DTN News - U.S. INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Routine Interactions Build U.S-India Defense Relations

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Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service U.S. DoD

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / WASHINGTON, August 24, 2011: The U.S.-India defense relationship is a natural partnership created by shared interests and values and driven by increasingly routine day-to-day interactions, a senior Defense Department official said here today.

Robert Scher, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, spoke to an audience at the New America Foundation.

Day-to-day successes that lay the groundwork for the U.S.-India defense relationship are rarely in the spotlight, Scher said, “but they are an important factor in driving our relationship forward and helping us understand each other.”

The U.S.-India relationship is a priority for the Obama administration and the Defense Department, Scher said, one that President Barack Obama has called a defining partnership of the 21st century. In recent years, he added, high-level visits have cemented the commitment of both nations to the bilateral relationship.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the United States in 2009, and Obama traveled to India in 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s July attendance at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue was her second trip there as secretary of state.

“India is a major regional and global power,” Scher said. “We view our relationship with India as a partnership of equals -- two nation states with a commonality of security interests in the Indian Ocean region and beyond.”

Scher said the most important thing the United States is doing in its defense relationship with India is building mutual trust and understanding that will help to ensure that common values and interests can translate into common approaches.

Three key areas in the U.S.-India defense relationship are people-to-people ties, military engagement and defense sales, the deputy assistant secretary of defense said.

Examples of people-to-people ties include attendance by service members from both nations at U.S. and Indian military educational institutions, Scher said.

“In 2010, we had nearly 100 members of the Indian armed services at military schools or courses in the United States,” he said. “These educational interactions are fantastic opportunities to share perspectives, understand cultural mindsets and simply become friends with colleagues.”

All three of the Indian military’s current service chiefs went to school in the United States during their careers, Scher noted.

“Air Marshal [Norman Anil Kumar] Browne graduated from the Air Command and Staff College, he said. “General [Joginder Jaswant] Singh is a graduate of both the U.S. Army Ranger School and the U.S. Army War College. And Adm. [Nirmal Kumar] Verma is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College.”

In the United States, Scher added, retired Navy Adm. Walter L. Doran attended the Indian Defense Service Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1979. There, he formed a close relationship with Indian colleagues who included former Indian Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Arun Prakash and Adm. Sureesh Mehta.

“This has real-world implications,” Scher said. “During his 10 years as admiral of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Doran’s personal relationship with Admiral Prakash proved instrumental in initiating coordination between the U.S. and Indian response efforts to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.”

The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School recently formalized a memorandum of understanding with India’s Defense Institute of Advanced Technology, he added.

“This September,” Scher told the group, “they will jointly conduct a defeating-terrorism workshop that will bring together senior leaders from both sides, including the director general of India’s Defense Research Development Organization and the [U.S.] chief of naval research to discuss ways to leverage research capabilities to contribute to the defeat of terrorism.”

A similar workshop on cybersecurity is planned for the near future, he said.

In January, the executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory visited India with a team of Air Force scientists, Scher said. They returned to the United States with proposals for further discussions in 18 new technological areas, including nanomaterials, roadside-bomb detection and high-temperature super alloys.

“Several of these will likely lead to agreements for the exchange of technical information or collaborative research projects that will add to the dozen or so such agreements established between the two countries since 2005,” he said.

Military-to-military engagements are another element of the U.S.-India defense partnership, Scher said.

“We partner with the Indians on a number of educational, doctrinal, institutional, training and other subject matter exchanges,” he added. “These engagements and exercises provide opportunities for our militaries to work together and learn from each other, … and most importantly, they improve our ability to address real-life challenges.”

India routinely has more exercises with the United States than with any other country, Scher noted. “Over the last six years, we’ve done nearly 50 major exercises with India, … and our exercises are evolving in complexity,” he said.

Over a decade, Malabar, a regularly scheduled bilateral naval field training exercise with India, has advanced from little more than a passing exercise to a full engagement that exercises all functional warfare areas, Scher said.

“Malabar allows our navies to work cooperatively in integrated air and missile defense, antisubmarine and naval special warfare scenarios, for example,” he said.

In September, Scher said, in one of the first major interactions with the Indian coast guard, “we’re going to send a training team of subject matter experts to India to work with the Indian coast guard on counterterrorism and antipiracy-related boarding measures.”

The major U.S. exercise with the Indian army, Yudh Abyhas, started in 2004 as the first conventional army-to-army training with India since 1962, Scher said.

