DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 29, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 29, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  370-13 May 29, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 29, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 29, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Philips Healthcare Informatics, Foster City, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $88,477,787 modification (P00002) exercising the first option year of a two year base contract (SPM2D1-11-D-8305) with one two-year option and one one-year option periods for digital imaging network-picture archive communication system.  The contract is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Location of performance is California with a June 2, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2015 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NAVY

            ManTech TSG-1 Joint Venture - Fairfax, Va. (N00189-13-D-0019); TASC Inc., Andover, Md. (N00189-13-D-0020); Gryphon Technologies L.C., Washington, D.C. (N00189-13-D-0021); CGI Federal Inc., Fairfax, Va. (N00189-13-D-0022); Alion Science and Technology Corp., Burr Ridge, Ill. (N00189-13-D-0023); Wyle Laboratories Inc., Huntsville, Ala. (N00189-13-D-0024); and Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va. (N00189-13-D-0025), is being awarded a indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract with fixed-price provisions for operational test and evaluation analytical support services to Command Operational Test and Evaluation Force.  ManTech TSG-1 Joint Venture is being awarded $11,773,778, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $35,994,900.  TASC Inc. is being awarded $13,254,787, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $40,296,352.  Gryphon Technologies L.C., is being awarded $13,409,846, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $41,353,490.  CGI Federal Inc. is being awarded $13,723,896, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $41,725,463.  Alion Science and Technology Corp., is being awarded $14,795,958, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $45,217,337.  Wyle Laboratories is being awarded $15,408,024, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $47,118,477.  Booz Allen Hamilton is being awarded $16,700,031, and if all options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $51,039,160.  Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and work is expected to be completed June 2, 2014.  If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 3, 2016.  Research, Development, Test & Evaluation funding in the amount of $20,000 for the minimum guarantee, will be obligated and will be equally divided among all contractors.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The contract was competitively procured under full and open competition and solicited via the Navy Electronic Commerce On-line and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with seven offers were received in response to this solicitation.   The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity. 

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Liverpool, N.Y., is being awarded a $39,050,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5300) to exercise a firm-fixed-price option for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 System low-rate initial production units.  SEWIP is an evolutionary acquisition program to upgrade the existing AN/SLQ-32(V) Electronic Warfare System. The SEWIP Block 2 will greatly improve the receiver/antenna group necessary to keep capabilities current with the pace of the threat and to yield improved system integration.  Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. (68 percent), and in Lansdale, Pa. (32 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2014.   Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $39,050,000 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.

            Raytheon Co., Fullerton, Calif., is being awarded a $14,633,925 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0034) for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) maintenance Design Phase II.  This modification includes assessing, documenting and implementing design modifications to the existing maintenance design to allow for increased organizational level maintenance of the JPALS Increment 1A Ship system.  Work will be performed in Fullerton, Calif. (60 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (28 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind., (12 percent); and is expected to be completed in December 2013.  Fiscal 2012 and 2013 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $13,944,653 are being obligated on this award, $5,326,104 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            Honeywell International Inc., Aerospace – Defense & Space, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $9,029,507 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 121 advanced multi-purpose displays for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft.   Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M., and is expected to be completed in January 2015.  Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement Navy contract funds in the amount of $9,029,507 are being 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 Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-13-C-0048). 

ARMY

CORRECTION (dollar amount corrected from 24 September 2012 release) 

            BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract with a maximum value of $234,330,410 for the engineering design, logistics and test and evaluation services in support of the Bradley Engineering Change Proposal Effort.  Work will be performed in York, Pa.; Sterling Heights, Mich.; Santa Clara, Calif.; and Akin, S.C.; with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2017.  Fiscal 2011 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $55,899,804 were obligated at time of award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-12-C-0358).

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DTN News - STRATFOR: U.S., Mexico - The Decline of The Colorado River

DTN News - STRATFOR: U.S., Mexico - The Decline of The Colorado River

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 14, 2013: An amendment to a standing water treaty between the United States and Mexico has received publicity over the past six months as an example of progress in water sharing agreements. But the amendment, called Minute 319, is simply a glimpse into ongoing mismanagement of the Colorado River on the U.S. side of the border. 

