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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 3, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 3, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 3, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 3, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, was awarded a $313,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program base life support services in Iraq in support of the Department of State. Work will be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. Three bids were solicited, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-07-D-0009).

ECC International, L.L.C., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded an $82,952,183 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of buildings, parking, utilities and other infrastructure for Afghanistan National Army personnel. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through a full-and-open competition, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kandahar, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W5J9LE-11-C-0043).

Navistar Defense, L.L.C., Lisle, Ill., was awarded an $82,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide for a general transport truck and spare parts, and a recovery truck and spare parts. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2011. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-G097).

Tamsah Marker, J.V., L.L.C., Bellefontaine, Ohio, was awarded an $11,601,100 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction services to build a training and administrative complex, a warehouse and parking for both facilities. Work will be performed in Springfield, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. There were 19 bids solicited, with 19 bids received . The National Guard Bureau, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-11-C-0004).

Zodiac of North America, Stevensville, Md., was awarded a $10,927,184 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a minimum of 20 seven-person inflatable landing crafts, with a maximum quantity ceiling set at 888. Work will be performed in Stevensville, Md., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 1, 2014. Four bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-0154).

OptiMetrics, Inc., Abingdon, Md., was awarded a $9,996,657 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the development and implementation of advanced models, simulation and analytical tools to increase the capacity of decontamination services. Work will be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and Abingdon, Md., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-11-D-0068).

Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded an $8,390,376 firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of PATRIOT missile M818E3A fuzes and upgrade of M818E2 fuzes to M818E3A fuze configuration for the country of Japan. Work will be performed in Lowell, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0224).

NAVY

Pacific Tech - Sauer, J.V.*, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $14,996,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a single-bay hangar that will provide space for one B-52 aircraft and related weapons loading training functions at Barksdale Air Force Base. The proposed new construction will consist of a hangar bay and an administrative and shop area. The administrative area includes an auditorium. The new hangar shall have a reinforced concrete foundation, with a structure of steel columns and joists, an insulated metal exterior, and a standing seam metal roof. Work will be performed in Shreveport, La., and is expected to be completed by January 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 18 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-11-C-1757).

Omniphase Research Laboratories, Inc.*, Newport Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $10,367,845 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for production, evaluation and repair of MK-666 continuous wave illuminator noise test sets; a component of the MK-99 fire control system. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (76 percent), and the governments of Australia and Spain (24 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Newport Beach, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. Omniphase Research Laboratories, Inc., is the only certified source having the specific design and manufacturing processes used for the production and repair of the MK-666 continuous wave illuminator noise test sets. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-11-D-GR72).

Waterman Steamship Corp., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a one-year $10,008,967 firm-fixed-price contract for the worldwide charter of one United States-flagged, Ice-class, self-sustaining cargo ship. The cargo ship will be employed in worldwide cargo delivery to support the Department of Defense. This contract includes three 12-month option periods and one 11-month option period, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative firm-fixed-value of this contract to $49,953,037. Work will be performed at sea worldwide, including a delivery each year to Antarctica for the National Science Foundation, and a delivery each year to Greenland for the Department of Defense. Work is expected to be completed December 2012, and if all option periods are exercised, by November 2016. Contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2012 funding, and funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitations posted to Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with more than 50 companies solicited and six offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-11-C-5503).

ControlPoint Surveying, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum amount $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineer services contract for architect-engineering services for topographic, hydrographic, cadastral, and pavement condition surveys with associated note reduction and plotting results including finished mapping at various locations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. 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 the Far East (15 percent). The term of contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of July 2014. This contract contains two one-year options, which, if exercised, will not change the cumulative value of the contract. 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 17 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-11-D-0010).

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated August 4, 2011

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: DTN News Congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama On His 50th Birthday....God Bless Him & God Bless America

Defense News: DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: DTN News Congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama On His 50th Birthday....God Bless Him & God Bless America
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 3, 2011: On Wednesday night, Obama was feted by about 2,000 political friends at a pair of campaign fundraisers in the Windy City.
At one, a crowd of 1,500 paid $50 each to hear Jennifer Hudson, Herbie Hancock and OK Go serenade the president.