“The exercise, in addition to sharing training and capabilities, promotes cooperation between our armies on partner readiness,” he said. “The first deployment of Stryker vehicles outside the United States other than to a war zone was to India [to support their participation] in Yudh Abyhas.”

The practical effect of such interaction is to allow the two nations to make progress on issues of shared interest, such as maritime security, Scher said.

“The United States and India share a clear desire for freedom of navigation and unimpeded sea lines of communication, particularly in the Indian Ocean,” he said. “And through our military engagements this year, we will seek to deepen cooperation on key issues such as maritime domain awareness, countering piracy and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.”

Together, the United States and India have an important role in fostering multilateral cooperation in Asia and supporting the emerging regional security architectures, Scher said.

“Overall,” he added, “we will increasingly look to India’s leadership and partnership in promoting and maintaining security in the region and the world.”

Defense sales to India increased from virtually no defense trade relationship in the 1990s to nearly $6 billion today in foreign military sales alone, Scher said.

“It is clear that the Indian military in the future will routinely use U.S. equipment and all services across a full range of mission areas,” he added.

The United States and India, Scher said, “are destined to be closer because of our shared interests and values, democracy, human rights and our desire for a stable, secure and inclusive world economy.”

All of this, he added, “makes us natural partners.”

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 24, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 24, 2011

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 735-11 August 24, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 24, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 24, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Alutiiq 3SG, L.L.C., Anchorage, Alaska; Coastal Management Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.; Logistics Support, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Quantell, Inc., Grantsville, Md.; Stellar Support Services II, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, Va.; Symtech, Inc., Sarasota, Fla.; Tek Source USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla.; Zenetex, Inc., Herndon, Va., are each being awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts for global business support. The estimated dollar value for this program, including the base period and two option years, for all 24 contracts combined is $730,000,000. Funding will be provided at the task order level. The requirements are segregated into four regions: Area I - Hawaii; Area II - Southwest and Northwest; Area III - Southeast; and Area IV - Mid Atlantic, Midwest, and Washington, D.C. Each region will receive six awards. Requirements within each region will be competed among the contractors within their respective regions. Awardees in Area I - Hawaii are: Coastal Management Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0019); Logistics Support, Inc., Washington, D.C. (N00244-11-D-0020); Quantell, Grantsville, Md. (N00244-11-D-0021); Stellar Support Services II, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-022); Tek Source USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0023; and Zenetex, Inc., Herndon, Va. (N00244-11-D-0024). Awardees in Area II - Southwest and Northwest are: Coastal Management Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0025); Logistics Support, Inc., Washington, D.C. (N00244-11-D-0026); Quantell, Inc., Grantsville, Md. (N00244-11-D-0027); Stellar Support Services II, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0028); Symtech, Inc., Sarasota, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0029); and Tek Source USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0030). Awardees in Area III - Southeast are: Coastal Management Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0031); Logistics Support, Inc., Washington, D.C. (N00244-11-D-0032); Quantell, Inc., Grantsville, Md. (N00244-11-D-0033); Stellar Support Services II, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0034); Symtech, Inc., Sarasota, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0035); and Tek Source USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0036). Awardees in Area IV - Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Washington, D.C.are: Alutiiq 3SG, L.L.C., Anchorage, Alaska (N00244-11-D-0037); Coastal Management Solutions, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0038); Quantell, Inc., Grantsville, Md. (N00244-11-D-0039); Stellar Support Services II, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, Va. (N00244-11-D-0040); Symtech, Inc., Sarasota, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0041); and Tek Source USA, Inc., Tampa, Fla. (N00244-11-D-0042). The contracts are for a wide range of temporary support services that will provide direct labor, supervision, management, and materials, to perform non-personal services as defined in individual task orders. Services will encompass the following 15 functional areas: administrative support and clerical services; quarters management services; healthcare services (excluding doctors, nurses and physician assistants); information and arts; information technology; instructional and training services; maritime material handling; mechanics and maintenance and repair; plant and system operation; engineering/technical support; mobile equipment operation; financial management; specialized technology; industrial services and general services and support. Work will be performed in all 50 states and the territory of Puerto Rico, with the majority of the effort in the following states: California (31.22 percent); Texas (17.14 percent); Virginia (9.73 percent); Florida (8.63 percent); Hawaii (6.5 percent); and distributed between the remaining states and Puerto Rico (26.78 percent). Work is expected to be completed in August 2012. With options exercised, the completion date could continue until August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $1,200,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Contracts were competitively procured via the World Wide Web, with 57 offers received in response to the 100 percent small business set aside solicitation. The Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Regional Contracts Department, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Logos Technologies, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $7,807,161 modification (P00023) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00014-08-C-0302) for the lightweight expeditionary airborne persistent surveillance overseas contingency operations. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be completed in November 2012. This modification will be incrementally funded with this initial obligation of $1,145,575, which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured under BAA 11-001. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Science Applications International Corp., Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a $222,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the efforts in developing the common virtual environment that facilitates fair fight interoperability for virtual system and non-system training aids, simulators and simulations. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of August 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Training and Instrumentation Acquisition Center, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-11-D-0006).

