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20 September 2006 Military News

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  • DoD News: Contracts for September 20, 2006
  • ATK Receives Initial $10 Million Contract to Prepare to Supply USEC With Composite Tubes for Uranium Enrichment Operations ATK 20 Sep 2006 -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) is performing work under an initial $10 million contract to prepare for high-volume manufacturing of composite rotor tubes for USEC Inc.'s (NYSE: USU) American Centrifuge program. ATK expects to provide USEC with approximately 12,000 rotor tubes throughout the four-year production run, making this program the largest commercial composite production program in ATK's history. When completed, ATK estimates that total revenue from the program may exceed $250 million.
  • BAE Systems Delivers 2,000th Common Digital Transponder BAE Systems 20 Sep 2006 -- BAE Systems recently delivered its 2,000th Common Identification Friend or Foe Digital Transponder, a system that identifies aircraft and ships as belonging to friendly or neutral forces. Commonly known as the Common Transponder, the AN/APX-118 is an identification friend or foe digital transponder that replaces outdated technology with digital technology to improve the reliability and maintainability of aging MK XII IFF systems.
  • Boeing Flies C-130 AMP Aircraft for First Time Boeing 20 Sep 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful first flight of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft. The flight took place on Sept. 19 as part of the most comprehensive C-130 avionics modification ever conducted.
  • Eurocopter shows strong Presence at Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition First African Appearance of the best-selling EC145 EADS 20 Sep 2006 -- Eurocopter emphasises its long-standing relationship with South Africa. Eurocopter Southern Africa, formerly known as Lansav, was formed in 1994. It has its headquarters at Lanseria International Airport as well as service centers at Cape Town and Durban. Its ties with South Africa date back into the late 1970s and it became part of the Eurocopter Group in 1992. Eurocopter Southern Africa serves a fleet of around 200 helicopters.
  • French Air Force EADS Socata TB 30 trainer fleet passes 500,000 flight hours Mark EADS 20 Sep 2006 -- Cognac-based French Air Force flight training Unit celebrated the passage of the symbolic threshold of 500,000 hours flown for its fleet of EADS Socata TB 30 Epsilons, during a ceremony presided by Pierre Niclot, head of the French Air Force Training command, while Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vittini took over command of the school, replacing Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert Crépin.
  • The First Compact Airborne Early Warning G550 Landed Yesterday in Israel Israel Aerospace Industries 20 Sep 2006 -- Israel Aircraft Industries' Subsidiary Elta System will Install Conformal AEW Systems Onboard the Aircraft
  • MIGHTY F-35 LIGHTNING II ENGINE ROARS TO LIFE Lockheed Martin 20 Sep 2006 -- The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II completed its first series of engine runs on Monday afternoon, culminating in a full-afterburner test that unleashed 40,000 pounds of thrust – the most ever from a jet-fighter engine. The testing began on Friday, Sept. 15, when Chief Pilot Jon Beesley moved a cockpit switch to the “run” position and brought the Pratt & Whitney [NYSE: UTX] F135 engine to life.
  • Mighty F-35 Lightning II Engine Roars to Life Pratt & Whitney 20 Sep 2006 -- The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II completed its first series of engine runs on Monday afternoon, culminating in a full-afterburner test that unleashed 40,000 pounds of thrust – the most ever from a jet-fighter engine. The testing began on Friday, Sept. 15, when Chief Pilot Jon Beesley moved a cockpit switch to the “run” position and brought the Pratt & Whitney [NYSE: UTX] F135 engine to life.
  • CACI Awarded $25.7 Million Contract to Provide Safety and Health Support Services for Transportation Security Administration CACI 20 Sep 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a $25.7 million prime contract to provide Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Support Services to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The five-year (base year, plus four option years) contract enables CACI to provide program management support services to help develop, implement, and maintain an effective OSH program for approximately 45,000 TSA employees at the agency's headquarters, five regional offices, and more than 400 airports nationwide. This new work for CACI expands its homeland security business and positions the company to increase its business in this vital area.
  • General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin Team to Provide HSPD-12 and First Responder Authentication Credential Services General Dynamics 20 Sep 2006 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) have partnered to offer federal agencies and first responders a credentialing service for cost-effective compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) and First Responder Authentication Cards (FRAC) requirements. Focused on reducing the cost per credential, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin will provide a managed service that will enable customers to purchase identification credentials on a cost-competitive, per-card basis, rather than purchasing an entire credentialing system or system components.
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS, LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAM TO PROVIDE HSPD-12 AND FIRST RESPONDER AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIAL SERVICES Lockheed Martin 20 Sep 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] have partnered to offer federal agencies and first responders a credentialing service for cost-effective compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) and First Responder Authentication Cards (FRAC) requirements. Focused on reducing the cost per credential, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin will provide a managed service that will enable customers to purchase identification credentials on a cost-competitive, per-card basis, rather than purchasing an entire credentialing system or system components.

