INDIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEFS ON
OUR RELENTLESS AND FOCUSED PUBLISHING EFFORTS

SP's MAI - Issue No. 17 | September 1-15, 2016

Issue Features

• 

  MILITARY / REPORT
  US Secretary of State in India; Indian Defence Minister in US — Dialogue continues
  By R. Chandrakanth

  In recent years, India-US relationship has taken a new and invigorating turn where...

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Delhi poised to get new Air Force Aerospace Museum

  Aerospace Museum Delhi will soon have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to the international airport focused mainly on nation’s rich aviation history. New Aerospace Museum is not only meant to preserve the glorious tradition of the Indian Air Force...

• 

  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis attacked at North Carolina home

  In June this year, Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis was attacked by a woman in her North Carolina home. The actor was heard on a recorded 911 call screaming about a woman who broke into her home, saying the woman attacked her and claimed to know her.

• 

  CORPORATE
  Saab inaugurates new office in Denmark

  Defence and security company Saab inaugurated the company’s new office in Sønderborg, Denmark. Saab is growing in Denmark and acts as a hub for high technology communication systems.

• 

  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Kerry's visit: India, US focus on Pak terror
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Deliberations during the recent visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry is being hailed for delivering a blunt message to Pakistan, not to distinguish between good and bad...

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Pasighat advanced landing ground gets operational

  The upgraded Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, in the presence of Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command.

• 

  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Fixing Pokémon GO security issues

  Pokémon GO has taken America and other countries by storm – but may have led millions of iPhone users to inadvertently give away access to their Google account...

• CORPORATE
  Swedish firms eyeing 'early bird' advantages in liberalised defence environment in India

  In a bid to deepen Indo-Swedish defence and aerospace cooperation, the Government of India has urged Swedish companies to forge large-scale partnerships with Indian manufacturers...

• 

  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  LEMOA — An overall assessment
  By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

  India and the United States have signed an important logistics agreement that will enable forces of both the countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Air Marshal H.S. Arora is Director General Air (Operations)

  Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora, AVSM, has been appointed as Director General Air (Operations) on August 22, 2016. Commissioned in the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a figher pilot in December 1981, he has over 2,600 hours of operational flying on MiG-21...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Nigeria tightens airport security

  The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has said that the agency has made significant efforts to fortify security at the airports and beef up intelligence, after attacks in airports in Turkey...

• CORPORATE
  India to invest over $300 million in Su-30MKI spare parts supply centre

  India is planning to invest more than Rs. 20 billion ($300 million) in setting up a spare parts supply centre for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet with the help of Russia, according to a news agency report.

• 

  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  A pioneering initiative!
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  LEMOA is a document that establishes basic terms, conditions and procedures for reciprocal provision of logistic support, supplies and services between the armed forces of India and the United States

• 

  AEROSPACE
  L-3 to supply electro-optical and infrared designating systems to Middle East

  L-3 Communications recently announced that its Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) sector within its Electronic Systems segment has been selected under a US foreign military...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Frankfurt Airport security breach

  Frankfurt Airport got a scare when there was a security breach at Terminal 1 recently. However, after coming the airport resumed operations. The airport authorities evacuated passengers and others from Terminal 1 following reports...

• 

  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Triple whammy for Indian bureaucracy
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  If one hallmark of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to India was targeting Pakistan for exporting terrorism, the second was Kerry lambasting the Indian bureaucracy, the joke circulating on social media being that both these entities...

• 

  AEROSPACE
  US Marine Corps receives 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller

  The US Marine Corps accepted delivery of its 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller at the Lockheed Martin facility on August 18. This KC-130J is assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.

• 

  MILITARY / REPORT
  Chief of the Army Staff inaugurates the Army Design Bureau
  By Rohit Goel

  General Dalbir Singh, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), along with Lt General M.M.S. Rai, Vice Chief of Army Staff, and Lt General Subrata Saha, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (P&S), formally announced the establishment of the Army Design Bureau...

• 

  AEROSPACE
  A400M demonstrates sand runway capability

  Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated the capability of the A400M new-generation airlifter to operate on a sand runway – the last of three unprepared types of surface on which it will be certified.

• 

  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  China: Self-appointed NSG policeman caught cheating
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  China, the self-proclaimed Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) policeman, has been caught, what may be described as with her pants down, violating NSG rules herself.

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Japan's first F-35A makes first flight

  The first Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight August 24, 2016. The flight was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.

• 

  MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
  Javelin Joint Venture signs letter of intent with Tata Power

  The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Tata Power Company Limited...

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Boeing awarded $2.8 billion for KC-46A tanker initial production

  The US Air Force awarded Boeing $2.8 billion on August 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial production. The award includes the first two “production lots” of seven and 12 planes respectively, as well as spare parts.

• 

  MILITARY
  Maiden Annual Joint Disaster Relief Exercise Prakampana inaugurated

  The maiden Joint Disaster Management Exercise named Prakampana (‘Cyclone’ in Sanskrit) aimed at synchronising resources and efforts of all agencies involved in disaster management has been inaugurated at Visakhapatnam on August 30, 2016.

• 

  AEROSPACE
  Successful testing of ISRO's Scramjet engine technology demonstrator

  The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet engine towards the realisation of an air-breathing propulsion system was successfully conducted on August 28, 2016, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

• 

  MILITARY
  Lt General Bipin Rawat takes over as the VCOAS

  Lt General M.M.S. Rai retired on August 31, 2016, relinquishing the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army. The General Officer hung his uniform after an illustrious military career spanning four decades.

• 

  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Phantom flies final unmanned mission

  The QF-4 Phantom flew its final unmanned mission in the skies above White Sands Missile Range on August 17.

• 

  MILITARY
  Indian warships visit Port Louis, Mauritius

  In a demonstration of India’s commitment to its ties with Mauritius and to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, Indian naval ships Kolkata and Aditya under the Command of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet...

• 

  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Elbit Systems introduces Skylark C

  Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark C, a new highly autonomous mini unmanned aircraft system (mini-UAS) specifically designed and built for maritime applications.

• 

  MILITARY
  Rear Admiral R.S. Laswai, Commander of Tanzanian Navy, visits India

  Rear Admiral R.S. Laswai, Commander of Tanzanian Navy, was on an official visit to India from August 29 to September 1, 2016. His visit was to consolidate bilateral naval relations between India and Tanzania and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.

• 

  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr

  The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S HAPS unit.

• MILITARY
  Regional Maritime Security Course commences at Naval War College

  In continuation of the Indian Navy’s foreign cooperation initiatives, a Regional Maritime Security Course (RMSC) for officers of the rank of Colonel/equivalent of maritime security agencies from friendly foreign countries (FFCs)...

• AEROSPACE
  C-17 exchanged broadband data over 2,400 km via HF

  In an industry first, Rockwell Collins completed the complex data transfer from a C-17 airborne aircraft to a ground station over a Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel.