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SP's MAI - Issue No. 20 | October 16-31, 2015

Issue Features

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVE
  What’s Inside The AH-64E Apache for India?

  The AH-64E Apache Longbow attack helicopter that India has contracted 22 of is possibly the world's most advanced helicopter of its kind.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVE
  Apache fire control products support...

  Lockheed Martin’s Apache fire control products include electro-optical sensors, radar and data link technologies for the AH-64D/E Apache helicopter. Our products provide aircrews with enhanced situational awareness and greater performance...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVE
  What’s Inside The CH-47F Chinook for India?

  The CH-47F Chinook being configured to Indian Air Force specifications is all set to be a formidable special heavylift capability helicopter.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVE
  IAF Scouts 60 Armoured Vehicles For Commando Units

  In a first, the Indian Air Force is looking to give its commando squads protected mobility during operations on the lines of their counterparts in the Army.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVE
  For EW Boost To Mi-17 V5 Fleet

  In a decision that had been expected ever since the IAF threw in its lot with the formidable Mi-17 V5 medium-lift multirole helicopter platform, Air HQ has invited interest in arming...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Merkel pushes for defence cooperation
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  The Germans are considered to be a serious partner in the defence sector and the Indian side sees merits in developing strong bonds with the German defence industry which has developed high technology equipment.

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  AEROSPACE
  India's Time to Fly
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  “The Indian market is too important for anybody to ignore. Indian capability is very high. Manufacturing in India is the commitment we have expressed to Indian government.”

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Actress Kelly Carlson explains why she bought a gun

  After a frightening security breach, actress Kelly Carlson knew she never wanted to feel uneasy about her personal safety ever again. Carlson, who gained national fame starring on the hit show ‘Nip/Tuck,’ explained why she felt the need to arm herself.

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  CORPORATE
  Rolls-Royce to invest $600 million to transform Indianapolis facilities

  Rolls-Royce announced the company will invest nearly $600 million to modernise its manufacturing operations in Indianapolis...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  The Second International Fleet Review
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  The commissioning of India’s first indigenously constructed nuclear powered submarine INS Arihant will perhaps be the highlight of the prestigious international event...

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  AEROSPACE
  Pipistrel to supply 194 aircraft to IAF, Navy and NCC

  Pipistrel, globally renowned light aircraft manufacturer with 26 years of aircraft design and production experience, will equip the Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and National Cadet Corps (NCC) with its modern, carbon-fibre microlight aircraft Virus SW 80 ‘Garud’.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Sea-Tac Airport lockdown

  Seattle-Tacoma Airport was put on lockdown after a security breach recently. Airport officials confirmed that Port of Seattle police responded to a breach alarm.

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  CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin upgrades its Electronics Manufacturing Facility

  As part of the celebration of National Manufacturing Day, Lockheed Martin cut the ribbon on a newly renovated Electronics Manufacturing Facility...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Fifth Joint India-China Counter Terrorism Exercise
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  The fifth joint counter terrorism exercise by troops of the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) got underway on October 12, 2015. The exercise termed ‘Hand-in-Hand 2015’ will terminate on October 23, 2015.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Man shoots himself at Rajiv Chowk metro station

  In a major security breach, a 22-year-old man allegedly shot himself with a country-made gun at the crowded Rajiv Chowk metro station in New Delhi, recently.

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  MILITARY / INTERVIEW
  Saab finds enabling business environment in India under the present government

  Jan Widerstrom, Chairman of Saab India Technologies Pvt Ltd., in conversation with Neetu Dhulia of SP’s M.A.I.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Data breaches picking up steam

  It seems like every day there’s news of another large-scale data breach, as cyber criminals mine for financial information, or utilise ‘hacktivism’ in order to send a message...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  The Indian Air Force turns 83
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  On October 8, 2015, the IAF turned 83, an occasion that was celebrated with enthusiasm and pride in all its units and establishments across the nation.