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Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle 2010-07/08

Aug 19, 2010 20:58 UTC

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(c) DJ Elliott

DJ Elliott is a retired USN Intelligence Specialist (22 years active duty) who has been analyzing and writing on Iraqi Security Forces developments since 2006. His Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle is an open-source compilation that attempts to map and detail Iraqi units and equipment, as their military branches and internal security forces grow and mature. While “good enough for government use” is not usually uttered as a compliment, US Army TRADOC has maintained permission to use the ISF OOB for their unclassified handouts since 2008.

This compilation is reproduced here with full permission. It offers a set of updates highlighting recent changes in the ISF’s composition and development, followed by the full updated ISF OOBs in PDF form. Reader feedback and tips are encouraged. This month’s developments include:

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$30M in University Research Dollars Available via SPAWAR Atlantic

Aug 19, 2010 12:37 UTC

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US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in Charleston, SC recently issued cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery /indefinite-quantity, multiple award contracts to 7 universities, who will compete for task orders. Up to $30 million may be requested over the base year and 5 option years, in exchange for “…technical and maintenance services to obtain analytical and technical support services, and research and development efforts from undergraduate and graduate students and faculty… in support of advanced research and development projects on behalf of multiple customers in the South East region to include, but not limited to, SPAWAR Atlantic.”

These educational institutions will compete for the task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. Work will be performed in Charleston, SC (40%), Norfolk, VA (30%), and New Orleans, LA (30%). Work is expected to be complete in September 2011, and could continue until September 2015 if all options are exercised. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by full and open competition via the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with 8 offers received. The 7 winners were:

  • Clemson University in Clemson, SC (N65236-10-D-6834)
  • Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA (N65236-10-D-6835)
  • Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA (N65236-10-D-6836)
  • University of New Orleans in New Orleans, LA (N65236-10-D-6837)
  • University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL (N65236-10-D-6838)
  • University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC (N65236-10-D-6839)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Institution in Blacksburg, VA (N65236-10-D-6840)

Rapid Fire 2010-08-19: Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System

Aug 18, 2010 20:29 UTC

  • US Missile Defense Agency is reportedly eying potential competitive bids worth as much as $37 billion over the next 5 years, as it moves away from sole-source contracts. The GMD system is an early harbinger.

  • Brookings think tank staffer P.W. Singer discusses the think tank world in Washington.

  • Honeywell has now delivered 28 engines, as part of Britain’s CH-47 Chinook upgrade to handle Afghan conditions.

  • ViaSat deploys mobile broadband terminals on-board the USAF’s twin-turboprop MC-12W Liberty surveillance aircraft.

  • China’s none too happy about what the Pentagon is saying in its new report. Xinhua | Christian Science Monitor | Bloomberg

  • Over 70% of JFCOM’s budget goes for contractors, making it an easy target for Pentagon cuts, but Virginia’s governor and mayors want to save it.

  • Rockwell Collins gets $140 million USAF contract to develop the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) that will provide time, space, and position information for military test ranges

  • Colombia’s high court strikes down a deal that would have given US troops greater access to Colombian military bases.

USA: 5-Years, $457M for APR-39 ECM Systems

Aug 18, 2010 17:38 UTC

APR-39B

AN/APR-39B set

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL recently received a 5-year $457.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for its APR-39A/B/C Radar Signal Detection Set (RSDS) including upgrade kits; and repair, integration, interim software support and field support. Work is to be performed in Rolling Meadows, IL, with an estimated completion date of Dec 31/14. One bid was solicited with one bid received by U.S. Army CECOM at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (W15P7T-10-D-R802).

APR-39s are used on an array of US Army and Navy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, and serve to warn pilots when they’re targeted by radar. Platforms with the APR-39 range from C-130 and RC-7s, to attack helicopters like the AH-1 and AH-64, to transport rotaries from the MV-22 and CH-47 to MH-60S and even US Presidential helicopters.

The AN/APR-39Av2 is a basic threat warning system, which acts as a control for a survivability suite that includes a laser warning receiver and an infrared missile warner. The AN/APR-39Bv2 also acts as a full electronic warfare management system, serving as the heart of Northrop Grumman’s Suite of Integrated Sensors and Countermeasures (SISCM). Customers can add onboard sensors as SISCM input, or upgrade existing components. It will automatically detect and identify threat type, bearing and danger levels, then alert the crew to each threat with a graphical symbol in the cockpit multifunction display (MFD) or video display, accompanied by synthetic speech audio threat warnings. It also records what it finds for later analysis, if its aircraft returns. Northrop Grumman release

Rapid Fire 2010-08-18: China Defense Updates

Aug 17, 2010 17:32 UTC

  • National Defense magazine: “With Gates’ Proposals, the Edge Of the Perfect Storm Comes Ashore”

  • China Resurgent: DoD’s overdue report to Congress on China’s military capabilities says China is beefing up its ballistic and cruise missiles, naval, and air defense forces. Report [PDF]

  • Uniformly Profitable: Chinese military uniform maker Jihua Group sees the price of its shares soar by 76% on its trading debut at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

  • Keeping in Touch: Updated CRS report [PDF] details US-China military exchanges since 1993.

