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SP's MAI - Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2015

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  India-Japan defence cooperation on higher pedestal
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  The Indo-Japan defence and strategic relations have been put on a higher pedestal during the visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the annual summit in New Delhi...

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  AEROSPACE / SPOTLIGHT
  Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visits Malaysia

  The Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visited Malaysia for the SASEAN Defence Chiefs dialogue.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Musician Adele tour tickets website hacked

  Best-selling musician Adele Laurie Blue Adkins has announced her 2016 tour. And some enthusiastic fans wanting to buy online tickets in advance found themselves...

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  CORPORATE
  Defence Minister inaugurates HAL's Centre for Aerospace Management Excellence & Leadership

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the HAL Centre for Aerospace Management Excellence & Leadership at Marathahalli...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Abe’s visit — Special strategic partnership goes more special
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The hallmark of Prime Minister Abe’s visit was signing of landmark Indo-Japanese deal on peaceful use of civil nuclear energy.

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  AEROSPACE
  Father and son fly Hawk Mk 132 together in formation

  At Air Force Station Bidar Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill, ADC, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command, flew a three aircraft close formation sortie on Hawk Mk 132 with his son Flying Officer Shahbeg Gill also part of same formation.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Dealing with terrorist financing

  The government has a well established strategy and institutional mechanism to effectively deal with terrorist financing and money laundering problem.

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  CORPORATE
  DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme enters 10th year

  The opening of entries for the DST-Lockheed Martin IIGP for 2016 was announced at the New Delhi Technology Expo on December 11, 2015.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Maiden visit of Parrikar to US
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar paid a landmark visit to the United States at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in the second week...

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus C295W flies to Antartica

  An Airbus C295W aircraft belonging to the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and operated by a mixed crew from Airbus Defence and Space and SEMAR flew from Río Gallegos Airport in Argentina to the Marambio Base, the first flight ever by a C295 to Antarctica.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Objectives of CCTNS

  The government has launched Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems in the country. The aim, objective and salient features of CCTNS are: To fully computerise the process of crime registration, investigation, prosecution, etc.

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  CORPORATE
  BAE Systems names Alistair Castle Vice President and General Manager for India

  BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Alistair Castle as Vice President and General Manager of its India operations...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Indo-US Joint Statement outlines defence cooperation
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The official visit underlined the strategic importance of the defence relationship and the personal priority that the Minister and Secretary place on the bilateral partnership.

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  AEROSPACE
  Australia chooses PC-21

  The Australian Defence Force competitively tendered for a new pilot training system under ‘Project Air 5428’, from which the PC-21 emerged as the winner after a thorough evaluation and contract negotiations.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Government advisory on intelligence

  The government has issued advisory to all state governments and union territories to take suitable preventive measures in and around foreign missions, tourist spots and community facilities frequented by foreigners...

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  CORPORATE
  HAL CMD gets CEO of the Year Award

  T. Suvarna Raju, Chairman and Managing Director of the HAL, has been conferred with Chief Executive Officer of the Year Award 2015 in the Central Public Sector category by the Indian Institute of Materials Management...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Parrikar tours USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

  The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was given a rare insight into USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of America’s top nuclear powered aircraft carrier...

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing delivers 14th new-build Mk6 Chinook to UK

  Boeing has delivered its 14th Mk6 Chinook, completing the United Kingdom’s most recent order and growing the RAF Chinook fleet to 60 aircraft. The order completion coincided with the 35th anniversary of Chinook operations for the United Kingdom.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Extradition treaties

  The Government of India continues to make efforts to get extradited fugitive criminals from foreign countries and for this purpose India has signed extradition treaties and extradition arrangements with several countries.

• CORPORATE
  FLIR Systems acquires DVTEL Inc

  FLIR Systems Inc recently announced that it has acquired DVTEL Inc, a leader in software and hardware technologies for advanced video surveillance, for approximately $92 million in cash.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Indo-Russian bonds remain strong
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia later in the month to attend the annual India-Russia Summit.

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  AEROSPACE
  PAKFA fifth-generation fighter completes flight tests

  The trials proving the flight performance of Russian fifth-generation fighter T-50 PAKFA (Russian acronym for future tactical fighter) have been virtually completed, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told the Russia 24 television broadcaster...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Ohio military base security lapse

  A recent security breach at Ohio’s largest military base prompted renewed calls from officials for security improvements. US Rep Mike Turner of Dayton said he wants more guards at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base gates...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Heart of Asia — Will Pakistan withdraw the knife?
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The Heart of Asia conference in Islamabad was the fifth in the series of ministerial level meetings that have been ongoing since 2011, in continuation of the Istanbul Process. The Istanbul Process is the latest of numerous international initiatives of the last few decades to restore peace and development in and around Afghanistan.

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  AEROSPACE
  Delivery of the 260th NH90

  Spain took delivery of its second NH90 TTH. This helicopter was produced in Albacette. As of today NHI and its partner companies delivered 260 NH90s. Main missions NH90 TTH are of the troop transport of up to 20 fully equipped troops...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  India apologises over jeep crash incident at Wagah

  On November 16, a jeep crashed into the Wagah Border gate causing tension on the border for a while. The accident had happened at around 4 a.m. on November 16 and the Indian Border Security Force...

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  MILITARY
  India-Pakistan Joint Statement

  The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led the Indian delegation to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process in Islamabad on December 8-9, 2015.

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  AEROSPACE
  Delivery of the first JSF assembled in Italy

  At Cameri Air Force base recently, the delivery of the first Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) entirely assembled in Italy took place. The delivery ceremony was attended by military and industry representatives from different countries such as the US, UK, Netherlands...

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  MILITARY
  Launch of Yard 2096

  The fifth ship of LCU-MK IV project was launched on December 7, 2015, at an impressive ceremony at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. The chief guest, Vice Admiral A.V. Subhedar, Chief of Material, Chairman and MD of GRSE...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Reaper extends range in Afghanistan

  The US Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise is vital to the national security of the United States and its allies...

• MILITARY
  Chief of Army Staff reviews Exercise 'DRAD Sankalp'

  The final phase (validation phase) of the training exercise by Indian Army’s Southern Command Ex ‘Drad Sankalp’ in simulated contemporary battlefield environment, which commenced on December 3, culminated on December 5.

• AEROSPACE
  Germany receives second A400M

  The German armed forces took delivery of a second A400M military transport plane from Airbus in Seville recently. Another A400M plane is due to be delivered by the end of the year, a military source said...

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Lockheed Martin conducts collaborative unmanned systems demonstration

  Lockheed Martin demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations into the National Airspace System (NAS) using its prototype UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman Venom addresses the UAV threat

  At the Army Maneuver-Fires Integrated Experiment held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Venom demonstrated the ability to identify and track small unmanned aerial systems and to provide accurate targeting data...