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SP's MAI - Issue No. 10 | May 16-31, 2013

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / EXPERT OPINION
  Nawaz Sharif Man of the moment
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  When Pakistan went to polls on May 11, 2013, to elect members of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies, it was for the first time in its history a civilian government after completing its full five-year tenure would hand over to a democratically elected new government.

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  AEROSPACE / REPORT
  Military helicopters dominate market
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Military helicopters have played critical roles in many a combat situation worldwide.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Will Pakistan change?
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  If Sharif has the power and wants to truly have good relations with India, he should make the ISI answerable to the Pakistani Parliament...

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  CORPORATE
  We would like to integrate India into global supply chains: Atlas Elektronik
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  Its official, Atlas Elektronik now has a subsidiary in India. At a formal gathering in New Delhi, Khalil Rahman, Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Elektronik India...

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  MILITARY
  Indian Navy's first Boeing P-8I aircraft delivered

  The first of the eight Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the Indian Navy arrived at the Naval Air Station Rajali, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, on May 15.

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  AEROSPACE
  Italian Army gets NH90 TTH Helicopter

  AgustaWestland announced that the first NH90 tactical transport helicopter (TTH) in final operational capability (FOC) configuration for the Italian Army has been delivered recently at AgustaWestland’s Venice Tessera plant...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  DNA profiling technology

  The Indian Government has set up DNA profiling technology at the Centre and state levels to nab criminals in the country.

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  CORPORATE
  Northrop Grumman to appoint Andrew Tyler as chief executive in UK and Europe

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it will appoint Andrew Tyler Chief Executive for the United Kingdom and Europe, effective July 1. In this new position, he will play a leading role in supporting the company’s current programmes...

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  MILITARY
  Coastal Security Plan Phase-II must be finished on time: Antony

  The Defence Minister A.K. Antony called upon the top brass of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard to ensure timely implementation...

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  AEROSPACE
  First upgraded Tornado ECR delivered to Italian Air Force

  Alenia Aermacchi, in collaboration with BAE Systems and Cassidian, its Panavia consortium partners, has delivered the first upgraded Tornado ECR (electronic combat/Reconnaissance) to the Italian Air Force.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  JFK airport stops Emma Watson, thinks she is a minor

  Actress Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame was left red-faced at an airport when she was stopped by officials who thought she was too young to be travelling alone.

• CORPORATE
  Turkish industry joins common submarine missile project

  The Turkish company Roketsan and the German firms ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Diehl Defence signed a cooperation agreement to develop and supply the submarine-launched interactive defence and attack system for submarines (IDAS) missile.

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  MILITARY
  Navy keen on selfreliance in technology: Satish Soni

  The Indian Navy is committed to promoting self-reliance in military technology,” said Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command...

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  AEROSPACE
  Ospreys delivered to Marine Presidential helicopter squadron

  The helicopter squadron responsible for carrying the President of the United States and his staff, Marine Helicopter Squadron One...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Srinagar airport security breached

  The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police recently blamed the Indian Air Force personnel for the breach of security that led to two youths driving up to the tarmac of the highly protected airport.

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  MILITARY
  Singaporean Minister of Defence inaugurates IMDEX Asia 2013

  Singapore’s Minister of Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen presided the opening ceremony of the ninth International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (IMDEX) Asia 2013 at the Changi Exhibition Centre, Singapore.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Skeldar V-200 successfully completes flight test milestones

  Defence and security company Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through flight campaigns...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  CAPFs CRPF deployed in LWE-affected states

  The Union Government has deployed the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) including Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the left-wing extremism (LWE)-affected states to assist the state police in conducting anti-Naxal operations.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS completes first catapult launch

  Northrop Grumman Corporation and the US Navy have launched a new chapter in the history of unmanned systems...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  AP opposes 'unprecedented intrusion' into news network

  The Associated Press (AP) has termed the US Justice Department’s tapping of its telephone records as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into the news organisation’s news work.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  US Navy forms first unmanned helo squadron

  Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 became the first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron to include both the world’s most technologically advanced helicopter...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Saudi man with pressure cookers arrested at Detroit airport

  The Hussain Al Khawahir, a Saudi Arabian national, was arrested recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after CBP agents found two pressure cookers in his luggage, and a page missing from his Saudi passport.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  X-51A WaveRider sets record with successful fourth flight

  A Boeing X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in history...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  CISF personnel training in profiling airline passengers

  To improve security standards at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel are getting training in profiling passengers from experts from Israel—some of the best in business.

• AEROSPACE
  US Coast Guard acquires CN235

  The US Coast Guard (USCG) Aviation Logistics Center has purchased the prototype CN235 aircraft and plans to transform it into an HC-144A maintenance training unit. The HC-144A is based on the Airbus Military CN235 tactical airlifter.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Defence contractor's girlfriend, a spy?

  A defence contractor is accused of passing on national security secrets to his young Chinese girlfriend. Benjamin Pierce Bishop is charged with sharing classified military intelligence while working at the US Pacific Command in Hawaii.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Attack exposes security lapse at national heritage

  An armed accused stormed into Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot in Pakistan, the birthplace of poet of the East, located in the city’s congested Kashmiri muhallah and damaged rare photos, Qalam, Dawat, furniture and other rare things related to Allama Iqbal and his other family members.