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SP's MAI - June 16-30, 2011

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / INTERVIEW
  ‘I visualise a broader mandate for the Mechanised Forces in the future’
  By SP’s M.A.I. Team

  Lt General D.S. Siddhu, Director General Mechanised Forces

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  AEROSPACE
  IAF on course: CAS

  Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik took over as Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, in May 2009, and after having spent a major part of his career tackling challenges facing the IAF, will retire on July 31 this year.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Drifting with insurgencies
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  How many times does the hierarchy need to be reminded that the roots of the problem are politicosocio-economic and military solution is not the answer?

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  NEW PRODUCTS
  DRS Technologies produces low-consumption thermal camera

  DRS Technologies announced its reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) business unit has produced an advanced...

• CORPORATE
  General Dynamics declares dividend

  The board of directors of General Dynamics has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 47 cents per share on the company’s common stock, payable August 5, 2011, to shareholders.

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  MILITARY
  Navantia’s “Juan Carlos I” arrives in Istanbul

  End May, the Spanish Navy’s ship, LHD “Juan Carlos I”, arrived in Istanbul for a stopover during her first resistance voyage started on May 2.

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  AEROSPACE / INTERVIEW
  Eurofighter’s hard sell
  By SP’s M.A.I. Team

  Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Cassidian Air Systems

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Natural Resources– From a policy concern to a security concern

  SIPRI Yearbook 2011 highlights growing security concerns linked to natural resources, particularly scarcities and competition created by climate change and intensifying global demand driven by the rise of China and India.

• NEW PRODUCTS
  Surveillance through cell phones and computers

  Zicom Electronic Security Systems has launched Qube Camera, a technological breakthrough, which enables remote monitoring of homes and offices on mobile phones and computers.

• CORPORATE
  General Dynamics to acquire Fortress Technologies

  General Dynamics announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fortress Technologies, a provider of secure wireless networking equipment for the US military and other government customers.

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  MILITARY
  ‘Tat Suraksha’ adds muscle to coastal security

  The three-day-long joint coastal security exercise conducted in the Andaman Sea concluded early June.

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  AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
  Jaguar re-engining conundrum
  By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

  Honeywell claimes that the modular construction of the F125IN and its integral dual full authority digital engine control system...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Cameron Diaz ‘riskiest’ celeb on the Net

  In 2010, Cameron Diaz was the ‘riskiest’ celebrity on the Internet. Search for a photo or the latest gossip of Cameron Diaz on the Net and the probability was high of the PC getting infected with a payload of malware fans.

• NEW PRODUCTS
  Otokar’s new armoured vehicle ARMA

  Turkish leading and largest privately owned tactical vehicles manufacturer Otokar has introduced the new 6x6 tactical armoured vehicle ARMA.

• CORPORATE
  IAI sales grows by 11 per cent in Q1

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has reported sales for Q1 2011 touching $855 million, compared to $769 million in Q1 2010, an increase of 11 per cent.

• MILITARY
  US Army awards Lockheed Martin contract for precision strike rockets

  Lockheed Martin has received a $445 million follow-on contract for guided multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) unitary rockets from the US Army Aviation & Missile Command.

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  AEROSPACE
  India picks Globemaster III, biggest defence deal with US

  The Cabinet Committee on Security presided by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has cleared the proposal to buy Boeing Company’s 10 C-17 Globemaster-III giant strategic airlift aircraft

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Unarmed man hijacks plane

  In 2006, a terrifying lapse in aircraft security allowed an unarmed man to hijack a passenger jet with more than 100 passengers aboard.

• CORPORATE
  USIBC hails C-17 purchase

  The US-India Business Council (USIBC), a business advocacy group representing some 400 top US companies, has hailed India’s decision to purchase 10 Boeing C-17 aircraft, valued at more than $4.1 billion.

• MILITARY
  DRS Defense Solutions bags terrestrial transport contract for Afghanistan and Iraq

  DRS Technical Services, a DRS Defense Solutions line of business, announced that its global enterprise solutions (GES) business unit has been awarded two task orders to provide X-band satellite connectivity and terrestrial transport services to US Forces serving in Southwest Asia.

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  AEROSPACE
  Prithvi (P-II) missile test flight

  The surface-to-surface Prithvi (P-II) Missile was successfully flight tested on June 9 from the launch complex-III, ITR Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Tackling naxal menace

  The Home Minister, P. Chidambaram on June 15 reveiewed the anti-naxal operations in Orissa and Chhattisgarh with the respective Chief Ministers Naveen Patnaik and Raman Singh

• CORPORATE
  Raytheon announces cash dividend

  Raytheon Company has announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.43 per outstanding share of common stock. The cash dividend is payable on August 11, 2011.

• MILITARY
  Handheld computing systems from DRS Technologies for US Army

  DRS Technologies has announced that the DRS Tactical Systems business unit received a cost-plus fixed-fee award for the development of an ultra-rugged handheld device for the US Army’s Joint Battle Command – Platform (JBC-P) programme.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Engineers look to the birds for the future of UAVs
  By Andrea Siedsma

  Engineers at University of California (UC), San Diego, are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the manoeuvrability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Tatas to showcase bullet-proof Sumo

  Tata Motors will be displaying the Tata LBPC (bulletproofed Tata Sumo) at Indesec in an effort to enhance visibility of Tata’s range of vehicles amongst end-users and system integrators.

• MILITARY
  Geospatial intelligence for edge

  Intelligence plays a very prominent role in the decision making process of any nation or organisation.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Skylark missions in diverse areas

  Elbit Systems has completed a series of successful tests of its Skylark I LE mini/man-pack UAS using the Dominator hardware to control...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Nova rolls out electro-optic systems

  Nova Integrated Systems recently rolled out its first production unit of the electro-optic stabilised POP 200 system integrated, calibrated and tested in India, in technical collaboration with IAI-Tamam.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Hermes 900 UAV wins first export sale

  Elbit Systems reported today the first export sale of its Hermes 900 UAV to a customer in Latin America

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Morpho’s explosives detection systems in airports

  Morpho Detection, part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, has installed six explosives detection systems (EDS) at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, one of the largest airport terminal buildings in the world.

• AEROSPACE
  Raytheon-Boeing submit plans for joint air-to-ground missile programme

  Raytheon Company submitted its proposal for the US Army and Navy’s joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM) competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the JAGM programme.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  IATA reveals checkpoint of the future

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled the first mock-up of a ‘checkpoint of the future’, designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches at airports, using intelligencedriven risk-based measures.

• AEROSPACE
  Lockheed Martin submits proposal of JAGM

  Lockheed Martin has also submitted a proposal in response to the government’s request for proposal (RFP) for the next phases of the joint airto-ground missile (JAGM) programme.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Northrop Grumman highlights global security capabilities at Le Bourget

  Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight its industry-leading global security capabilities at the Paris International Air Show, including unmanned aircraft systems, defence electronics and performance-based logistics.

• AEROSPACE
  ATK introduces hostile fire indication capability

  ATK announced that its recently-developed hostile fire indication (HFI) capability upgrade for the AAR-47 missile warning system has been approved by the Department of the Navy for fleet introduction.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Indesec, window of opportunity

  For the fourth time, Delhi will host the international Indesec 2011 exhibition at Pragati Maidan from June 20 to 22.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Controp launches multi-sensor payload for small UAVs

  Controp has added a new product, the new M-Stamp, a multi sensor payload for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  KritiKal offers automatic number plate recognition system

  KritiKal Solutions will focus on two of its product offerings – KLiPR and Trazer during Indesec 2011 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from June 20.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  AGI’s software for UAS

  AGI will demonstrate its software capabilities for unmanned aircraft missions, border protection and space-based ISR at the Paris International Air Show.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Gartner says security software market grew 12 per cent in 2010

  Worldwide security software revenue totaled $16.5 billion in 2010, a 12 per cent increase from 2009 revenue of $14.7 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  EU tightening cyber security

  The European Union (EU) has commenced work on creating a single security team to have better coordination when it comes to response to cyber attacks.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  IMF investigating cyber attack

  Following a recent cyber attack, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set in motion investigation to find out from where it emanated and also to ensure that the IMF systems were protected from any kind of cyber attack.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Military initiative on US cyber security

  As the threats from cyber space increase, various agencies in the US, including the military, are coming together to counter the threats.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Corporation unveils first Cyber Integration Center for trusted cloud computing

  Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, today held a ribboncutting ceremony unveiling the new Harris Cyber Integration Center (CIC)

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Chinese submarine gets within firing range of US aircraft carrier

  In 2006, a Chinese submarine left the US Navy hassled. The US Navy which had deployed a battle fleet on exercises found that a Chinese Song Class submarine surfaced close by the USS Kitty Hawk.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Angry fan bursts into English football team’s locker room

  That excited and angry fans want to get closer to their heroes in sports, to praise them or admonish them, is not new.