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SP's MAI - Issue No. 8 | April 16-30, 2014

Issue Features

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  MILITARY
  Naval Chief lays emphasis on indigenisation

  Admiral R.K. Dhowan who has been appointed as the Chief of Naval Staff in an interview given to SP Guide Publications when he was the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff had said that efforts are on to provide further impetus...

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  AEROSPACE
  LCA Navy goes supersonic

  Just days before the second anniversary of its maiden flight, the naval variant of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Navy (NP-1) has successfully completed its first supersonic flight, signaling that the aircraft is now able to fly faster...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  BSNL to start cyber security training

  State-run telecom major BSNL has started work on establishing a technical university that will offer engineering and management courses.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Crowd management simulation from SGIL

  Recreating real-world environments is challenging, costly and dangerous. Utilising games based learning and simulation in the military sector ensures employees are equipped with the vital skills required to deal effectively...

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  CORPORATE
  Collier Trophy to X-47B team

  The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has selected the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) team to receive the 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy, aviation’s highest honour.

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  MILITARY
  Admiral R.K. Dhowan is the 22nd Indian Navy Chief
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  Admiral Rabinder Kumar Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff and the officiating CNS until April 16, 2014, was approved by the Government of India...

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  AEROSPACE
  Opportunities for retired Air Warriors

  Monster India, a leading online career and recruitment solutions provider and the Indian Air Force Placement Cell (IAFPC) collaborated to provide a platform to assist the retired and shortly retiring Air warriors...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  UK Government unveils CERT UK

  The Government has unveiled that the UK Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT UK) will form a key part of the UK’s cyber defence strategy.

• TECHNOLOGY
  Remote troops to have high-speed wireless networks on UAVs

  Missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centres and access to valuable intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data.

• CORPORATE
  Brazilian Army inaugurates Sisfron Command and Control Center

  Savis Tecnologia e Sistemas S.A., the lead company of the Tepro Consortium, hired by the Brazilian Army to integrate and implement the Sisfron (Integrated Border Monitoring System) Project...

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  MILITARY
  30 years since Siachen
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  April 2014 marks 30 years from when India first set foot on the Saltoro Range, April 13, 1984, to be precise. It was a major strategic initiative that has kept Ladakh safe from Pakistani all these years.

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  AEROSPACE
  Textron AirLand‘s Scorpion achieves Mach 0.72

  Textron AirLand, LLC, a joint venture between Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises, LLC, recently announced that the Scorpion has completed 50 hours of flight time since the start of flight testing in December 2013.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Six CRPF men among 15 killed in twin Maoist attacks in Chhattisgarh

  In a major post-poll attack, 15 people, including six personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and nine civilians, were killed on April 12 when Maoists blew up an ambulance and a bus in two separate incidents in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

• CORPORATE
  Sagem teams up with Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa

  Sagem (Safran) signed an agreement recently with Percro, the Perceptual Robotics Laboratory of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy, to jointly develop exoskeleton technologies.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Snowden’s security breach to cost billions

  A top US military official has stated that the cost of changing tactics and coping with the security breach, post Edward Snowden, could cost the US in billions of dollars. Edward Snowden who exposed government...

• Gaping hole in President Jacob Zuma’s residence

  While there has been much fuss about the security at South African President Jacob Zuma’s personal abode at Nkandla, things have fallen apart on that front at his official provincial residence in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Judge fines for safety breaches on worksite

  Matthew Skeet (19) and Kevin Ruffles (57) were killed when the gable wall of a barn conversion they were working on in Worlingworth collapsed and fell on them on October 21, 2010.

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  MILITARY
  Virtual mission planning Table top
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  The world awoke to the exploit of US SEAL Team 6 pulling off a spectacular raid to kill Osama bin Laden and sprint his body away, Pakistan oblivious to happening despite an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) desk manned...

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  AEROSPACE
  Antonov tests An-70

  Antonov Company has completed state joint tests of the An-70 widebody STOL military transport. In the process of ground and flight tests on the modernised aircraft correspondence of the checked parameters...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Director General of BSF

  Devendra Kumar Pathak, IPS, presently working as Special DG, BSF is appointed to the post of Director General, Border Security Force (BSF) with immediate effect...

• CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin opens new office in Israel

  Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson officially opened the company’s office in Israel to support the Corporation’s growing presence in that important country.

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  MILITARY
  Boeing Phantom Badger certified for V-22 transport

  After a series of successful tests, the US Navy has certified that the Boeing Phantom Badger combat support vehicle can be transported inside a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing updates timing of C-17 production

  Boeing has adjusted slightly the timing for ending C-17 Globemaster III production and closing its Long Beach, California, C-17 final assembly facility after a successful two-decade production run of the world’s premier airlifter.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Affordable terrorism risk insurance

  In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism risk insurance in the United States became prohibitive. Subsequently...