FedServices, Inc., Hinesville, Ga., was awarded a $31,868,681 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the support services to the Directorate of Logistics at Fort Riley, Kan. Work will be performed in Fort Riley, Kan., with an estimated completion date of September 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9124J-11-C-0022).

Kjaer Group US Liaison Office, Inc., Arlington, Va., was awarded a $24,848,144 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a maximum of 840 Ford Everest 2009 or later model sport utility vehicles and spare parts for Iraq and Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Bangkok, Thailand, with an estimated completion date of August 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 12 bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-G060).

Capitol I.T. Solutions, Inc., Germantown, Md., was awarded a $14,153,849 commercial-services contract. The award will provide for the non-personal services to support the research and technical programs at Fort Detrick, Md. Work will be performed in Fort Detrick, Md., with an estimated completion date of August 2016. Eight bids were solicited, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity (W81XWH-11-C-0493).

Iron Bow Technology, Chantilly, Va., was awarded a $13,637,988 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 5,096 Lenovo tablets; 217 Lenovo think pads; 520 Lenovo think centre; 261 Fujitsu computers; and 40 Wyse computers. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Va., with an estimated completion date of November 2011. Seven bids were solicited, with two bids received. The Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, Pa., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0010).

Materials Sciences Corp., Horsham, Pa., was awarded a $9,127,004 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the development of multifunctional polymers to achieve the goals of lightweight, high-performance and insensitive munitions compliant missile systems and aviation structures for the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command Research, Development and Engineering Center. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of August 2016. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-D-0078).

Columbia University Medical Center-Sponsored Projects Administration, New York, N.Y., was awarded a $7,999,519 cost-type contract. The award will provide for the characterization of unknown strains of pathogens, establishment of sample repositories, identification and procurement of novel samples, and identification and filling of gaps in pertinent biological databases. Work will be performed in New York, N.Y., and Edgewood, Md., with an estimated completion date of August 2013. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-11-C-0077).

Dell Federal Systems, L.P., Round Rock, Texas, was awarded a $7,456,226 firm-fixed-price contract. T he award will provide for the procurement of 354 Latitude E6520 computers and 6,295 Dell OptiPlex small form factor computers. Work will be performed in Round Rock, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25, 2011. Seven bids were solicited, with two bids received. The Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, Pa., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0006).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Burlington Apparel Fabrics, Greensboro, N.C., was issued a modification exercising the third option year on the current contract SPM1C1-09-D-0045/P00016. Award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for a maximum $38,873,400 for Army service uniforms. Other locations of performance are in Raeford, N.C., and Cordova, N.C. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is August 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

U.S. Foodservice, Inc., Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, prime vendor contract with a maximum $11,550,000 for full line food distribution. Other location of performance is New Mexico. Using services are Army, Air Force, and Department of Energy. The date of performance completion is June 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM300-11-D-3494).

BRS Aerospace*, South St. Paul, Minn., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $7,797,339 for low velocity parachutes. The revised award quantity contract is based on urgent and compelling requirements in direct support of operations in Afghanistan. Other locations of performance are Florida and North Carolina. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is Dec. 26, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SPM4A7-11-C-0595).

AIR FORCE

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $7,496,904 firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for the Instrumentation Radar Support Program that provides engineering, logistics, and maintenance support for various instrumentation ranges belonging to 24 ranges (foreign and domestic). The 45 CONS/LGCZR, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA2521-07-C-0011).

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DTN News - OSHKOSH DEFENSE NEWS: Oshkosh Defense To Deliver Nearly 7000 Additional FMTV Trucks And Trailers To The U.S. Army

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / OSHKOSH, WI – August 1, 2011: Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), will deliver nearly 7,000 additional Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC). Oshkosh has now received orders for nearly 26,000 FMTV trucks and trailers, and is delivering vehicles to meet the Army’s delivery schedule.