Over-allocation of the river's waters 90 years ago combined with increasing populations and economic growth in the river basin have created circumstances in which conservation efforts -- no matter how organized -- could be too little to overcome the projected water deficit that the Colorado River Basin will face in the next 20 years.

ANALYSIS

In 1922, the seven U.S. states in the Colorado River Basin established a compact to distribute the resources of the river. A border between the Upper and Lower basins was defined at Lees Ferry, Ariz. The Upper Basin (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico) was allocated 9.25 billion cubic meters a year, and the Lower Basin (Arizona, California and Nevada) was allotted 10.45 billion cubic meters. Mexico was allowed an unspecified amount, which in 1944 was defined as 1.85 billion cubic meters a year. The Upper and Lower basins -- managed as separate organizations under the supervision of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation -- divided their allocated water among the states in their jurisdictions. Numerous disputes arose, especially in the Lower Basin, regarding proper division of the water resources. But the use of (and disputes over) the Colorado River began long before these treaties. 

As the United States' territory expanded to the west, the Colorado River briefly was considered a portal to the isolated frontier of the southwestern United States, since it was often cheaper to take a longer path via water to transport goods and people in the early 19th century. There was a short-lived effort to develop the Colorado River as the "Mississippi of the West." While places like Yuma, Ariz., became military and trading outposts, the geography and erratic flow of the Colorado made the river ultimately unsuitable for mass transportation. Navigating the river often required maneuvering around exposed sand banks and through shallow waters. The advent of the railroad ended the need for river transport in the region. Shortly thereafter, large and ambitious management projects, including the Hoover Dam, became the river's main purpose.

Irrigation along the river started expanding in the second half of the 19th century, and agriculture still consumes more water from the Colorado than any other sector. Large-scale manipulation of the river began in the early 20th century, and now there are more than 20 major dams along the Colorado River, along with reservoirs such as Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and large canals that bring water to areas of the Imperial and Coachella valleys in southern California for irrigation and municipal supplies. User priority on the Colorado River is determined by the first "useful purposing" of the water. For example, the irrigated agriculture in California has priority over some municipal water supplies for Phoenix, Ariz.

Inadequate Supply and Increasing Demand

When the original total allocation of the river was set in the 1920s, it was far above regional consumption. But it was also more than the river could supply in the long term. The river was divided based on an estimated annual flow of roughly 21 billion cubic meters per year. More recent studies have indicated that the 20th century, and especially the 1920s, was a time of above-normal flows. These studies indicate that the long-term average of flow is closer to 18 billion cubic meters, with yearly flows ranging anywhere from roughly 6 billion cubic meters to nearly 25 billion cubic meters. As utilization has increased, the deficit between flow and allocation has become more apparent.

Total allocations of river resources for the Upper and Lower basins and Mexico plus water lost to evaporation adds up to more than 21 billion cubic meters per year. Currently, the Upper Basin does not use the full portion of its allocation, and large reservoirs along the river can help meet the demand of the Lower Basin. Populations in the region are expected to increase; in some states, the population could double by 2030. A study released at the end of 2012 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation predicted a possible shortage of 3 billion cubic meters by 2035.

The Colorado River provides water for irrigation of roughly 15 percent of the crops in the United States, including vegetables, fruits, cotton, alfalfa and hay. It also provides municipal water supplies for large cities, such as Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas, accounting for more than half of the water supply in many of these areas. Minute 319, signed in November 2012, gives Mexico a small amount of additional water in an attempt to restore the delta region. However, the macroeconomic impact on Mexico is minimal, since agriculture accounts for the majority of the river's use in Mexico but only about 3 percent of the gross domestic product of the Baja Norte province. 

