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SP's MAI - May 16-31, 2011

Issue Features

• NEW PRODUCTS
  Phantom jamming for convoy protection

  The RCJ1390LT-H is a vehicle mounted very high power jammer designed for blocking remote-controlled improvised explosive devices used by terrorists.

• NEW PRODUCTS
  Harris new Falcon command system

  Harris Corporation has unveiled its new portable software application, RF-5410-FC Falcon command system, which provides advanced battle-management capabilities.

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  NEW PRODUCTS
  iRobot UGV

  iRobot has unveiled pre-production prototypes of the new 110 FirstLook unmanned ground vehicle (UGV).

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  NEW PRODUCTS
  Steiner’s new military riflescopes

  As a leading supplier of optics to the military and armed forces around the world, Steiner has worked closely with Special Forces and international weapons experts in the development and...

• CORPORATE
  ITT Corporation announces key leaders for post-separation companies

  ITT Corporation has announced the leaders who are expected to take the future roles of Chief Financial Officer and general counsel and...

• CORPORATE
  Rockwell Collins’ second quarter sales up

  Rockwell Collins has reported a sales increase of $81 million or 7 per cent, to $1.223 billion for its second quarter ended March 31, 2011 compared to 2010.

• CORPORATE
  Rafael registers record net profits

  Rafael Advanced Defense Systems ended 2010 with a record net profit of $170 million, with orders totaling $1.9 billion, an order backlog of $3.6 billion and sales of $1.8 billion.

• CORPORATE
  MBDA revenues up 7 per cent

  MBDA, the European leader and global player within the missile systems sector, achieved a turnover of 2.8 billion euros in 2010, an increase of seven per cent compared to 2009.

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  AEROSPACE
  Ambassador Roemer says Indo-US relations bigger than deal

  The US Ambassador in India, Timothy J. Roemer has said that though the US was ‘disappointed’ on losing out on the $10 billion deal for India’s requirement of medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA)

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  The Humint factor
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  Suitable application of HUMINT, duly integrated with modern surveillance technology and processing capacity...

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  MILITARY
  NAK Browne to be next IAF Chief

  Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, will be succeeded by Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne who is currently the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.

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  MILITARY
  Muscle power at Vijayee Bhava

  In a six-day joint wargame, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force displayed its muscle power in the exercise called Vijayee Bhava

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing delivers first C-17 to UAE Air Force and Air Defence

  Boeing recently delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  RBI advises banks to set up whistle-blowing system

  The Reserve Bank of India has directed the banks to put in place a strong whistleblowing system as well as reward employees who help prevent cyber frauds.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Op Geronimo: A reality check for India
  By General (Retd) V.P. Malik

  Intelligence is the key to Special Forces operations. Employment of Special Forces requires accurate intelligence and...

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  AEROSPACE
  Rustam-H project gets Rs. 1,500 crore

  The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to deliver the next version of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Rustam-I.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Osama phishing scams

  Even in death, Osama bin Laden continues to trouble. In the Internet world, there has been a wave of phishing scams in his name designed to collect personal or financial information.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Where SEALs Dare

  The killing of the elusive international terrorist Osama bin Laden has focused the arclights on the Navy SEALs. Here are the men who dared to undertake operations which ordinary mortals would shudder to think of.

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  AEROSPACE
  First flight of heavy-fuel powered Fury 1500 UAS

  AME unmanned air systems (AME UAS) has announced the successful first flight of the Fury 1500 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) powered by a heavy-fuel engine.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Harry Potter’s author skips screening

  Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling persuaded security staff at a New York airport to let her breach baggage restrictions – because she refused to be parted from the manuscript of the final ‘Potter’ book.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Operation Theatres

  Here are some of the key theatres in which the Navy Seals have showed their exceptional valour.

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing Phantom Ray completes first flight

  The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight April 27 at NASA’s Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Britain’s biggest gem heist

  Scotland Yard have issued CCTV images of two men dressed in suits, concealing handguns, who escaped with 43 rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches from the central London store in August last.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Invisible Black Hawk Down!

  Reports are flying thick that the Navy SEALs Team Six used an extremely-modified Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters...

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  AEROSPACE
  Flight tests of the first serial Su-35S starts

  Sukhoi Company has started the flight tests of the first Su-35S serial fighter.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  The Malaysian arms heist

  It was Malaysia’s largest military weapon heist that turned into a hostage crisis and a five-day standoff with the police and army.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Hooyah! Here are the Hell’s Angels

  Hooyah! – the war cry of the Navy SEALs – becomes an automatic response for SEALs during the torturous SEAL training.

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  AEROSPACE
  Patriot test fires PAC-3 MSE missile

  Raytheon Company’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully testfired Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) missile recently at White Sands Missile Range.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  CISF security for Infosys Pune centre

  The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been asked to provide security cover to Infosys Pune centre following threat perception to major infrastructure facilities including those of the private sector.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Operation Neptune Spear ends longest manhunt

  Much before the crack of dawn on May 2, a team of 40 CIA-led Navy SEALs, 24 on the ground, brought to an end a 10-year long manhunt.

• AEROSPACE
  Pratt & Whitney delivers first F135 engine

  Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 engine for low rate initial production (LRIP) 3 to the US Government for the F-35 Lightning II programme.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Full-body scan not a health risk

  A study by Pratik Mehta of University of California, Berkeley and Dr Rebecca Smith-Bindman of University of California

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  SEALs attack like sharks

  In 1941, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, US troops were forced to invade Japanese territory by sea...

• AEROSPACE
  Boeing contract for JDAM kits

  The Boeing Company has announced that it has received contracts totaling $100 million for two types of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Electric vehicles for military, security and police

  The latest IDTechEx report has projected a rising market for electric vehicles for military, security and police duty.

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  MILITARY / OPERATIONS
  Array of firearms

  The special forces team use an extensive array of firearms.

• AEROSPACE
  Lockheed Martin-built nextGen missile warning satellite launched

  The first space-based Infrared system (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, was successfully launched on May 6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Taliban prisoners escape à la the Great Escape

  Close to 500 Taliban prisoners recently escaped from Kandahar prison in southern Afghanistan through a tunnel hundreds of metres long.

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  MILITARY
  DRS bags contract from US Army for enhanced night vision goggles

  DRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica Company, announced that the US Army has awarded its reconnaissance...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Sony hires cyber-security detectives

  Sony has hired cyber-security detectives from Guidance Software and consultants from Robert Half International Inc’s subsidiary Protiviti to help clean its networks and...

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  MILITARY
  Indian Navy action makes pirates flee Chinese vessel

  Indian Navy’s persistent efforts recently led to some pirates fleeing from a Chinese merchant vessel MV Full City.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  EU carbon trading resumes

  Following cyber thefts in several countries and loss of carbon accounts, the European Union had shut down trading in emission certificates.

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  MILITARY
  DRS gets follow-on order for advanced thermal weapon sights

  DRS Technologies announced that its reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) group has been awarded a $68.2 million...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Civil Aviation Ministry reiterates air safety

  The Civil Aviation Ministry’s resolve is to have a zero tolerance approach towards safety of the aviation sector.

• MILITARY
  Indian Army reiterates presence of terrorist camps in Pakistan

  The Indian Army has reiterated that terrorist camps in Pakistan were very much active and intent on creating trouble across the Indian border.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Woman with gun arrested at Delhi airport

  The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Indira Gandhi International Airport found a woman carrying a country-made pistol in her check-in baggage.