• CORPORATE
  Navantia and Synergy Group MoU in Brazil

  Navantia Synergy Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to start the process of creating a Strategic Defense Company (EED) in Brazil, which will combine Navantia’s latest technology...

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  MILITARY
  Japan buys Thales Bushmasters

  The Japanese Ministry of Defence has ordered four Bushmaster vehicles for deployment with the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). The vehicles, all troop carrier variants, will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Bendigo...

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  AEROSPACE
  First C-130J Super Hercules ‘Shimshon’ arrives in Israel

  Israel’s first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlifter arrived at Nevatim Air Base recently. Israel ordered its C-130Js through a foreign military sale (FMS) contract with the US Government.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  TSA further ensures safety and security of employees and travellers

  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of United States of America has released a report, which concludes a comprehensive review of policies, procedures and operations following the November 1, 2013...

• MILITARY
  Harris Corporation bags orders for Falcon III radios

  Harris Corporation (HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received $82 million in orders from an international customer for radio communication systems that enable enhanced command and control and real-time situational awareness.

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  AEROSPACE
  Apache flies 50,000 hours in Afghanistan

  The British Army’s Apache attack helicopters, operated by the Army Air Corps, flew their 50,000th hour on operation in Afghanistan recently. This represents a third of all UK Apache flying, a huge proportion of the total.

• MILITARY
  Oto Melara tests Dart/Strales ammunition

  The first lot of Dart/Strales 76mm guided ammunition, produced by Oto Melara, was successfully tested at the end of March. The firing trials were conducted on board one of the Italian Navy‘s ships equipped with Strales 76mm SR and Selex NA25 fire control system.

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  AEROSPACE
  HAL proposes single agency to deal with foreign OEMs

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have decided to work on joint plans on various fronts for better understanding of issues so that both contribute effectively in India’s defence preparedness.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  ‘Red Herring’ vs Heartbleed

  US cybersecurity researchers have developed a technique that fights the Heartbleed virus, and detects and entraps hackers who might be using it to steal sensitive data.

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  AEROSPACE
  Oman Air Force continues F-16 legacy

  The Sultanate of Oman accepted the first of its second order of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons in a ceremony April 3 at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility.

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  AEROSPACE
  F-35 fleet surpasses 15,000 flying hours

  The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fleet recently surpassed 15,000 flight hours, marking a major milestone for the programme.

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  AEROSPACE
  Kaman flies first New Zealand Super Seasprite

  Kaman Aerospace announced recently that the first New Zealand Government NZ SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter began production flight testing at Kaman’s Bloomfield, Connecticut facility.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  UCAV: A world first for Dassault Aviation

  Dassault Aviation organised a formation flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) with a Rafale fighter and a Falcon 7X business jet.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  X-47B completes night flights

  The unmanned X-47B conducted its first night flight on April 10 over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

• AEROSPACE
  US Coast Guard receives C-27s

  The US Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp said he was ”delighted“ to receive 14 of the 21 brand-new C-27J Spartan medium-range aircraft that were consigned to the boneyard by Air Force budget cuts.

• AEROSPACE
  Airbus A400M to Turkish Air Force

  Airbus Defence and Space has handed over the first of ten A400M new generation airlifters ordered by the Turkish Air Force. The Turkish Air Force formally accepted the aircraft from Airbus Defence...

• AEROSPACE
  Airbus Defence and Space delivers 17th HC-144A aircraft to US Coast Guard

  Airbus Defence and Space, Inc. has delivered the 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft to the US Coast Guard.

• AEROSPACE
  Northrop Grumman flies first production Smart Node Pod

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed a series of flight tests demonstrating the first production Smart Node Pod for the US Air Force.

• AEROSPACE
  Russian Air Force to receive 16 new MiG-29 SMT fighters

  The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a $470 million contract with the MiG Corporation for the delivery of 16 advanced MiG-29 SMT fighters, the ministry said recently.

• AEROSPACE
  Japan Police Agency orders another AW139

  AgustaWestland and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace announced that the Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) has ordered another AW139 intermediate twin helicopter which will be operated in the Kagoshima Prefecture.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Global Hawk expands satellite communications capability

  The US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a series of ground and air demonstrations at Beale Air Force Base, California...

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman to build five more MQ-8C Fire Scouts for US Navy

  Northrop Grumman Corporation will build five additional US Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend their intelligence-gathering capabilities far beyond the horizon.