  • Russia awaits helicopter purchase proposal from Venezuela RIA Novosti 20 Sep 2006 -- Russia is open to proposals for Venezuela to buy a new batch of helicopters, a defense ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.
  • Royal Air Force to put BAE Systems intelligent UAV through its paces BAE Systems 20 Sep 2006 -- BAE Systems is to work with the Royal Air Forces Air Warfare Centre on a project to integrate the companys HERTI Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) System into UK military exercises.
  • SAIC Becomes Member of ESRI's Authorized Systems Integrator Program for Geospatial-Intelligence Solutions SAIC 20 Sep 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced a strategic business relationship with ESRI, in which SAIC has become a member of ESRI's Authorized Systems Integrator program. Under this program, SAIC and ESRI intend to jointly develop and market system solutions and services for defense, intelligence and homeland security.

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 20 Sep 2006

  • Enhanced UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon reaches third of its mandated size UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- The enhanced UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reached approximately 5,000 troops with the arrival of contingents from France, Italy and Spain, concluding the first phase of a deployment of up to 15,000 blue helmets to oversee the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah.
  • At UN, Qatari leader urges comprehensive Mideast peace through Israeli withdrawal UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- Israel's withdrawal from all occupied territories is essential to achieving comprehensive peace in the Middle East, a top official from Qatar told the United Nations General Assembly today.
  • At UN meeting, Quartet hopes new Palestinian government leads to renewed engagement UN News Centre 20 Sep 2006 -- A high-level meeting at the United Nations of key international partners in the Middle East peace process today welcomed efforts to form a Palestinian national unity government in the hope that it would commit to non-violence and recognize Israel's right to exist, thus allowing for renewed engagement.
  • Diplomatic Quartet Welcomes Palestinian Unity Efforts VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The Middle East "Quartet" Wednesday welcomed Palestinian efforts to form a unity government that would meet international terms for engagement with the Palestinian Authority

  • AU Peacekeepers to Remain in Darfur VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- The African Union will keep its peacekeeping forces in Sudan's volatile Darfur region until at least the end of the year
  • Sudan Rejects UN Peacekeepers in Darfur VOA 20 Sep 2006 -- President Omar al-Bashir Tuesday categorically rejected the U.N. Security Council resolution extending the mandate of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Sudan to include Darfur.

  • COTE D IVOIRE: President says peacekeepers can leave IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- The United Nations and French peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire can leave the country if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo said in an interview published just ahead of a crucial meeting on the nation's faltering peace process.
  • UGANDA: LRA leader moves towards assembly point IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Joseph Kony, the commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has left his hideout in Garamba national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and moved towards one of the sites in southern Sudan where the rebels are assembling in accordance with the 26 August cessation of hostilities agreement, a Ugandan official said.
  • SENEGAL: New attacks in Casamance IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Armed rebels looted a convoy of cars on Tuesday morning near the village of Kaparan in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal, feeding local fears that a new cycle of violence is starting to take hold.
  • SOMALIA: Security tightened in Baidoa town IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Security has been tightened in Somalia's southwestern town of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional government, two days after an assassination attempt on President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, but sources said the town was calm on Wednesday.
  • BURUNDI: FNL fighters assemble but continue to tax civilians IRIN 20 Sep 2006 -- Residents of two Burundian provinces that are strongholds of the Forces nationales de libération (FNL) rebel group, which has agreed a ceasefire with the government, have expressed concern over continued 'taxation' by the rebels.

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