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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 25 Apr 2006 [PDF]
• DoD Identifies Army Casualties
• CENTAF releases airpower summary report AFPN 25 Apr 2006 -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's airpower summary report.
• C-130 Hercules support coalition operations AFPN 25 Apr 2006 -- The 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here has been supporting Operation Mountain Lion since it began April 12.
• Iraqi Security Forces assume control, build trust Army News 25 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi Security Forces demonstrated again this week an increased role in the security of their nation as they continued to assume more responsibility, build capabilities and foster trust within Iraqi communities.
• Bus Bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City Kills 2 VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- Iraqi police say a bomb killed at least two people in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Sadr City neighborhood Tuesday
• Taliban Killed, Wounded in Firefight; Coalition Aircraft Interdict Enemy AFPS 25 Apr 2006 -- Afghan National Police fought a significant Taliban force in Mianashin, near Kandahar City, in Kandahar province, while coalition forces interdicted enemy fighters in Helmand province, both yesterday, U.S. military officials in Afghanistan said today.
• PRT Joins Forces With World Food Program to Help Afghans AFPS 25 Apr 2006 -- U.S. military officials from the Mehtar Lam Provincial Reconstruction Team met with Ussama Osman, the eastern region head of office for the U.N. World Food Program, on April 20 to discuss cooperative efforts on projects between the two organizations.
• Afghanistan: Helmand Province Violence Intensifies RFE/RL 25 Apr 2006 -- Intense overnight fighting in southern Afghanistan on April 24-25 killed eight suspected Taliban fighters and an Afghan police officer in the Helmand and Kandahar provinces

Defense Policy / Programs

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Deputy Undersecretary Lawless and Deputy Undersecretary Grone 25 Apr 2006 -- Presenter: Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment Philip Grone
• USS Underwood Lends Hand in Counter-Narcotics Efforts in Caribbean Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- USS Underwood (FFG 36) Sailors are making efforts in counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea during the month of April as part of Partnership of the Americas.
• Lincoln Strike Group Departs Thailand Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- Ships of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) got under way April 24 after a four-day port visit to Thailand.
• Lincoln CSG Participates In PASSEX With Royal Thai Navy Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, teamed up with the Royal Thai navy April 24 to conduct a passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Gulf of Thailand.
• Seabees Rebuild School, Make Friends in Sao Tome Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- Seabees embarked on USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) during its 2006 Gulf of Guinea deployment completed a 30-day repair mission on a high school in Sao Tome April 12.
• CNO Calls Shipbuilding Plan Top Budget Priority Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- The Navy’s shipbuilding plan is the key to the fleet’s future and is critical for the joint force, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen told an audience at a Leadership Breakfast sponsored by Government Executive Magazine at the National Press Club here April 24.
• Kitty Hawk Weapons Dept. Takes Home Black “W” Award Navy NewsStand 25 Apr 2006 -- Sailors in USS Kitty Hawk's (CV 63) weapons department were commended for their excellence in March when they earned the annual Black "W" award.
• JEFX focuses on battle operations, communications AFPN 25 Apr 2006 -- The Theater Battle Operation Net-centric Environment and the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node -- known as TBONE and BACN -- are two of the initiatives being tested during the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006.
• Air Force issues request for information on tanker recapitalization AFPN 25 Apr 2006 -- The Air Force has issued a request for information, or RFI, today for its tanker recapitalization program.
• Warfare flight works behind the scenes AFPN 25 Apr 2006 -- The hum of computer fans, the tapping of fingers on keyboards and the occasional ring of a telephone are all that are normally heard in this office.
• DoD Selects Fiscal 2006 Comparative Testing Office Projects 25 Apr 2006 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it has selected 42 new-start projects to receive fiscal 2006 funding under the Comparative Testing Office (CTO) - 20 under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) program and 22 under the Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) program.
• Rice Says Turkey Shares Concern Over Iran VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Ankara for talks with Turkish leaders on Iran's nuclear program and developments in neighboring Iraq.
• CIS air defense conducts command-and-staff exercises RIA Novosti 25 Apr 2006 -- The integrated air defense network of a group of former Soviet republics Tuesday started large-scale training exercises, a senior air force officer said.
• State Department Briefing, April 25 Washington File 25 Apr 2006 -- Iran, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Andean Region, Iraq
• White House Briefing, April 25 Washington File 25 Apr 2006 -- Bush/energy speech, Egypt/bombings, Iran, Hamas/Osama bin Laden comments, Prime Minister Blair phone call, CIA officer firing, president's approval rating, President Hu protester, Rumsfeld/confidence, immigration, Israel, president's meeting with senators, phone call with Prime Minister Harper