There is an imbalance of power along the international border. The United States controls the headwaters of the Colorado River and also has a greater macroeconomic interest in maintaining the supply of water from the river. This can make individual amendments of the 1944 Treaty somewhat misleading. Because of the erratic nature of the river, the treaty effectively promises more water than the river can provide each year. Cooperation in conservation efforts and in finding alternative water sources on the U.S. side of the border, not treaty amendments, will become increasingly important as regional water use increases over the coming decades.

Conservation Efforts Along the Colorado

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation oversees the whole river, but the management of each basin is separate. Additionally, within each basin, there are separate state management agencies and, within each state, separate regional management agencies. Given the number of participants, reaching agreements on the best method of conservation or the best alternative source of water is difficult. There are ongoing efforts at conservation, including lining canals to reduce seepage and programs to limit municipal water use. However, there is no basin-wide coordination. In a 2012 report, the Bureau of Reclamation compiled a list of suggested projects but stopped short of recommending a course of action. 

A similar report released in 2008 listed 12 general options including desalinization, vegetation management (elimination of water-intensive or invasive plants), water reuse, reduced use by power plants and joint management through water banking (water is stored either in reservoirs or in underground aquifers to use when needed). Various sources of water imports from other river basins or even icebergs are proposed as options, as is weather modification by seeding clouds in the Upper Basin. Implementation of all these options would result in an extra 5 billion cubic meters of water a year at most, which could erase the predicted deficit. However, this amount is unlikely, as it assumes maximum output from each technique and also assumes the implementation of all proposed methods, many of which are controversial either politically or environmentally and some of which are economically unviable. Additionally, many of the methods would take years to fully implement and produce their maximum capacity. Even then, a more reasonable estimate of conservation capacity would likely be closer to 1 billion-2 billion cubic meters, which would fall short of the projected deficit in 2035.

The Potential for New Disputes

Conflict over water can arise when there are competing interests for limited resources. This is seen throughout the world with rivers that traverse borders in places like Central Asia and North Africa. For the Colorado River, the U.S.-Mexico border is likely less relevant to the competition for the river's resources than the artificial border drawn at Lees Ferry.

Aside from growing populations, increased energy production from unconventional hydrocarbon sources in the Upper Basin has the potential to increase consumption. While this amount will likely be small compared to overall allocations, it emphasizes the value of water to the Upper Basin. Real or perceived threats to the Upper Basin's surplus of water could be seen as threats to economic growth in the region. At the same time, further water shortages could limit the potential for economic growth in the Lower Basin -- a situation that would only be exacerbated by growing populations.

While necessary, conservation efforts and the search for alternative sources likely will not be able to make up for the predicted shortage. Amendments to the original treaty typically have been issued to address symptomatic problems. However, the core problem remains: More water is promised to river users than is available on average. While this problem has not come to a head yet, there may come a time when regional growth overtakes conservation efforts. It is then that renegotiation of the treaty with a more realistic view of the river's volume will become necessary. Any renegotiation will be filled with conflict, but most of that likely will be contained in the United States.

Read more: U.S., Mexico: The Decline of the Colorado River | Stratfor 
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DTN News - CHINA TOPIC: Traditional China Was An Arrogant, Aggressive And Brutal State

DTN News - CHINA TOPIC: Traditional China Was An Arrogant, Aggressive And Brutal State
*China Counts Its Victories

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Strategy Page
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 14, 2013: Chinese leaders are making much of the fact that 200 years ago China was a mighty empire that generated a third of world GDP and 150 years later that was down to less than five percent. 

Now, because economic reforms in the 1980s, Chinese GDP is 16 percent of the world total and rising. But 200 years ago China was 35 percent of the world’s population and now is 20 percent. The U.S. has a fifth of GDP on the planet with only five percent of the population. China expects their GDP to surpass that of the U.S. within 10-20 years and then keep going. This makes many Chinese feel great and more willing to tolerate the police state bureaucrats who run the country.

Yet many Chinese and foreign economists doubt that the growth will go where Chinese officials say it will. That’s because Chinese economic growth has been slowing down and that trend is likely to continue because of numerous problems with the Chinese banking system and industrial policy as well as unfavorable trends in pollution and labor force growth.