  • 179th Airlift Wing in Ohio becomes the first US ANG(Air National Guard) unit to convert to the C-27J Spartan.

  • Northrop Grumman announces a successful Preliminary Design Review for its US Navy CANES solution.

  • China expands military exchanges with Serbia and Bolivia.

  • Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation warns against drastic cuts in US defense budget.

  • BRAC base closings can devastate US towns where bases are located. Other locations may open new industrial parks, or take advantage of a sudden airport upgrade.

Rapid Fire 2010-08-17: Late Canadian Frigates

Aug 16, 2010 22:50 UTC

  • South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak lays out a 3-step process for reunification of the peninsula. It is not a return to his predecessor’s anti-American “sunshine policy,” and includes a reunification tax to begin preparing for the massive costs of either peaceful reunification, or regime collapse.

  • China set to test DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile. USA finishes first test of the supersonic GQM-163 Coyote High Diver, which may help simulate those attacks for defensive systems.

  • Exit, Stage Left: US Defense Secretary Gates plans to retire next year before the presidential election season heats up, after serving in the position since 2006.

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Rapid Fire 2010-08-16: It Takes Less Brass

Aug 15, 2010 21:45 UTC

  • Britain’s new defence minister Liam Fox outlines the process and considerations they’ll use when thinking through Britain’s defense spending during the 2010 strategic review.

  • Canada’s DND announces C$ 209 million worth of infrastructure projects at CFB Borden, near Barrie, Ontario.

  • 1st US AEHF high-bandwidth, secure communications satellite launched successfully.

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Rapid Fire 2010-08-13: Nulka Ship Decoy

Aug 12, 2010 22:38 UTC

  • To Russia, with Sub: Russia’s Zvezdochka shipyard begins an $80 million overhaul of India’s S63 INS Sindhurakshak submarine, an improved Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine that Russia built for India.

  • Simulated Revenues: Canada’s CAE expects a 10-12% rise in revenue for the year, spurred by an increase in its military crew simulator training business.

  • RFID leader Savi shifts its HQ out of California to Alexandria, VA – near Washington DC.

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$77.7M to NGC for Helicopter DIRCM

Aug 12, 2010 14:12 UTC

AH-64 DIRCM

AAQ-24 on AH-64

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL recently receive an unfinalized contract estimated at $77.7 million for 121 AN/AAQ-24v25 Guardian laser transmitter assemblies for installation on US Navy and USMC CH-53D Sea Stallion, CH-53E Super Stallion, and CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters, including associated technical data. The AAQ-24 Guardian/Nemesis is a next-generation directable laser-based countermeasures system, based on the LAIRCM system for larger aircraft. The idea behind such Directional InfraRed Counter-Measures (DIRCM) systems is to aim appropriately coded laser pulses at an incoming missile’s seeker, decoying it away.

Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, IL (39%); Edinburgh, Scotland (16.8%); Goleta, CA (10%); Blacksburg, VA (9.4%); Boulder, CO (7.1%); Dallas, TX (5.5%); Lewisburg, TN (2%); Apopka, FL (1.8%); Woodland Hills, CA (1.3%); Tampa, FL (1%); Santa Clara, CA (1%); Melbourne, FL (1%); Wheeling, WVA (1%); and various locations throughout the U.S. (3.1%), and is expected to be completed in August 2012. This contract was not competitively procured by the US Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River MD (N00019-10-C-0080).

Rapid Fire 2010-08-12: Naval Helos for India

Aug 11, 2010 22:36 UTC

  • India’s comptroller and auditor general criticizes the Defense Ministry’s plans to build an army carbine factory in Amethi, northeast India, for poor site selection, defective planning, and hasty decision making.

  • Meanwhile, the Indian Navy is proceeding with a $1.5 billion tender to replace its Alouette-III derivative Chetak naval helicopters with 56 light naval utility helicopters. RFPs are expected to go out to existing supplier Kamov (Ka-28/Ka-27), and to Eurocopter, AgustaWestland, Sikorsky, and Bell Helicopter. HAL’s Dhruv could be a wild card.

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