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for April 25, 2006
• ATK Builds on Recent Success with Two More Critical Design Tests for the U.S. Navy's Extended Range Munition Program ATK 25 Apr 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) announced today that it has successfully fired a Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM) rocket motor in support of the U.S. Navy’s Extended Range Munition (ERM) program. Following the successful validation test of its rocket motor, ATK demonstrated the effectiveness of its Ignition Safety Device (ISD). Both tests were conducted at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Ariz., on April 14, 2006.
• BAE Systems Awards Contract to Raytheon to Develop Active Protective Subsystem Supporting Hit Avoidance Program for FCS Manned Ground Vehicles BAE Systems 25 Apr 2006 -- BAE Systems has awarded a phased subcontract worth up to $70 million to Raytheon's Network Centric Systems business with headquarters in McKinney, Texas, to develop the “hard-kill” Active Protection Subsystem (APS) portion of the Hit Avoidance System for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs).
• Switzerland orders 20 EC635/EC135 for its Armed Forces EADS 25 Apr 2006 -- Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH is prime contractor. Deliveries of the helicopters will take place between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2009. The first four machines will be delivered from Eurocopter Deutschland’s facility in Donauwörth, while the next 16 aircraft will be assembled and delivered by RUAG in Alpnach, Switzerland.
• General Dynamics Awarded $5 Million for Production of 25mm Gun Barrels General Dynamics 25 Apr 2006 -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Rock Island, Ill., for the production of 25mm gun barrels. The units will serve as replacement barrels for the 25mm M242 chain gun that equips the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, for which General Dynamics also produces reactive armor.
• Raytheon and ATK Demonstrate SM-3 Block IA Third Stage Rocket Motor Raytheon 25 Apr 2006 -- Raytheon Company and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully demonstrated the new Block IA version of a Standard Missile-3 Block IA third stage rocket motor (TSRM).
• ThalesRaytheonSystems Fields First Improved Sentinel Radar to the U.S. Army Raytheon 25 Apr 2006 -- ThalesRaytheonSystems fielded the first Improved Sentinel radar to the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, Texas, today.
• Raytheon to Develop Hard-Kill Active Protection System for FCS Vehicles Under $70 Million Award Raytheon 25 Apr 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract worth up to $70 million from BAE Systems to develop the hard-kill Active Protection System (APS) for Future Combat System (FCS) vehicles under a three-phase agreement. The initial phase is pegged at $10 million.
• ThalesRaytheonSystems fields first Improved Sentinel radar to the U.S. Army Thales 25 Apr 2006 -- The fielding signifies a major step forward in the Army's plans to implement its P3I (pre-planned product improvement) program for the Sentinel radar. Prior to the fielding, a government-ThalesRaytheonSystems modernized radar team successfully completed the Army's rigorous test requirements, clearing the way for use in the field.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 25 Apr 2006
• NEPAL: King ends direct rule, reinstates parliament IRIN 25 Apr 2006 -- The direct rule of Nepalese monarch King Gyanendra ended on Monday night following his announcement on national television that he was reinstating parliament to be led by the seven main opposition parties.
• Nepal's King Gyanendra reinstates dissolved parliament IRNA 25 Apr 2006 -- In a major political breakthrough, Nepal's King Gyanendra reinstated Nepal's House of Representatives which was dissolved on May 22, 2002 on the advice of the then prime minister in accordance with the 1990 constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal.
• Nepalese rebels reject king's offer to reinstate parliament IRNA 25 Apr 2006 -- The Nepalese king's offer to reinstate parliament was rejected by Maoist rebels Tuesday, saying it is a ploy to save his "autocratic monarchy."
• Darfur: UN Council imposes sanctions on four individuals, urges peace accord UN News Centre 25 Apr 2006 -- Addressing the continuing atrocities against civilians in Darfur, Sudan, caused by fighting between rebels, the Government and allied tribal militias, the United Nations Security Council today urged that the parties reach a peace accord by the end of this month and imposed sanctions against four individuals considered a threat to the region.
• UN Slaps Sanctions on 4 Sudanese Involved In Darfur Atrocities VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on four Sudanese accused of crimes against humanity in Darfur
• UN Security Council authorizes European force in DR Congo UN News Centre 25 Apr 2006 -- The United Nations Security Council today endorsed the deployment of a European Union reserve force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to bolster stability in the vast country for its June 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections and up to four months afterward.
• Situation Deteriorates in Congo's Lawless Northeast VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- Local government officials in Congo's lawless northeastern Ituri district say pacification programs there are failing and recently disarmed fighters are taking up weapons again
• US Condemns Suicide Attack on Sri Lankan Army Chief VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- The United States Tuesday condemned the suicide attack on Sri Lanka's army chief as a provocation and an escalation of violence by Tamil Tiger rebels
• Female Suicide Bomber Targets Sri Lanka's Army Chief VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- In Sri Lanka, a suicide bomb attack has critically injured the country's army chief and killed at least eight other people

News Reports

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS United Nations 25 Apr 2006
• South Korean President Warns Japan Over Island Dispute VOA 25 Apr 2006 -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has accused Japan of clinging to what he called a "dark nostalgia" for its imperial past
• Orbital To Supply Alcatel Alenia Space With Satellite Platform And Perform Spacecraft Integration For SES Americom's AMC-21 Satellite Orbital Sciences Corp. 25 Apr 2006 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) today announced that it has signed a contract with Alcatel Alenia Space of France to supply a STAR-2 spacecraft bus and provide final spacecraft and system integration and test of SES AMERICOM's AMC-21 commercial communications satellite.