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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 15. december 2005 / Time Line December 15, 2005

14. December 2005, 16. December 2005

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Parlamentsvalg i Irak.

12/15/2005
Guatemala Completes Landmine Clearance
Office of the Spokesman, the U.S. Department of State
Guatemala has today completed its program to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance from its territory, thanks in part to United States assistance that was channeled through the Organization of American States (OAS), and now joins the small but growing number of countries that are no longer significantly affected by landmines left from past conflicts. The United States is pleased to have worked in close partnership with Guatemala and the OAS to achieve this success.
Since 1998 the United States invested approximately $500,000 in mine action assistance in Guatemala. The U.S. Department of State helped enable clearance of 4,127 persistent landmines and pieces of unexploded ordnance that threatened 1,800 communities, thereby restoring over 10,506 square meters of land to productive use, and to teach residents in mine affected areas to recognize and avoid touching dangerous remnants of war. In support of the Pan American Health Organization's efforts in Central America, the U.S. Agency for International Development's Leahy War Victims Fund underwrote training for Guatemalan doctors and rehabilitation specialists to improve the physical and social status of Guatemalans wounded by conflict. The U.S. Department of Defense's humanitarian demining research and development program provided Guatemala with demining technology prototypes (Demining Support System multi-lingual computer; LexFoam detonating material; mine location marking systems) for field testing.
Other countries that have received assistance from the inter-agency U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program and that were earlier rendered free from the humanitarian impact of landmines and unexploded ordnance (i.e."impact free") include Costa Rica, Djibouti, Honduras, and Kosovo province. El Salvador and Suriname, which received from the United States landmine survivors assistance and air lift capacity for humanitarian deminers, respectively, have also already become impact free.
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs continues to provide humanitarian mine action assistance and support for small arms/light weapons mitigation to other countries worldwide. To learn more, visit
www.state.gov/t/pm/wra.

12/15/2005
Binary Destruction Facility begins operations
PINE BLUFF ARSENAL, Ark. – The Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) began operations of the Binary Destruction Facility today. The facility is neutralizing the binary chemical precursors DF and QL. These chemicals were designed to mix with other chemicals in flight to a target to create chemical nerve agents. The facility is starting with DF neutralization operations, which will run for about three months. Once complete, the facility will transition to QL operations, which will run from May to June, said Larry Friedman, NSMCP binary project manager. About 70 operations and maintenance personnel are running the facility in around-the-clock shifts, enabling the United States to meet chemical demilitarization milestones for the Chemical Weapons Convention’s 1997 treaty.
A 1991 treaty with Russia halted production of the binary items, and the DF and QL have been safely stored here since. The structure housing the BDF is the final part of the original Integrated Binary Production Facilities. NSCMP, part of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, began converting the building for binary destruction operations in June 2003. Once operations are complete, this building also will be demolished, completing destruction of the former production facility at Pine Bluff Arsenal.
NSCMP leads the nation in the development and use of advanced technology to safely eliminate America’s non-stockpile chemical materiel in an environmentally sound and costeffective manner. A division of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, NSCMP researches and develops treatment options and destruction plans that comply with all federal, state and local regulations. NSCMP encourages public involvement in its activities. Visit the CMA Web site at
http://www.cma.army.mil/nscmp.aspx for additional information.