U.S. President Barack Obama listens as performers, including Jennifer Hudson, sing "Happy Birthday" to him to celebrate his 50th birthday before he delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago August 3, 2011. A second, smaller fundraiser featured 100 backers paying $35,800 each.

In addition, Obama supporters and field organizers held more than 1,100 birthday-themed house parties across the country. The president planned to host a video teleconference that connected all of those gatherings.
In a recent interview with NPR, he said, "I feel real good about 5-0."

"Obviously, I've gotten a little grayer since I took this job, but otherwise I feel pretty good," the president said. "And Michelle, you know, says that, she still thinks I'm cute — and I guess that's all that matters, isn't it?"

Obama is among the youngest of presidents. Only six others have turned 50 on the job: James Polk, Franklin Pierce, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
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Obama, only the second president in the past century to turn 50 in office, has lived through a remarkable half-century.

In 1961, the year the nation's first African-American president was born, thugs beat up "Freedom Riders" who rode buses to protest segregation in the South.

Two days after Obama's 4th birthday, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, eliminating barriers designed to disenfranchise African Americans.

Obama turned 30 the year of the United States' first war with Iraq and the demise of the Soviet Union.

Based on his recent NPR interview, Obama has already received one birthday gift.

"You know, what I really want right now is to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday," Obama said. "That's kind of sad, I know."

"Maybe I'll have a good hamburger on my birthday as well," he added.



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DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Death Toll Mounts In Syria As UN Debates Resolution

Defense News: DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Death Toll Mounts In Syria As UN Debates Resolution
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 3, 2011: Syrian security forces have intensified their bloody siege against anti-government protesters, sending the three-day death toll above 130 as President Bashar al-Assad's international isolation deepens.

Rights activists and witnesses Tuesday said troops and pro-Assad "shabbiha" militiamen attacked the flashpoint city of Hama for the third day in a row, killing three more people and sending other residents fleeing for their lives. Most of the deaths in Assad's three-day military assault have occurred in Hama.


The United Nations Security Council is set to meet for a third day Wednesday to discuss possible actions to punish Syria. It has debated a European-drafted, U.S.-backed resolution that calls on Syria to stop assaulting its cities, implement political reforms and launch an impartial investigation into attacks on anti-government protesters.

Russia, a longtime ally of Damascus, suggested for the first time Tuesday that it would not oppose a U.N. resolution to condemn the violence. Moscow has long resisted any such measure by the Council, where it holds a veto.

Russia is pushing for a balanced response from the Council that would blame Syrian authorities and the opposition for the violence.

In Washington Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Syrian political activists in her first attempt to reach out to the expatriate opposition since the start of anti-government protests.

She encouraged the activists to work with those in Syria, and said the United States will continue to support the Syrian people. Clinton also said the U.S. is working on additional sanctions.

Syrian activists also called on U.S. President Barack Obama to call for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down. President Obama said last month that Assad was "losing legitimacy in the eyes of his people" and had missed multiple opportunities to present genuine reforms.

Also Tuesday, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights warned Syria that "the world is watching" developments there. Navi Pillay bluntly criticized what she called Mr. Assad's efforts to shield the brutality of its crackdown by banning most foreign news coverage and preventing a U.N. fact-finding mission from visiting.

Italy also became the first European Union country to recall its ambassador from Syria, citing what it called the "horrible repression of the civilian population."

Rights groups say Syrian forces have killed at least 1,700 civilians since the largely peaceful uprising began in March. The government has blamed much of the violence on what it says are terrorists and militants who have killed nearly 400 security personnel.

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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian Tanks Occupied The Main In Central Hama After Heavy Shelling Of The City On Wednesday, resident said.

"All communications have been cut off. The regime is using the media focus on the Hosni Mubarak trial to finish off Hama," one of the residents told Reuters by satellite phone from the city, adding that shelling concentrated on al-Hader district, large parts of which were was razed during a 1982 military assault on Hama that killed thousands.


The square has been the venue of some of the largest demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad's rule during a five month street uprising for political freedoms.



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