“We continue to support the Army on this successful program with the on-time delivery of very high-quality, Oshkosh-built FMTV trucks and trailers,” said Mike Ivy, vice president and general manager of Army Programs for Oshkosh Defense. “Our robust manufacturing capabilities, combined with the exceptional value Oshkosh brings to this program as a specialty vehicle manufacturer, prompted the Army to order more vehicles at an earlier point in the program than they had anticipated before the award to Oshkosh.”

The FMTV supports Army and National Guard units at home and abroad in combat operations, relief efforts, unit-resupply missions and other functions. The FMTV is a series of 17 models ranging from 2.5-ton to 10-ton payloads. Vehicles have a parts commonality of more than 80 percent, resulting in streamlined maintenance, training, sustainment and overall cost efficiency.

Oshkosh has more than 90 years of experience mobilizing the U.S. military, and the company is the only supplier of the Army’s medium and heavy tactical wheeled vehicle fleets. Oshkosh incorporated its rigorous quality checks and production standards into its work on the FMTV program to ensure delivery of high-quality trucks and trailers.

This is the latest order under the five-year FMTV contract awarded to Oshkosh Defense for the production of trucks and trailers, as well as support services and training, through calendar year 2015. The order is valued at more than $904 million and deliveries are scheduled to be completed in June 2013.

About Oshkosh Defense

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, is an industry-leading global designer and manufacturer of tactical military trucks and armored wheeled vehicles, delivering a full product line of conventional and hybrid vehicles, advanced armor options, proprietary suspensions and vehicles with payloads that can exceed 70 tons. Oshkosh Defense provides a global service and supply network including full life-cycle support and remanufacturing, and its vehicles are recognized the world over for superior performance, reliability and protection. For more information, visit www.oshkoshdefense.com.

About Oshkosh Corporation

Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialty access equipment, commercial, fire & emergency and military vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of Oshkosh^®, JLG^®, Pierce^®, McNeilus^®, Medtec^®, Jerr-Dan^®, Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles, Frontline^™, SMIT^™, CON-E-CO^®, London^® and IMT^®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide in businesses where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and long-term value are paramount. For more information, visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com.

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DTN News - SIKORSKY DEFENSE NEWS: Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / STRATFORD, Connecticut - July 7, 2011: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

"The war-fighter has provided outstanding reviews of the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter’s performance in theater,” said Lt. Col. Heyward Wright, Product Manager, representing Col. Thomas Todd of the U.S. Army's Utility Helicopters Project Office. "In my estimation, the UH-60M aircraft sets the standard for a successful utility platform in a combat environment."

Sikorsky began delivering UH-60M aircraft to the U.S. Army in 2006. With a new airframe, avionics and propulsion system, the aircraft is the most modern in a series of BLACK HAWK variants that Sikorsky has been delivering to the Army since 1978. Sikorsky Aircraft also has delivered UH-60M aircraft to other U.S. federal government agencies, and to international customers.

“The UH-60M platform brings the most up-to-date technology to the war-fighter to keep our troops safe for their diverse missions,” said John Palumbo, Sikorsky Vice President, Army Programs. “We continue to receive very positive feedback from the U.S. Army because the UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter provides reduced pilot workload, increased lift, better protection and enhanced survivability. It is a proven, reliable combat aircraft.”

Sikorsky is expected to deliver more than 950 UH-60M aircraft to the U.S. Army by 2025.

Additionally, the Army plans to buy more than 400 HH-60M MEDEVAC aircraft used to extract wounded troops from the battlefield. Exact procurement numbers year-to-year and across the life of the program will be determined by budget authorizations and specific contract awards.

Sikorsky continues to improve the aircraft via the UH-60M Modernization program. This includes a fly-by-wire flight control system and FADEC-equipped GE-701 engine.

BLACK HAWK helicopters of all variants flown by the U.S. Army in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war have accumulated more than one million fleet flight hours without a single Class A material failure. The combined operational sortie rate in both theaters stands at 85 percent. The U.S. Army’s total BLACK HAWK helicopter fleet exceeds 1,945 aircraft.

More than 3,000 BLACK HAWK helicopters of all variants are in use today, operating in 30 countries. Designed to stringent U.S. military standards, the BLACK HAWK helicopter has become the leader in multi-mission type aircraft. Among the mission configurations it serves are troop transport, medical evacuation, electronic warfare, attack, assault support and special operations.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service. United Technologies Corp., of Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning potential production and sale of helicopters. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and practices, budget plans or availability of funding or in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corporation’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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