Det danske Fredsakademis kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 28. April 2005

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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 28. April 2005 / Time Line April 28, 2005

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04/28/2005
Nuclear Weapons Abolition Day grundlagt af Mayors for Peace 2003.

The casket bearing the body of US Navy Machinist's Mate Third Class Nathan Taylor goes over the edge of
the USS Enterprise during a Burial at Sea ceremony.
Source: Return Of The Fallen. National Security Archive
Electronic Briefing Book No. 152.

04/28/2005
RETURN OF THE FALLEN
PENTAGON RELEASES HUNDREDS MORE WAR CASUALTY HOMECOMING IMAGES :
Freedom of Information Act Forces Opening of 360 New Photos Confirms War Casualty Honor Ceremony Images Belong In Public
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 152
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB152/index.htm
Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005 - In response to Freedom of Information Act requests and a lawsuit, the Pentagon this week released hundreds of previously secret images of casualties returning to honor guard ceremonies from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and other conflicts, confirming that images of their flag-draped coffins are rightfully part of the public record, despite its earlier insistence that such images should be kept secret.
One year after the start of a series of Freedom of Information Act requests filed by University of Delaware Professor Ralph Begleiter with the assistance of the National Security Archive, and six months after a lawsuit charging the Pentagon with failing to comply with the Act, the Pentagon made public more than 700 images of the return of American casualties to Dover Air Force Base and other U.S. military facilities, where the fallen troops received honor guard ceremonies. The Pentagon officially refers to the photos as "images of the memorial and arrival ceremonies for deceased military personnel arriving from overseas." Many of the images show evidence of censorship, which the Pentagon says is intended to conceal identifiable personal information of military personnel involved in the homecoming ceremonies.

04/28/2005
US National Academy of Sciences releases a Congressionally-requested report on the effects of nuclear earth-penetrator weapons (Public Law 107-314, Sec. 1033) (tentative).

04/28/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on April 26, 2005, a $262,397,900 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Arrowhead Units with Accompanying Initial Spares. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on June 8, 2004. The Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-C-0302).
BAE Systems Applied Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $16,331,665 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-02-C-3058) to exercise an option for the procurement of an estimated quantity of 279,000 man-hours of engineering and technical services to support C4I Communication-Electronic equipment and systems. Work will be performed in California, Md., and is expected to be completed in April 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.
Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $9,690,791 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract (N00019-02-D-3158) to exercise an option for airborne threat simulation capabilities to train shipboard and aircraft squadron weapon systems operators and aircrew how to counter potential enemy Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electronic Attack (EA) operations in today's Electronic Combat (EC) environment by utilizing super and subsonic aircraft. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (45 percent); Norfolk, Va. (45 percent), and at various locations across the United States (10 percent); and is expected to be completed in April 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $6,446,134 modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-5117) to exercise an option for engineering technical services relative to production of the SPY-1D (V) AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) Transmitter Group and MK99 Fire Control System. Specifically, these requirements include Engineering Technical Services for: the AWS Transmitter Group (AN/SPY-1, AN/SPY-1D (V) and AWS MK 99 Fire Control System), Microwave Tube, Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TDMD), Engineering Support Center Support, Configuration Control, Engineering Support Services, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (Provisioning/Supply Support, Planned Maintenance, Support and Test equipment, Technical Data, PHS&T) and Data. The AWS is the primary anti-air warfare defensive weapons system onboard Ticonderoga Class Cruisers (CG) and Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers (DDG). The heart of the AWS is the AN/SPY-1 Radar System, a three-dimensional, air/surface search and tracking radar. This high-powered radar is able to perform search, track and missile guidance functions simultaneously, with capability of over 100 targets. Work will be performed in Sudbury (90 percent) and Andover (10 percent), Mass., and is expected to be completed by May 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
ITT Industries Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $5,701,325 contract modification that consists of two projects. The first project provides the Eastern Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) with metric optics subsystems that have the capability to verify and quantitatively validate the focus quality of large aperture, optical telescope instruments equipped with film and Charge-Couple Device based camera sensors. The second project is for the Automated Meteorological Profiling System Software Upgrade. The location of performance is ITT Industries Inc., Systems Division, Patrick AFB, Fla., (75 percent) and 13th Street and New Mexico Bldg 9320, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.(25 percent). Total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete October 2007. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (04701-01-0001, P00229).