Still, most Chinese are proud of their economic achievements in the last three decades and see this as the return of China to the leading position it has held for thousands of years. The 19th and most of the 20th century were a disaster for China and a recovery from that is seen by Chinese as long overdue. Foreigners, especially if they aren’t neighbors of China, have a hard time appreciating how important this is in China. But for those who live close to China, these new Chinese attitudes and aggressiveness are regarded with a sense of dread. Traditional China was an arrogant, aggressive and brutal state. The neighbors all have considerable experience with this and don’t look forward to seeing the bad old days return. China simply sees it new assertiveness as reclaiming what was lost in the many defeats it suffered during the 19th and early 20th century. It’s aggression borne of arrogance, which has been the cause of so many wars in the past.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 13, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 13, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  326-13 May 13, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 13, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 13, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

            Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum ceiling $555,600,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Global Hawk modernization.  The tasks on each delivery or task order will fall into, but are not limited to, the following categories:  management, including program, business and technical areas; engineering efforts, including configuration management, data management, reliability, availability & maintainability, and related areas of concern such as technical refresh, diminishing manufacturing sources , etc.; studies and analyses; design, development, integration, test and evaluation; retrofit requirements; and integrated logistics support.  Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by May 14, 2015.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 and 2013 and obligations will be on subsequent individual task/delivery orders.  The contracting activity is Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (FA8620-13-D-3014). 

NAVY

            Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a potential estimated $79,344,625 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to support shore networks with sustainment services for the Base Level Information Infrastructure to include project management; engineering, technical and integrated logistics support; configuration management; certification and accreditation; and enterprise applications.  This is a multiple award and one of three contracts awarded (Science Applications International Corp., N66001-13-D-0030; Engility Corp., N66001-13-D-0031): all three awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed May 12, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Operations & Maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funds will be obligated against individual task orders as they are issued, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with four proposals received and three selected for award.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-13-D-0029). 

            Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a potential estimated $73,228,573 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to support shore networks with sustainment services for the Base Level Information Infrastructure to include project management; engineering, technical, and integrated logistics support; configuration management; certification and accreditation; and enterprise applications. This is a multiple award and one of three contracts awarded (Booz Allen Hamilton, N66001-13-D-0029; Engility Corp., N66001-13-D-0031): all three awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed May 12, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Operations & Maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funds will be obligated against individual task orders as they are issued, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with four proposals received and three selected for award.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-13-D-0030). 

            Engility Corp., Mt. Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a potential estimated $67,773,004 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to support shore networks with sustainment services for the Base Level Information Infrastructure to include project management; engineering, technical, and integrated logistics support; configuration management; certification and accreditation; and enterprise applications.  This is a multiple award and one of three contracts awarded (Booz Allen Hamilton, N66001-13-D-0029; Science Applications International Corp., N66001-13-D-0030): all three awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed May 12, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Operations & Maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funds will be obligated against individual task orders as they are issued, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with four proposals received and three selected for award.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-13-D-0031). 

            AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., is being awarded a $19,576,370 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-11-D-0001) for universal test set development, production and spare parts. Work will be performed in Austin, Texas (85 percent) and Hunt Valley, Md. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2013.  Funding in the amount of $3,500,155 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds in the amount of $3,500,155 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $9,175,668 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option for the procurement of AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radios and ancillary equipment for a variety of aircraft.  Equipment being procured includes 40 C-12561A/ARC control radio sets; 80 MT-6567/ARC mounting bases; 40 MT-7006 ARC amplifier mounts; 40 AM-7526/ARC high power amplifiers; 40 MX-11745/ARC low noise amplifier (LNA) diplexers with high power radio frequency switches; 4 C-12561A reprogramming kits with universal serial bus (USB) port connectors; and 80 RT-1990(C)/ARC receiver-transmitter.  Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in July 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $9,175,668 will be obligated at time of 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. 

