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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 12. August 2005 / Timeline August 12, 2005
Version 3.511. August 2005, 13. August 2005
08/12/2005
Death toll for part-time troops in Iraq soars
Summer months prove deadly for Reserves and National Guard
The Associated Press
The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq
during the first 10 days of August — at least 32, according
to a Pentagon count — than in any full month of the entire
war.
More broadly, Pentagon casualty reports show that the number of
deaths among Guard and Reserve forces has been trending upward much
of this year, totaling more than 100 since May 1. That ranks as the
deadliest stretch of the war for the Guard and Reserve, whose
members perform both combat and support missions...
08/12/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of
Defense
Trijicon Inc. Wixom, Mich., is being awarded a $660,000,000
firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract
for Rifle Combat Optics (RCO) fixed 4 power scopes designed for use
with the M-16 family of weapons. The RCO enhances the Marine's
ability to identify and engage targets in combat situations at
greater ranges and with increased accuracy over standard iron
sights. The initial purchase will be 104,000 scopes at $610 each
for a total initial delivery order of $63,440,000. The government
may purchase up to a maximum of 800,000 RCO scopes on this contract
over the five-year period the contract is in effect. Work will be
performed in Wixom, Mich. (90 percent) and Fredericksburg Va. (10
percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This
contract was competitively procured using full and open
competition. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is
the contracting activity (M67854-05-D-1061). FN Manufacturing, LLC,
Columbia, S.C., is being awarded a potential $9,830,874
firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract,
to provide a maximum quantity 1,100 (ea) MK46 Lightweight Machine
Guns (LMG) and auxiliary support equipment (fluted barrels and bolt
assemblies). The MK46 LMG is a 5.56mm weapons system used in
support of the United States Special Operations Command. It is a
belt-fed, compact and lightweight weapon. Work will be performed in
Columbia, S.C., and is expected to be completed by August 2010.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the
contracting activity (N00164-05-D-4848). Alliant Ammunition and
Powder Co. L.L.C., Radford, Va., was awarded on Aug. 11, 2005, a
$21,137,473 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the
Modernization of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Work will be
performed in Radford, Va., and is expected to be completed by June
30, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Aug. 30,
2004. The U.S. Army Field Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., is
the contracting activity (DAAA09-03-E-0001).
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded
a $48,583,774 cost-plus award-fee contract modification to provide
extended engineering and technical support to conduct planning and
execution for Launch and on-orbit checkout of the SBIRS
Geosynchronous Elliptical Orbit Satellites while continually
operating the High Elliptical Orbit payload. The period of
performance will be extended through the year 2010. This contract
action supports the SBIRS Combined Task Force located at Boulder,
Colo. No funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by
June 2010. Negotiations were completed July 2005. The Headquarters
Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base,
Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-95-C-0017, P00313).
Raytheon Systems Co., Reston, Va., is being awarded a $5,140,228
cost-plus award-fee contract modification for the Global Broadcast
Service (GBS) program, DoD's satellite-based system for
distributing video, imagery, and other large data files to users
around the world. The contract action directs Raytheon to build 44
Enhanced 88XR Receive Suites (RS). Each E88XR RS consists of two
transportable Receive Broadcast Manager (RBM) cases and one Next
Generation Receive Terminal (NGRT) including GBS unique software.
NGRTs are the antenna portion of a GBS Transportable Ground Receive
Suite and are paired with the RBMs to allow the user to receive,
decrypt, and access the GBS broadcast. The 44 RS are destined for
multiple users. The US Marine Corp procured the majority of RS in
this modification with 33 E88XR RS bound for their operational
units and one additional NGRT. Total funds have been obligated.
This work will be complete by May 2006. Solicitation began May 2005
and negotiations were completed August 2005. The Headquarters
Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the
contracting activity (F04701-97-C-0044, P00221).
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