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SP's MAI - July 01-15, 2011

Issue Features

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus eclipses Paris Air Show
  By R. Chandrakanth

  It rained… and it rained aeroplanes for Airbus at the 49th Paris International Air Show at Le Bourget, while the military segment was put on the backburner.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / SHOW REPORT
  Booming homeland security market
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  The homeland security market is growing and so are the number of industry players and homemade products.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Soft on sea piracy?
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Why are we playing this great game of ‘appeasing’ Al-Qaeda? Kowtowing to Somali pirates implies their growing infrastructure will be exploited...

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  NEW PRODUCTS / INDESEC 2011
  Sherpa, an all-terrain LAV

  Shri Lakshmi Defence Solutions Ltd unveiled the Sherpa, its new light armoured vehicle (LAV) during Indesec.

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  CORPORATE
  Trijicon to establish liaison office in India

  US-based Trijicon, known for its innovative applications for tritium and advanced fibreoptics, will be establishing a liaison office in India within six months.

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  MILITARY
  MBDA’s PARS 3 LR short listed for Indian Army

  MBDA’s PARS 3 LR guided missile system has been shortlisted for the Indian Army helicopter future air-to-ground requirement.

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  AEROSPACE
  Eurocopter has a good show at Le Bourget

  Eurocopter fared well this year at the 2011 Paris Air Show, bringing in several orders and agreements throughout the week.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / INDESEC 2011
  ITT’s range of homeland security products

  ITT showcased its global network on the moveactive distribution (GNOMAD) for an array of military and government agency vehicles.

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  NEW PRODUCTS / INDESEC 2011
  Tata armoured Safaris for VVIP safety

  Tata Motors showcased its Tata Armoured Safari for VVIP protection. The vehicle can run on flat tyres and has five exit doors

• CORPORATE
  Northrop Grumman celebrates 50 years of infrared countermeasures innovation

  Northrop Grumman Corporation celebrated 50 years of infrared countermeasures (IRCM) innovation and performance during the 49th International Paris Air Show 2011.

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  MILITARY
  Kongsberg’s naval strike missile milestone

  The Royal Norwegian Navy and Kongsberg in June performed the first live fire shot against a sea target with a series produced NSM (Naval Strike Missile).

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus Military and IAI to develop new C295 platform

  Airbus Military and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be jointly developing and marketing a new version of the Airbus Military C295

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / INDESEC 2011
  Dafar products for border patrol

  Dafar International displayed a range of products for border patrolling—land, sea, and air.

• NEW PRODUCTS / INDESEC 2011
  Coughar for tight urban combat scenarios

  Armoured vehicles manufacturer, Streit Group, displayed its Coughar vehicle. Toyota’s rugged chassis offers superb on and off road handling in addition to impressive acceleration and braking.

• CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin elects two new corporate officers

  Lockheed Martin announced that its Board of Directors has elected Kenneth R. Possenriede as Vice President and Treasurer and Leo S. Mackay, Jr., as Vice President of Ethics and Business Conduct, both effective July 1, 2011.

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  MILITARY
  US Navy to locate warships in Singapore

  The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates during his recent visit to Singapore announced that the US Navy would establish a new presence in Singapore

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  AEROSPACE
  Apache helicopter production up

  Boeing has announced the ramp up of production of Apache AH-64D helicopters. The helicopters which are being called the savior of ground soldiers for decades

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / INDESEC 2011
  Mistral’s mobile C4ISR platforms

  Mistral showcased its mobile C4ISR platforms already in service with the Karnataka and Gujarat state police.

• NEW PRODUCTS / INDESEC 2011
  Cobham’s robot for easy disposal of bombs

  Cobham displayed its explosive ordnance depot (EOD) robot telemax vehicle at Indesec.

• MILITARY
  US Army conducts large-scale network exercise at White Sands

  The US Army has been immersed in an ambitious network integration evaluation (NIE) exercise at White Sands, designed to simultaneously test programmes of record and assess a host of emerging network technologies.

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  AEROSPACE
  MBDA unveils Perseus multirole strike missile

  MBDA unveiled at the Paris Air Show the CVS 401 Perseus concept missile system, which represents the group’s vision of a multi-role strike weapon system for 2030 and beyond.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Lynn outlines new cyber security effort

  The US Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III has outlined a pilot programme in which the government helps the defence industry in safeguarding the information their computer systems hold.

• MILITARY
  Indian Army to raise additional Special Forces unit

  The Indian Army is contemplating setting up an additional battalion of Special Forces to be deployed in the Northeast region to deal with counter-insurgency.

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  AEROSPACE
  Embraer selects Esterline for KC-390 programme

  Embraer Defense and Security has chosen Esterline Control Systems from the United States to supply the autothrottle system for the KC-390 military transport jet.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Brad Pitt frisked at theatre

  Brad Pitt, who landed unannounced some time ago at Bruin theatre to watch his film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• MILITARY
  Mauritanian Army destroys Al-Qaeda camp

  The Mauritanian Army recently destroyed a camp of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) in Mali in an assault which left four soldiers wounded, according to sources.

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  AEROSPACE
  Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning pitch

  The F-35 Lightning II, the world’s only fifth generation multirole fighter jet, known as AF-7 which has gone through flight testing programme at Edwards Air Force base, California

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Schwarzenegger enacts law against paparazzi

  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has promulgated a law, making it a crime for paparazzi and others to follow recklessly in a vehicle...