            R.A. Burch Construction Company Inc., Ramona, Calif., is being awarded a $9,008,513 modification to increase the maximum dollar value of task order 0002 under a firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-10-D-5410) for the design, purchase, and installation of a telecommunication switch and all associated apparatus for the Station Communication Center at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms.  After award of this modification, the total cumulative task order value will be $35,216,183.  Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $9,008,513 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. 

            Gnostech Inc., Warminster, Pa., is being awarded a $7,675,990 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering, analysis and design efforts in support of the utilization and enhancement of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific’s Global Positioning and Navigation Systems Division facilities.  This three-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $12,968,360.  Work will be performed in San Diego (40 percent), Los Angeles (5 percent), and at the contractor’s facility in Warminster (55 percent).  The period of performance of the base award is from May 2, 2013 to May 1, 2016.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Research, development, test and evaluation funds are obligated as required in fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities web site and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central web site. One offer was received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego is the contracting activity (N66001-13-D-0016). 

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

            The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. is being awarded an $18,242,644 modification to a cooperative agreement (HR0011-12-2-0001).  The performer will provide a reconfigurable multi-element diagnostics platform.  The fully integrated point of care (POC) platform will use highly multiplexed analysis of protein and nucleic acid biomarkers for the diagnosis of a selection of diseases relevant to the warfighter, as outlined by the Military Infectious Disease Research Program prioritized list of diseases and relevant to civilian POC diagnostics.  Work will be performed in Chapel Hill, N.C. (55 percent); Medford, Mass. (23 percent); Austin, Texas (2 percent); Cambridge, Mass. (17 percent) and Boulder, Colo. (3 percent).  The estimated completion date is November, 2016.  The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Burlington Apparel Fabrics, Division of Burlington Industries LLC., Greensboro, N.C., has been awarded a maximum $19,200,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract.  This contract is for Army, poly/wool, cloth serge.  Location of performance is North Carolina with an Oct. 31, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military service is Army.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-13-D-1052). 

            Burlington Apparel Fabrics, Division of Burlington Industries LLC., Greensboro, N.C., has been awarded a maximum $13,423,200 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment-contract.  This contract is for Army, poly/wool, cloth serge.  Location of performance is North Carolina with an Oct. 31, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military service is Army.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-13-D-1051). 

            A.T. Siravo Co.*, Cranston, R.I., has been awarded a maximum $11,784,897 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract.  This contract is for full line fresh fruit and vegetable support for customers in New England zone.  Location of performance is Rhode Island with a May 12, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Department of Agriculture school customers.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2014 Defense Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., SPM300-13-D-P200. 

*Small Business 

AIR FORCE

CORRECTION

            Contract awarded May 8, 2013, to Wyle Laboratories...and National Technologies Associations Inc., is being awarded $22,243,875.  If options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $59,038,129.  Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by April 31, 2016...work will continue through April 2019.

            Should have read:  Contract awarded May 8, 2013, to Wyle Laboratories...and National Technologies Associations Inc., is being awarded $21,591,534.  If options are exercised, the total aggregate value will be $43,835,409.  Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by May 7, 2016...work will continue through May 7, 2019. 

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Imran Khan Injured After He Falls During Rally In Lahore

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Imran Khan Injured After He Falls During Rally In Lahore

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 7, 2013:  Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan was rushed to hospital with head injuries on Tuesday after falling off a lift taking him onto the stage for an election rally, his party said.

Television footage showed Khan, leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI), bleeding from the head as he was carried by aides through the crowd at the event in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore.

The dramatic development came at the end of a day that saw 17 people killed and dozens more wounded in bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan, taking the death toll in the bloody campaign for Saturday's general election past 100.

The poll will mark a democratic milestone in a country ruled for half its history by the military as the first time a civilian government has served a full term and handed over to another through the ballot box.

Khan, who won only one seat in 2002 and boycotted polls in 2008, has led an electric campaign, galvanising the middle class and young people in what he has called a "tsunami" of support that will propel him into office.

