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DTN News: Boeing, Qatar Airways Launch New 777 Performance Improvement Package *Airlines News: Boeing services offering provides airline options to open new routes, improve fuel efficiency, increase payload capabilities Source:   K. V. Seth - DTN News + Boeing (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada   {FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom) - July 12, 2016:  Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Qatar Airways announced today at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow the launch of a new Performance Improvement Package. Qatar Airways is the first customer in the world to take advantage of the new modification offering, a reflection of its focus on providing a superior product to its customers. "Qatar Airways operates one of the world's youngest and most technologically advanced fleets, and we are always seeking ways to grow our operational advantage," said His Excellency Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive.  "We appreciate Boeing's continue

DTN News:  Philippines Wins South China Sea Case Against China Source:   K. V. Seth - DTN News +  The Guardian (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 12, 2016: China has lost a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China Sea. The judgment by an international tribunal in The Hague chiefly in favour of claims by the Philippines will increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale back military expansion in the sensitive area. By depriving certain outcrops – some of which are exposed only at low tide – of territorial-generating status, the ruling effectively punches a series of holes in China’s all-  encompassing “nine-dash” demarcation line that stretches deep into the South China Sea. It declares large areas of the sea to be neutral international waters. Beijing claims 90% of the South China Sea, a maritime region believed to hold a wealth of untapped oil and gas reserves and thr

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February  4,  2016 Source:  K. V. Seth - DTN News +  U.S. DoD issued No.  CR-021-16 February 4, 2016 (NSI News Source Info)  TORONTO, Canada -  February 4 ,  2016 :  U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February 4 ,  2016   are  undermentioned; CONTRACTS ARMY Olin Corp., Winchester Ammunition Division, East Alton, Illinois, was awarded a $99,200,000 firm-price economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for .38 and .45 caliber and 9mm ammunition.  One bid was solicited with one received, with an estimated completion date of March 9, 2022.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-16-D-0004). General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $15,944,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee foreign military sales c

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February  3,  2016 Source:  K. V. Seth - DTN News +  U.S. DoD issued No.  CR-020-16 February 3, 2016 (NSI News Source Info)  TORONTO, Canada -  February 3 ,  2016 :  U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February 3 ,  2016   are  undermentioned; CONTRACTS ARMY AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $97,109,000 modification (P00004) to contract W58RGZ-15-C-0047 for the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system, tactical data link retrofit full-rate Production VII.  Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2018.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $97,109,000 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February  2,  2016 Source:  K. V. Seth - DTN News +  U.S. DoD issued No.  CR-019-16 February 2, 2016 (NSI News Source Info)  TORONTO, Canada -  February 2 ,  2016 :  U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February 2 ,  2016   are  undermentioned; CONTRACTS NAVY L-3 Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, is being awarded an estimated maximum value $22,756,241 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the fiscal 2016 depot-level maintenance support and sustainment for up to four F/A-18A/B/C/D aircraft.  Services to be provided include performance of high-flight-hour (HFH) inspections, HFH recurring inspections, additional inspections, modifications and liaison engineering.  Work will be performed in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (80 percent); and Waco, Texas (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2018.  Fiscal 2016 aircr