “serial bomb blasts” that struck various parts of the Indian port city of Mumbai.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:45AM
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warns of a new 'blame-game' scheme by Americans against the Islamic Republic, saying the US seeks to justify its defeats in the region.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:9AM
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says the country has taken major strides towards constructing new flying boats, including frigates, while planning to manufacture new arms.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:37AM
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expresses Tehran's firm determination to improve ties with European countries, underlining measures towards building mutual trust.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:6AM
Iran's annual crude steel production has doubled over a five-year period, says the caretaker Minister of Industry and Mine Mehdi Qazanfari.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48AM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a message, has invited Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Iran in the near future.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:50PM
Iran plans to hold an international conference to show solidarity with the Intifada (uprising) staged by the Palestinians against the Israeli regime, an Iranian lawmaker says.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:51PM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has laid out a new “step-by-step” approach that would enable Iran to take steps to address questions raised by the UN nuclear agency on the country's nuclear program.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:56PM
Iran has called on the Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8) to play a more active role in the regional and international establishment of peace and stability.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:40PM
A recent survey conducted in Germany has revealed that the people of the European country perceive the United States as a more serious threat to global peace than Iran.
Economy
Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:6AM
Iran's annual crude steel production has doubled over a five-year period, says the caretaker Minister of Industry and Mine Mehdi Qazanfari.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:41AM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the country plans to expand its non-oil exports to more than 45 billion dollars in the current Iranian calendar year.
Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:17PM
Iranian and Ukrainian officials have called for increasing the volume of trade exchange between the two countries from the current one billion dollars to 2.5 billion dollars.
Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:24AM
Iran's international oil bourse has officially been inaugurated on the Persian Gulf island of Kish for the convenience of international customers.
Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:45AM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated four major projects worth about 420 million dollars in West Azarbaijan Province.
Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:31AM
Iran's non-oil exports have surpassed 32 billion dollars in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20), an Iranian official says.
Sat Jul 9, 2011 5:34PM
Iran signs a document of cooperation on observation of commodity standards with China, preventing imports of low-quality Chinese goods into the country.
Sat Jul 9, 2011 11:49AM
Iran Khodro (IKCO), the leading auto-manufacturer in the Middle East, has announced readiness for the mass-production of a new economy car.
Thu Jul 7, 2011 8:19PM
Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi says the Islamic Republic and Iraq have agreed to increase the volume of their bilateral trade to $20 billion in the near future.
Wed Jul 6, 2011 5:29PM
Iran and Iraq have signed six Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to expand cooperation in various
sectors.
Energy
Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:56AM
Iran will start exporting natural gas to Oman through an undersea pipeline by March 2012, Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Javad Oji says.
Wed Jul 6, 2011 7:49AM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated the country's highest concrete dam in the southwestern Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.
Wed Jul 6, 2011 7:46AM
Iran and Russia have reportedly reached an agreement to set up a 1.5-billion-dollar petrochemical complex in the Assaluyeh seaport at the Persian Gulf.
Tue Jul 5, 2011 3:8PM
The Iraqi ambassador to Iran says Tehran and Baghdad are set to discuss transferring Iran's natural gas to Europe via Iraq and Syria.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 2:50PM
Iran's President Ahmadinejad has travelled to the southeastern province of Sistan Baluchestan to attend the inaugural ceremonies of major infrastructure projects.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 9:37AM
Iran plans to invest more than 40 billion dollars in its oil industry by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ending March 20), a senior Iranian Oil Ministry official says.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 5:31AM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated a 318-megawatt combined cycle power plant in Iran's southeastern city of Chabahar.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 12:44AM
Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Mohsen Khojastehmehr says the Islamic Republic produces $217 billion worth of oil and gas products per year.
Sun Jul 3, 2011 8:49AM
Iran has exported USD 2 billion worth of petrochemical products in the two months ending May 20, says the National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC).
Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:3PM
Iran has launched its first wind-solar hybrid power plant in a Persian Gulf island to increase the country's share of renewable energies.
Nuclear Energy
Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:51PM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has laid out a new “step-by-step” approach that would enable Iran to take steps to address questions raised by the UN nuclear agency on the country's nuclear program.
Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:3AM
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to adopt “appropriate” measures with respect to the country's nuclear program.
Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:41PM
Iran says it will not compromise on its “inalienable right” to peaceful nuclear technology, reiterating Tehran's adamancy to international commitments.
Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:6AM
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to establish a new mechanism to help resolve outstanding issues pertaining to the country's nuclear issue.
Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:23AM
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should not impose conditions for visiting Iran, which is a member state.
Thu Jul 7, 2011 10:20AM
UN Under-Secretary General Sergio Duarte has welcomed Iran's initiative to extend and invitation to the body's nuclear chief for visiting Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.
Mon Jul 4, 2011 9:52AM
An Iranian lawmaker has questioned an American official's offer of talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, describing the proposal as “political mischief.”
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:2AM
Iran's mission to the United Nations has categorically dismissed accusations leveled by US media against Tehran's nuclear program, insisting on an objective and non-political approach to the issue.
Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:38AM
Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran's nuclear program is politically judged, urging the establishment of a unified framework devoid of any sort of bias to deal with the nation's nuclear program.
Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:8AM
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is located on the Persian Gulf coast, will come on stream by the end of August.
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