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SP's MAI - Issue No. 17 | September 01-15, 2013

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  More punch for the Indian Navy
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  India definitely requires two to three aircraft carries operational at all times but it should also have a larger number of submarines considering that Chinese submarines are already lurking in the Indian Ocean

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  AEROSPACE / REPORT
  Indian Air Force inducts Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  On the 81^st year of the Indian Air Force (IAF), it has got a new squadron, Sqaudron No.81, which will be known as ‘Skylords’...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Lashkar-e-Taiba's 'bomb expert' Syed Abdul Karim 'Tunda' arrested

  In a major catch on the Indo-Nepal border, the Delhi Police recently arrested Syed Abdul Karim alias ‘Tunda’, a Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) commander who masterminded a series of bombing in North India in 1996-98.

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  CORPORATE
  Kamov and Sagem team up on Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter

  Sagem and Kamov (Russian Helicopters) have combined their complementary areas of technological and industrial expertise to develop an enhanced...

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  MILITARY / INTERVIEW
  Navantia's know-how 'fits perfectly' with the needs of the Indian Navy

  Navantia, a Spanish public company that belongs to the SEPI (a state-owned enterprise subordinate to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Treasury), is a world leader in the products it offers.

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  AEROSPACE / INTERVIEW
  'Our main focus in Asia is India': Lockheed Martin

  SP’s M.A.I. caught up with Susan A. Maraghy, Vice President, South Asia, Corporate International Business Development, Lockheed Martin, who was in India recently to attend the “Invest North—A Conclave to Showcase Investment Opportunities in Northern States”, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and supported by the US-India Business Council.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Did Air India pilots allow actor Nitya Menon into cockpit?

  Two Air India pilots have been suspended because they reportedly allowed an actor to join them in the cockpit for a part of the flight from Bengaluru to Hyderabad recently. An inquiry is going on, according to media reports.

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  CORPORATE
  Raymond Duquette named President of CAE, USA

  CAE has named Raymond Duquette as President and General Manager of CAE USA. In this position, Duquette will report to General Michael E. Ryan, United States Air Force (Retd) and Chairman of the Board of CAE USA.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Cassidian showcases defence and security solutions at Moscow show
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  Cassidian, the defence division of EADS, is a world leader...

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  AEROSPACE
  India signs $55 million deals with Russia's MiG fighter jet maker

  Russia’s MiG fighter jet maker has signed two additional contracts with India worth a total $55 million.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Yasin Bhatkal arrested

  In yet another major breakthrough for security agencies in India, Yasin Bhatkal, a key conspirator in several bomb blasts and cofounder of the banned Indian Mujahideen (IM), and another IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, were arrested from the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Raxaul town.

• CORPORATE
  Northrop Grumman Australia to acquire Qantas Group's defence services business

  Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Qantas Airways Limited to acquire Australia-based Qantas Defence Services Pty Limited.

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  MILITARY
  India's first military satellite GSAT-7 launched

  India’s first defence satellite, GSAT-7, was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana recently...

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  AEROSPACE
  Turkey's first domestic basic trainer aircraft starts flying

  Hürkus, the first domestic basic trainer and ground attack aircraft developed for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), has made its first flight, in Ankara’s Kazan district.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  India tightens security along Nepal border

  In an attempt to secure its porous border with Nepal, India has created five new border posts and deployed additional troops along the frontier notorious for illegal crossing over of terrorists, criminals and smuggling of arms.

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  AEROSPACE
  L-3 WESCAM selected to provide RDAF with MX™-15 imaging turrets

  L-3 WESCAM has announced that it has received an acquisition and sustainment contract from the Danish DALO...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Technology to boost security

  The Indian Government, in association with the private sector, is setting up a centre of excellence on internal security that will function as a “resource centre”, do high-end research and develop cost-effective, state-of-the-art technology which can be integrated into the security...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  GA-ASI demonstrates electronic attack in USMC exercise

  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced its successful demonstration of Predator B’s electronic attack capability...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Director General of ITBP

  The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that Dr Mahboob Alam, IPS, presently Additional DG, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will look after the duties of Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) with effect from September 1, 2013...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout completes 5,000 flight hours in Afghanistan

  The Northrop Grumman Corporationbuilt MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing critical surveillance capabilities to field commanders in Afghanistan.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Secret intelligence budget cited 4,000 NSA leaks: Report

  US secret intelligence budget files provided by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden show that NSA had warned in 2012 that it planned to investigate up to 4,000 reports of possible internal security breaches.

• AEROSPACE
  Russia, Cameroon ink Mi-17 helicopter deal

  In a groundbreaking deal, Russia is to deliver Mi-17 military transport helicopters to Cameroon. The deal was signed by Russia’s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport, which is part of Russian Technologies, and Cameroon’s Defense ministry at the MAKS 2013 international air space show.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  13-year-old boy hitches ride in the wheel well of Arik Air flight

  A 13-year-old Nigerian who is said to be crazy about American movies stowed away and hitched a free ride from the Benin Airport to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Identified as Daniel Oikhena, he stowed in the wheel well of an Arik Air flight.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Russia developing unmanned next-gen fighter

  Russian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned “sixthgeneration” fighter jet, former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin has said.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Teenager hacks and goes around the world

  Reece Scobie, a 19-year-old former employee at Thomsonaffiliated travel agency Cambridge Business Travel, logged on to the company’s system remotely for six months even after he had quit the company.