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SP's MAI - Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 2015

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Developments in Tactical Communications System in the Indian Army
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  The Tactical Communications System is a revolution in communication technology and is a quantum jump above the technology currently in use. It will be the Indian Army’s futuristic backbone for a digitised battlefield communications network.

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  AEROSPACE
  75th PC-7 MkII delivered to IAF

  The successful handover of the 75th Pilatus PC-7 MkII training aircraft to the Indian Air Force at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal marked the final aircraft delivery milestone under the contract between Pilatus and the Government of India’s Ministry of Defence...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Hacker slams Danske Bank for alleged security failure

  Denmark’s Danske Bank has been named and shamed by a white hat hacker for allegedly leaking confidential customer data in the form of session cookies...

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  CORPORATE
  Boeing and Tata announce Aerospace joint venture

  Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) recently announced a joint venture (JV) that will manufacture aerostructures for aircraft and collaborate on integrated systems development opportunities in India.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Army’s Tactical Communications System — More delays
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Absence of TCS and patchy availability of OFC in TBA has also been adversely affecting trials and fielding of operational information systems even though we have had a fullfledged corps for undertaking field trials.

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  AEROSPACE
  Rockwell Collins to provide KC-390 cargo handling and other systems

  Rockwell Collins has been selected by Embraer to provide the Cargo Handling and Aerial Delivery Control System (CHADCS) for the Brazilian Air Force’s KC-390 programme. The CHADCS selection is a significant increase to our KC-390 content...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Long delays at US airports

  There were some long delays at airport all across the US last week when the computer system used to check passengers against the federal terror watch list shut down for over an hour.

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  CORPORATE
  Rafael Advanced Defense Systems appoints Major General Yoav Har-Even (Retd) as President and CEO

  Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd announced recently that its Board of Directors has appointed Major General Yoav Har-Even (Retd) as President and CEO of the company.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Prime Minister Modi's UK visit
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The two nations also concluded negotiations over a civil nuclear deal that seeks to increase bilateral cooperation in the field of civil and military technology...

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  AEROSPACE
  United Arab Emirates selects the AW609 Tiltrotor

  The Joint Aviation Command (JAC) of the United Arab Emirates announced that it has selected the AW609 Tiltrotor for search and rescue (SAR) missions. Delivery of the first three AW609 TiltRotors to the JAC, with three additional options...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  MHP leader sees 'security failure' in Ankara massacre

  A serious security failure led to the October 10 double suicide bombing in Ankara, Turkey, that killed at least 99 people, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said...

• CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin and international partners establish machining technology centre in UAE

  Lockheed Martin, Exechon AB, a Sweden-based technology company and Abu Dhabi-based Injaz National have formed a new joint venture company in the United Arab Emirates focused on advanced machining technology.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  FDI in the Indian defence industry
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The major global investors seeking to make large investments in the defence sector are unlikely to find the change to be a significant departure from the past

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  AEROSPACE
  Lebanese Air Force selects A-29 Super Tucano

  The Republic of Lebanon confirmed the acquisition of six A-29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft from Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation. The contract includes logistics support for aircraft operation as well as a complete training system...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Base jumpers breach Twickenham security

  Two pals sneaked unchallenged into Twickenham Stadium and parachuted from the roof on to the pitch in a security lapse ahead of the Rugby World Cup.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  FDI in Defence - Ease of business?
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  We need state-of-theart technology which we can get exploiting our strategic partnerships, some willing if they find it suiting their own national interest given the rapidly changing geopolitical scene

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus Defence and Space and Coulson Group collaboration on C295W water bomber

  Airbus Defence and Space and the Coulson Group of Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding covering the industrialisation, supply and support...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Terror strikes Paris again
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Although, terror attacks are easy to orchestrate in democratic countries, it is the intelligence that will need to be improved especially by infiltrating the ghettos...

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  AEROSPACE
  Sikorsky completes VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program

  Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced the successful completion of the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review, completion of the integration and performance testing of mission communications system...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Myanmar turns a new leaf
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Myanmar’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has won a resounding victory, sweeping through Myanmar’s elections with 37 additional seats over the threshold of 329 seats required for majority in the two houses of Parliament.

• AEROSPACE
  French Navy's Rafales assess AESA radar capabilities in combat

  From February to April 2015, French Navy’s Rafale M F3 omni-role combat aircraft, equipped with the brand-new RBE2 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar and assigned to the 11th Fleet Air Squadron (Flotille 11F), operated in the Arabian Gulf from the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

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  MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
  Defence Minister hands over Maareech to the Indian Navy

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated to the nation the ‘Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin (SMB)’ during a function held at the NSTL, Visakhapatnam.

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  MILITARY
  Indian Navy’s long-range maritime patrol aircraft — Boeing P-8I — dedicated to the nation

  Giving a boost to the firepower and arsenal of the Indian armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated the Boeing P-8I (Poseidon Eight India)...

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  MILITARY
  Commissioning of offshore patrol vessel ICGS Samarth

  The Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth, the first in the series of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) was commissioned at Goa by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on November 10, in the presence of Vice Admiral H.C.S. Bisht, Director General, Indian Coast Guard

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  MILITARY
  Defence Minister launches Army Cloud, Data Centre & Digi-Locker

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the Central Data Centre, Army Cloud and Digi-Locker for the Indian Army in New Delhi on November 9. Complimenting the Army for initiating such steps as a part of the Digital Army programme...

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  MILITARY
  Indo-Russian Exercise Indra 2015 begins

  The seventh Indo-Russian joint training Exercise Indra 2015 commenced at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges on November 8, 2015, with an impressive opening ceremony that saw the unfurling of the national flags of both countries amidst playing...

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  MILITARY
  Prime Minister spends Diwali with the Indian Army officers and jawans

  The Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited three memorials in Punjab which commemorate some of the spectacular successes of the Indian armed forces in the 1965 war.

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  MILITARY
  Flood relief operations undertaken by Indian Navy at Chennai

  The well marked low pressure area in the south-west Bay of Bengal has led to incessant rains, primarily affecting northern coast of Tamil Nadu and adjoining hinterland. The city of Chennai too has been adversely affected.

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  MILITARY
  Shipwright School commissioned as INS Vishwakarma

  Shipwright School, a premier technical establishment and alma mater for Naval Architect Officers, Shipwright Officers and Shipwright Sailors of the Indian Navy, was commissioned as Indian Naval Ship Vishwakarma...