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24 April 2006 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

  • USS Monterey, George Washington Conduct Cross Training in Caribbean Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- USS Monterey (CG 61) and USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sailors received on-the-job training April 20-22 in an effort to improve the level of proficiency and teamwork between the two ships.
  • Grandmasters Conduct Training Aboard Anzio Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- Pilots of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 46, the Grandmasters, Detachment 9, are flying a series of training missions aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) as part of their participation in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), which runs through May 12.
  • COMPTUEX Prepares Anzio for Deployment Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- USS Anzio (CG 68) went to sea April 12 for Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) to prepare for its upcoming deployment as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group (IKESTKGRU).
  • MSD 23 Undergoes Field Training at NAB Little Creek Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- Sailors stationed with Mobile Security Detachment (MSD) 23 conducted a field exercise at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek April 19-21 to prepare them for deployments.
  • Stout Hosts Dominican Republic Sailors During 'Partnership of the Americas' Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- USS Stout (DDG 55) hosted members of the Dominican Republic's navy and marines April 20-21 as part of “Partnership of the Americas.”
  • Pakistani Admiral Becomes First Regional Commander of Maritime Task Force Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- Pakistani Rear Adm. Shahid Iqbal relieved Royal Netherlands Navy Commodore Hank Ort as commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 during a change of command ceremony aboard HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (F802) at the port of Mina Salman, Bahrain, April 24.
  • Seabees Help Bring Water to Drought-stricken Ethiopia Navy NewsStand 24 Apr 2006 -- Members of the water well drilling unit of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 from Gulfport, Miss., are making a difference in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia by drilling wells that will produce clean drinking water for residents, as well as water for crops and livestock.
  • Exercise delivers battlespace awareness AFPN 24 Apr 2006 -- The Combined Air and Space Operations Center, or CAOC, houses the systems that provide the U.S. and its allies with critical warfighting information.
  • Air Force Audit Agency to work under new personnel system AFPN 24 Apr 2006 -- Nonbargaining unit employees of the Air Force Audit Agency here will become the first employees here to work under the long-awaited National Security Personnel System April 30.
  • Combat balloon to improve communications AFPN 24 Apr 2006 -- Warfighters who depend on ground communications for mission success will soon have improved technology, thanks to a system currently under examination here at the 2006 Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment.
  • Japan, US Clear Last Big Hurdle for Defense Realignment VOA 24 Apr 2006 -- The last major stumbling block has been cleared for the United States and Japan to initiate a realignment of American forces in Japan.

  • Eight-nation CIS air defense exercises to start April 25 RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2006 -- A group of former Soviet republics will conduct air-defense exercises as part of an integrated air-defense system, a senior air force official said Monday.
  • Russia for building up Kyrgyzstan airbase - Putin RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2006 -- Russia plans to reinforce its airbase in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, President Vladimir Putin said Monday after talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart.

  • State Department Briefing, April 24 Washington File 24 Apr 2006 -- Nepal, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, Iran, Sudan, Israel/Palestinians, Japan/North Korea, Chad

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for April 24, 2006
  • Boeing AMF JTRS Team Receives $19.3 Million Contract Extension Boeing 24 Apr 2006 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a $19.3 million contract extension for the continued development of its Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS).
  • CACI Awarded $49 Million Contract With Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency CACI 24 Apr 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) announced today it has been awarded funding to continue providing acquisition, financial, programmatic and scientific technical assistance to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) in Arlington, Virginia. The award, with one base year and three option periods, and worth up to $49 million, was made under the U.S. Navy's SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) contract vehicle. With the award, CACI continues to expand its acquisition and program management support business with DARPA and the Department of Defense.
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN OPENS NEW LABORATORY WITH JOINT FORCES COMMAND WAR-GAME Lockheed Martin 24 Apr 2006 -- Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Center for Innovation, which celebrated its one-year anniversary this April, is hosting the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Global Cell activities as part of the Unified Quest ’06 (UQ06) war-game this week. Lockheed Martin used this opportunity to cut the ribbon on the Center’s new Command and Control (C2) laboratory, which will play a major role in the UQ06 war-game.
  • Pratt & Whitney F135 Program Reaches 5,000 SDD Test Hours, Remains On Track To Support JSF's First Flight Pratt & Whitney 24 Apr 2006 -- Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine program has achieved more than 5,000 hours of System Development and Demonstration (SDD) ground testing and is on schedule to support the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) this fall. The 5,000 SDD hours are in addition to the more than 3,600 hours accumulated during the concept demonstration phase of the F-35 program, reflecting the F135's maturity and reliability.
  • Raytheon and McNeil Security Team to Offer Private Security Screening Services to Airports Raytheon 24 Apr 2006 -- Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) and McNeil Security will team to offer private security screening services to airports across the country.
  • Raytheon Launches New Security System to Protect Airport Perimeters, Sensitive Areas Raytheon 24 Apr 2006 -- Raytheon Company has created an Integrated Airport Security System (IASS) that makes it easier for airports to ensure the safety of passengers from their arrival at the airport to departure in the aircraft. The company will showcase this new technology at the 78th annual American Association of Airport Executives Conference in San Diego, Calif., this week.

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • Iran: UN Draws Attention To Tehran's Role In Lebanon RFE/RL 24 Apr 2006 -- Iranian involvement in Lebanese affairs has been an issue since the early 1980s, and it came in for renewed attention last week
  • Philippine Prosecutors Charge Former Senator, 6 Left-wing Lawmakers Plotting Coup VOA 24 Apr 2006 -- In the Philippines prosecutors have filed rebellion charges against dozens of people, including a former senator and six left-wing lawmakers, accusing them of plotting a coup in February to bring down the government.
  • ATK Receives Go-ahead for Additional Crew Launch Vehicle Work ATK 24 Apr 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) has received a $28.6 million work order from NASA to design and develop the first stage of NASA’s next-generation human launch system, the Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV). The work order authorizes ATK to continue working toward completion of design and certification of a first stage propulsion system through September 2006. The work completed over the next six months will prepare ATK for the first major milestone in the development of the CLV, the September Systems Requirement Review (SRR).
  • SES AMERICOM's new AMC-21 telecommunication satellite awarded to Alcatel Alenia Space Thales 24 Apr 2006 -- Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it has signed a contract to build a new powerful telecommunication satellite for the U.S. operator SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Luxembourg and Paris Euronext exchanges: SESG). Beginning in mid-2008, the AMC-21 satellite will transmit programming to PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) affiliated television stations throughout the Continental United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii and Caribbean regions, expand occasional resources for broadcasters, and support enterprise communications networks.
  • Thaicom 5 satellite, built by Alcatel Alenia Space, arrives at launch site in French Guiana Thales 24 Apr 2006 -- The Thaicom 5 communications satellite, built by Alcatel Alenia Space as prime contractor, arrived April 22 at the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch by an Ariane 5 ECA is slated for May 26. Thaicom 5 is the second satellite built by Alcatel Alenia Space for Thailand.



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