12/15/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Service International,Greensville, S.C., is being awarded a maximum $225,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment / indefinite quantity contract for the integrated prime vendor support for consumable items for the Air Force. Locations of work will be performed at Warner Robins, GA, Oklahoma, Okla. and Ogden, Utah. There were 54 proposals solicited and two responded. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of completion is April 2008. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (SP0540-06-D-BP01).
General Electric Aircraft Engine, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on Dec. 15, 2005, a $177,879,422 firm-fixed-price contract for an overhaul and repair effort for the entire T700 family of engines. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Aug. 25, 2005. The Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. , is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0038).
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Clearfield, Utah, was awarded on 15 December 2005, a $156,756,017 Fixed Price Incentive (Firm Target)/Firm Fixed Price contract modification fee to provide for Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program (GRP) and full rate production (FRP) for FY06 option. Eighty (80) NS-50 Missile Guidance Sets (MGS), and thirty-six (36) Reentry System Cable Sets. Total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by July 2008. The Headquarters Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity. (F42610-98-C-0001). Modification number for this requirement has not been assigned.
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Missile Defense Division San Bernardino, Calif., was awarded on 15 December 2005, a $100,000,000 Indefinite delivery/Indefinite quantity Cost plus award fee contract fee to provide for technical, engineering, and analytic services supporting Detachment 12, Space and Missiles Systems Center, Rocket Systems launch Program (RSLP). RSLP conducts launches using excess ICBM rocket motors and other government and commercial motors in various configurations for sounding rockets, sub-orbital, and orbital delivery vehicles. The contract will provide a range of technical services, including support to RSLP in the aging surveillance of rocket motors, rocket motor storage, analytic services to assist RSLP in determining the viability of planned missions, payload integration, quick response research, and special studies related to the use of excess ICBM rocket motors. At this time $1,100,000 has been obligated. This work will be complete by December 2010. The Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity. (FA8818-06-D-0020).
ITT Federal Services International Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on Dec. 12, 2005, a $74,380,863 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Operation and Maintenance of Communication and Information Systems for the 160th Signal Brigade. Work will be performed in Southwest and Central Asia, and Africa, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on June 13, 2005, and six bids were received. The Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. , is the contracting activity (W91RUS-06-C-0002).
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, York, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 14, 2005, a $20,005,000 cost-reimbursable contract for fiscal 2006 RESET of Bradley Vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pa. (83 percent), Aiken, S.C. (5 percent), San Jose, Calif. (8 percent), and Fayette, Pa. (4 percent), and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Oct. 18, 2005. The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, Mich. , is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).
Alloy Surfaces Co. Inc.*, Chester Township, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 6, 2005, a delivery order amount of $15,699,394 as part of an $80,974,478 firm-fixed-price contract for the M211 Infrared Countermeasure Flares. Work will be performed in Chester Township, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 17, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on March 29, 2004. The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. , is the contracting activity (W15QKN-04-D-1002).
Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Baton Rouge, La., was awarded on Dec. 7, 2005, a delivery order amount of $8,431,291 as part of a $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to Furnish Temporary Modular Buildings for Southern University New Orleans Campus. Work will be performed in New Orleans, La., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 13, 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were three bids solicited on Nov. 23, 2005, and two bids were received. The Army Engineer District, New Orleans, La. , is the contracting activity (W912P8-06-D-0019).
DRI Commercial, Irvine, Calif.; WEBCO, Ventura, Calif.; and VT Griffin, Atlanta, Ga., are each being awarded a guaranteed minimum of $25,000 (base period), firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for new construction and renovation of various roofing systems at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The total amount per contract is not to exceed $25,000,000 (base period and four option years) bringing the cumulative total for all three contracts to $75,000,000. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps installations within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including, but not limited to, California (80 percent), Arizona (18 percent), and Nevada (2 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of December 2006 (December 2010 with options). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with four offers received. These three contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif. , is the contracting activity (N68711-06-D-1009/1010/1011).
DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas is being awarded a $13,683,264 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide maintenance and support services for Kuwaiti Air Force F/A-18 Program under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Kuwait (90 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through an electronic request for proposals, with three offers received. The Naval Air Systems Command Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-06-C-0308).
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md. is being awarded a $5,755,396 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract (N61331-01-D-0025) for engineering and technical support for various Mine Warfare (MIW) systems. MIW mission areas are: Surface Mine Countermeasures (MCM), Airborne MCM Shallow Water MSM, and Mine Development. Major platforms supported include: MCM-1 and MHC-51 Class ships, helicopters, and air cushion vehicles used to support MIW missions. Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md. and is expected to be completed by March 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, Md. is the contracting activity.

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