The 63-year-old, who has undertaken a punishing schedule of daily rallies, tumbled from a riser along with several of his staff, seemingly after one of them lost their balance.

"Imran Khan fell from a lifter. He has received injuries to his head and he has been taken to hospital," Malik Ishtiaq, a local spokesman for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) told AFP in tears.

Another party spokesman said Khan's injuries were minor.

"Imran Khan is all right. He has been taken to the hospital for first aid. He will be back to address the rally very soon after getting initial treatment," Chaudhry Rizwan told AFP by telephone.

PTI information secretary Shirin Mazari told AFP Khan had fallen from a height of more than seven feet (over two metres).

"He had an injury to his forehead and he is conscious. He is being taken to Shaukat Khanum Hospital," she said, referring to the cancer hospital that Khan set up in honour of his mother.

Hundreds of well wishers and party supporters gathered outside the hospital, chanting "Long Live Imran Khan", an AFP reporter said.

Tuesday's attacks took place in the northwestern town of Hangu, a flashpoint for violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, and in the northwestern district of Dir, where Pakistani troops crushed a Taliban-led insurgency in 2009.

The Pakistani Taliban has condemned the polls as un-Islamic and directly threatened the main parties in the outgoing ruling coalition led by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and other secular allies.

Twelve people were killed and more than 40 injured at Hangu when a suicide bomber targeted election candidate Syed Janan, said Musarrat Qadeem, information minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Janan, who is seeking re-election to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly for the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, told AFP he had been wounded on his head and shoulder.

"I was on my election campaign and coming to my vehicle when the bomber blew himself up. I received some injuries but survived. Two of my guards were seriously wounded," Janan said.

Later on Tuesday a roadside bombing killed five people, including the brother of a provincial assembly candidate for the PPP who had gone door to door to canvass for votes in Dir, police said. Seven other people were wounded.

Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack in Dir, but denied involvement for the suicide attack in Hangu.

"Our attacks on the PPP, the ANP (Awami National Party) and the MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) will continue," Ehsan told AFP in a telephone call from an unknown location.

The number of people to have died in attacks on politicians and political parties since April 11 has now risen to 109, according to an AFP tally.

On Monday, 23 people were killed at a rally in the tribal district of Kurram, the deadliest single attack on the campaign so far.

Elections have been postponed in three constituencies where candidates have been killed. They are in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi and in the southern city of Hyderabad.

The national campaign race has been dominated by the centre-right -- Khan and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N.


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DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Played Down Weekend Air Strikes Close To Damascus

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israel Played Down Weekend Air Strikes Close To Damascus

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 7, 2013: An Israeli soldier carries another soldier as they walk with their comrades during training close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. 

Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants. 


The U.N. Security Council voiced concern last week about the increasing spillover into the Golan Heights of the civil war being fought between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels trying to topple him.

Earlier on Tuesday a mortar shell fired during fighting between Syrian forces and rebels landed in the Israeli-controlled territory of the Golan Heights, military sources said.

It was unclear whether the gunfire or the shell were deliberately aimed at Israeli forces and the spokeswoman said it was not known whether they were fired by Assad's forces or the rebels.
The shell landed in an open area near an Israeli settlement and caused no injuries, a military source said.

Shells have fallen several times inside Israeli-controlled territory and some incidents have drawn Israeli return fire.

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed the strategic plateau in 1981 in a move that has not won international recognition. U.N. peacekeepers monitor the ceasefire line.

The Israeli military said it had conveyed an official protest over the incidents with the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which monitors a 45-mile (70-km) "area of separation" between Syrian and Israeli forces.

Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, touring the Golan Heights earlier on Tuesday, said Israel would not intervene in Syria unless Israeli security was compromised.

Israel is concerned Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas and al Qaeda could gain possession of Syria's presumed arsenal of chemical weapons.

"We have acted against this and we will act in the future in order to prevent such weapons falling into the hands of irresponsible elements," Yaalon said.

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