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08 March 2010 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for March 08, 2010
  • Northrop Grumman/EADS team will not bid for the US Tanker EADS 08 Mar 2010 -- EADS confirms that the Northrop Grumman/EADS team will not bid for the US Air Force Tanker replacement programme, following the announcement by its partner Northrop Grumman that they decided not to bid.
  • Statement From Northrop Grumman on U.S. Air Force Aerial Refueling Tanker Program Northrop Grumman 08 Mar 2010 -- The following is a statement from Wes Bush, Chief Executive Officer and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), concerning the U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker program.
  • BAE Systems to Provide Onboard Vehicle Power System for Evaluation by U.S. Marine Corps BAE Systems 08 Mar 2010 -- BAE Systems has received a contract to develop an onboard vehicle power management system designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps mission effectiveness by significantly increasing electric power available to ground forces. The contract calls for installation of a power management system in a government-furnished High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle for test and evaluation by the Marine Corps in the summer of 2010. The Marine Corps is evaluating systems from two suppliers and plans to award a contract for five to 10 additional systems later this year.
  • Boeing 'Phantom Eye' Hydrogen Powered Vehicle Takes Shape Boeing 08 Mar 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has begun to build Phantom Eye -- its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high altitude long endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft.
  • General Dynamics Awarded $41 Million for RG-31 MRAP Spare Parts General Dynamics 08 Mar 2010 -- U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada a USD$41.5 million delivery order modification for spare parts in support of RG-31 Mk5E vehicles under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. General Dynamics Land Systems, the Canadian company’s parent corporation, is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
  • SPAWAR Selects Lockheed Martin for Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services Development Phase Lockheed Martin 08 Mar 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been selected for one of two initial System Development and Demonstration contracts for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program by the U.S. Navy.
  • Office of Naval Research Selects Lockheed Martin-led Team for Sense & Respond Logistics Phase II Lockheed Martin 08 Mar 2010 -- A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led team received a U.S. Navy contract to continue development of an automated logistics system that will help Marines plan and re-evaluate missions based on real-time battlefield data.
  • Oshkosh Defense Receives $35 Million in Awards for M-ATV Interface Upgrades and Expanded Aftermarket Support Oshkosh 08 Mar 2010 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today it has received three awards valued at more than $35 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) for MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) upgrades and in-theater support. The company received two awards for more than 6,400 M-ATV Self Protection Adaptive Roller Kits (SPARKS) upgraded interface brackets, as well as an award expanding Oshkosh Defense aftermarket support in-theater that will place 18 additional Oshkosh field service representatives (FSR) in Afghanistan and six in Iraq.
  • Thales is selected to extend the French Army’s RITA communications network Thales 08 Mar 2010 -- Thales has signed a €240M contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to extend the French Army’s RITA (Réseau Intégré de Transmissions Automatiques or Automated Integrated Communications Network). As part of this contract, named RITA N4, Thales will provide the Army with high-performance IP communications systems for battalion Command Posts. This success further strengthens Thales’s position as prime contractor of secure tactical IP networks for the armed forces.
  • Oshkosh Defense Awarded $29 Million Contract to Supply Egypt With Next-Generation Trucks Oshkosh 08 Mar 2010 -- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has received a contract modification valued at $29 million from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) to supply more than 75 next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT A4) to branches of the Egyptian armed forces. This is the first order for the HEMTT A4 in Egypt and it will integrate with Egypt’s current HEMTT A2 fleet.

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • After polls close in Iraq, UN envoy calls for unity UN News Centre 08 Mar 2010 -- The United Nations’ chief envoy to Iraq called on political candidates and groups to respect the democratic process as counting gets under way after yesterday’s vote in national parliamentary elections.
  • Iraqis Express Hope, Await Results After Parliamentary Vote RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqis are resting and enjoying a warm and sunny holiday today in much of the country as they await official results of the March 7 parliamentary ballot -- Iraq's second national elections since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime seven years ago.
  • Iraqis Await Results Of Elections; Obama Praises Vote RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqis are today awaiting the results of their parliamentary elections.
  • Iraqi PM Al-Maliki leading in parliamentary elections - unofficial results RIA Novosti 08 Mar 2010 -- According to unofficial results in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, who heads the State of Law Coalition, is leading in the ballot count, the head of an independent Iraqi organization said on Monday.
  • Vote Counting Underway in Iraq VOA 08 Mar 2010 -- Iraqi officials are counting votes from Sunday's parliamentary election. Despite a series of attacks that left more than 30 people dead, the vote is being hailed as a general success.
  • Initial reports of Iraq elections ‘encouraging,’ says UK IRNA 08 Mar 2010 -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has expressed hope that a government will be formed in Iraq to serve all the people after Sunday’s election results have been confirmed by the country’s electoral commission,
  • Germany hails Iraqi voters' courage for defying election violence IRNA 08 Mar 2010 -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle praised Iraqis for going to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new parliament amid election-day violence.
  • Commentary: After Elections, Iran Remains A Major Player In Iraq RFE/RL 08 Mar 2010 -- On March 7, millions of Iraqis "made their mark" and participated in the country's second, generally fair and democratic post-Saddam Hussein parliamentary elections -- an event that is exemplary for Iraq's Arab and Iranian neighbors.

  • Al-Qaida Suspect Arrested in Pakistan Not Gadahn VOA 08 Mar 2010 -- Pakistani intelligence agents say they have captured an American al-Qaida operative, but they have reversed their initial assertion that he is Adam Gadahn, who is wanted in the United States on a treason charge.

  • Shelter critical need for post-quake Haiti and Chile, says Ban UN News Centre 08 Mar 2010 -- Returning from seeing first-hand the destruction wrought by the earthquake that struck Chile last month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the urgent need for shelter, which is also a priority for millions of quake survivors in Haiti.
  • UN anti-drug chief sounds alarm on possible ‘health disaster’ in developing world UN News Centre 08 Mar 2010 -- Failure to harness drugs could unleash a “health disaster” in the developing world, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned today, underscoring that poor nations lack the necessary treatment facilities and law enforcement capacities to rein in narcotics.
  • Shadow Summit In Geneva Focusing On Neglected Rights Issues RFE/RL 07 Mar 2010 -- Dissidents, diplomats, and NGO representatives from around the world have gathered in Geneva for a two-day summit aimed at giving voice to victims of the world’s worst human rights abuses.
  • Mugabe's ZANU-PF Deals Serious Blow To Unity Government VOA 08 Mar 2010 -- Zimbabwe's unity government has suffered its worst blow since its formation a year ago, according to the Movement for Democratic Change and several Zimbabwean political analysts and commentators. President Robert Mugabe has stripped effective power from three ministries, and assigned them to ZANU-PF ministers.
  • Burma's Military Government Finalizes Election Laws VOA 08 Mar 2010 -- Burma's military government has finalized laws for historic elections to take place sometime later this year. But Burma's government in exile says the constitution is undemocratic and elections will not be free and fair without the release of political prisoners.
  • Chad: UN boosts efforts to tackle food insecurity UN News Centre 08 Mar 2010 -- United Nations agencies are ramping up efforts to assist around 2 million Chadians who will require food aid this year because of poor rainfall and lean harvests, the world body said today.



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