DTN News - TOULOUSE SIEGE: French Intelligence Under Fire Over Mohamed Merah - Killed

DTN News - TOULOUSE SIEGE: French Intelligence Under Fire Over Mohamed Merah - Killed

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 22, 2012: The French government went on the defensive Thursday amid questions over why its intelligence service had failed to deal with petty criminal turned alleged jihadist serial killer Mohamed Merah. Self-confessed Al-Qaida militant Merah, 23, died in a police assault on his flat Thursday, but he was tracked down after murdering seven people, including three Jewish children and three soldiers, in a series of attacks.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Sikorsky For Rework On 2 VH-3D And 1 VH-60N Helicopters

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Sikorsky For Rework On 2 VH-3D And 1 VH-60N Helicopters

 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 22, 2012: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $20,521,388 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) for special progressive aircraft rework of two VH-3D and one VH-60N executive helicopters, including vendor repairables and component overhaul.  

Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  

Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in September 2012.  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.

Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President of the United States. It usually denotes a helicopter operated by the HMX-1 "Nighthawks" squadron, either the large VH-3D Sea King or the newer, smaller VH-60N "WhiteHawk", both due to be replaced by the VXX program. A Marine Corps aircraft carrying the Vice President has the call sign Marine Two.

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