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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 26. maj 2005 / Time Line May 26, 2005
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Campaign Launched to Demand Resolution of Inquiry
By downing - Posted on 26 May 2005
http://warisacrime.org/node/4
A coalition of veterans' groups, peace groups, and political
activist groups announced a campaign today to urge that the U.S.
Congress launch a formal investigation into whether President Bush
has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.
The campaign focuses on evidence that recently emerged in a British
memo containing minutes of a secret July 2002 meeting with British
Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top national security
officials.
05/26/2005
House Kills First Vote on Iraq Withdrawal
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/jeserich.php?articleid=6094
by Mitch Jeserich
May 26, 2005
The House of Representatives voted down a measure, by a 128 to 300
vote, that called on President Bush to devise a plan for a
withdrawal from Iraq. It came in the form of an amendment to the
$491 billion budget for the Pentagon that was passed on Wednesday
night.
But the withdrawal amendment marks the first time that Congress has
officially voted and debated legislation that deals with a
withdrawal.
05/26/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $14,550,000
cost-plus award-fee contract to provide for Research and
Development under BAA entitled "Joint War fighting Space
Demonstration 2 (JWS-D2), Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective
Military Imaging Spectrometer (ARTEMIS) Sensor Payload. The ARTEMIS
project under the JWS-D2 program is to develop a hyperspectral
sensor suitable for integration on a spacecraft bus and interface
to a data storage and processing system as part of a rapid
development experiment. At this time, $225,000 of the funds has
been obligated. This work will be complete by June 2008.
Solicitation began December 2004 and negotiations were completed
May 2005. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force
Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9453-05-C-0220).
General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., is being
awarded a $9,540,087 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for
research and development in support of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Advanced Technology Office (ATO),
external weapon stow and launch proposal. Contractor will develop
and demonstrate an external weapon launch system that can stow,
communicate with and deliver an unencapsulated MK 48 Advanced
Capability torpedo from outside the pressure hull. Work will be
performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by
November 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured and
advertised via Broad Agency Announcement 05-03, with 31 offers
received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division,
Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-05-C-3181).
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being
awarded a $9,198,625 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract
action provides for the Demonstration and Validation of Solid
Rocket Motor Technologies suitable for development into an
affordable Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
via the conduct of prototype full-scale first and second stage
static test firings. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
and is expected to be completed by September 2006. Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This
contract was competitively procured, with one offer received. The
Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the
contracting activity (N00030-05-C-0042).
General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn., is being
awarded a $6,292,997 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for
research and development in support of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Advanced Technology Office (ATO),
shaftless propulsion proposal. Contractor will develop and
demonstrate a propulsive system that does not require a shaft to
penetrate pressure hull. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn.,
and is expected to be completed by May 2005. Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was
competitively procured and advertised via Broad Agency Announcement
05-03, with 31 offers received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center,
Newport Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity
(N66604-05-C-3180).
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $5,136,420
cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract
(N00024-04-C-2100) for procurement of Consolidated Design Agent,
Planning Yard, engineering and technical support for active nuclear
submarines. This modification provides for Design Agent services
for Operational Research platforms and special operation submarines
with updated drawings and related data that document the ship's
configuration. Contractor will also provide material required to
support operational ship and shore support facility problem
resolution and consolidation programs. Work will be performed in
Groton, Conn. (79 percent); Quonset, R.I. (15 percent); Newport,
R.I. (4 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (2 percent), 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.
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