• MILITARY
  Chinese soldiers get on to ‘online war games’

  The People’s Liberation Army of China has developed an online war game titled ‘The Glorious Mission’ and is reportedly using it as part of training sessions.

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  AEROSPACE
  Eurofighter completes first phase of Meteor missile tests

  Eurofighter has completed a range of air-carriage trials for the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Secrets of Air Force One

  Air Force One, the Presidential jet of USA has an aura of its own, but not many really know the interiors inside-out, that it is shrouded in secrecy.

• MILITARY
  Singapore soldiers armed with iPad

  The armed forces of Singapore will be arming their recruits with iPads, along with arms and ammunition, making the forces highly techsavvy.

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  AEROSPACE
  Raytheon to upgrade Patriot for Saudi Arabia

  Raytheon Company has received a $1.7 billion direct commercial sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia’s Patriot air and missile defence system to the latest configuration-3.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / INDESEC 2011
  FLIR imaging for internal security

  FLIR Systems showcased its thermal imaging/IR cameras for a wide variety of applications like airport security, border security, maritime and coastal security.

• MILITARY
  US troop withdrawal from Iraq by year-end

  The US Forces-Iraq Deputy Commanding General (Operations), Lt General Frank G. Helmick has said that the number of US troops in Iraq will become nil by the year-end from the present level of 47,000.

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  AEROSPACE
  Italian Air Force to get DIRCM systems from Elbit

  Elbit Systems announced at the Paris Air Show that it was awarded a contract valued in excess of $15 million by Elettronica S.p.A (Elettronica) to supply the ELT/572 DIRCM

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Lockheed Martin study finds increased cloud computing adoption

  Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners have released a study revealing security remains the single biggest concern on the minds of government information technology decision-makers when it comes to cloud computing.

• MILITARY
  Goodrich selected for Boeing BDS INVENT programme

  Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) to work on the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) integrated vehicle energy technology programme (INVENT).

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing bags Australian C-17 production contract

  Boeing is being awarded a $195 million firm-fixed-price delivery order against the basic C-17 production contract to procure one C-17 aircraft.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Rogue hackers disband campaign

  A group of rogue hackers under the name of Lulz Security, which had recently released stolen files, has announced that it was ending its hacking campaign.

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  AEROSPACE
  L-3 bags US Navy P-3 SMIP contract

  L-3 Communications announced that its platform Integration division has been awarded $104 million contract to perform aircraft sustainment for the US Navy’s fleet of P-3, EP-3 and NP-3 aircraft.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Cyber crime goes unreported

  A recent study by a Gurgaon-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) – Centre for Transforming India, has revealed that while over two dozen cyber crimes are committed on a daily basis

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  AEROSPACE
  Bell Helicopter and AgustaWestland chart new direction for BA609

  Bell Helicopter announced at the Paris International Air Show that AgustaWestland has agreed to purchase Bell’s ownership...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Cyber attacks result in insurance boom

  In the US, many companies are increasingly insuring themselves against cyber attacks, following a spate of attacks on various company websites, government institutions etc.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Geocopter delivers R-UAV

  The Dutch rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (R-UAV) manufacturer Geocopter from the Netherlands...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Imposter stacks weapons

  An Army Reserves member but never on active duty at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base sometime ago managed to procure housing on the base and illegally store weapons and munition in it.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  TAI launches unmanned armed helicopter

  Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has launched a small, armed, unmanned helicopter. At the Paris Air Show

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  First customer receives Orbiter 3 system

  Aeronautics Ltd. has delivered the first Orbiter 3 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) to an undisclosed customer.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Selex Galileo unveils Falco Evolution

  Selex Galileo unveiled the latest variant of its Falco tactical UAV at the Paris Air Show.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Raytheon bags contract for Global Hawk ground station sustainment

  Raytheon Company has been awarded a one-year subcontract worth...

• AEROSPACE
  Northrop Grumman’s countermeasures system clocks record operation

  Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its directional infrared countermeasures system (DIRCM), currently deployed with US and allied forces, has achieved more than one million operational hours in service.

• AEROSPACE
  Finmeccanica’s technology and integrated solutions for a safer world

  Finmeccanica through its companies—AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Alenia Aeronautica, DRS Defence Solutions, DRS Technologies, Selex Elsag, Selex Galileo, Selex Service Management, Seicos, Selex Sistemi Integrati, Telespazio and Thales Alenia...

• AEROSPACE
  Thales Raytheon Systems celebrates 10 years of transatlantic JV

  Thales Raytheon Systems, an international leader in air defence command and control systems and ground-based radars, completed a decade of the defence industry’s first transatlantic joint venture.

• AEROSPACE
  Finmeccanica to provide logistics support to ST Aerospace

  Alenia Aermacchi – a company of Finmeccanica’s Aeronautics Sector led by Alenia Aeronautica – has finalised with ST Aerospace the logistics support contracts for the 12 M-346 trainers sold at the end of September 2010

• AEROSPACE
  Hawker Beechcraft and ATK demonstrate weapons system

  Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) and ATK announced an upcoming demonstration of ATK’s guided advanced tactical rocket (GATR) from HBC’s AT-6 light attack and armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  French OPV prepares for UAS trials

  The Camcopter S-100 will begin sea trials on board the French Navy’s Gowind class of offshore patrol vessel (OPV) in the next few months, according to Schiebel Managing Director Neil Hunter.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Joint programme for next-gen drone delayed: French Minister

  The French Minister, Gerard Longuet, informed journalists at the Paris Air Show that France and Britain had delayed the decision on a joint programme to develop next-generation drones.