SP's MAI - Issue No. 17 | September 01-15, 2014
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In a major push to defence manufacturing in India the DAC...
The Ambassador of Israel to India Daniel Carmon called on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi recently. The two sides have Agreement on Homeland and Public Security...
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley accompanied by Admiral R.K. Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff, visited Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, on August 27 and reviewed the progress of the Project 75...
Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’...
These latest decisions by the NDA government clearly reflects their appreciation of the need to modernise the armed forces quickly while also pushing its agenda of “Made in India”.
The US President Barack Obama was about to address the nation on Iraq recently when the briefing was delayed because of a security breach...
French President François Hollande has ratified the proposal of the DCNS Board of Directors to appoint Hervé Guillou as Chairman...
For the past 100 years of mechanised warfare, protection for ground-based armoured fighting vehicles and their occupants has boiled down almost exclusively to a simple equation...
The million-dollar question is that have we facilitated FDI as to attract foreign firms in our defence sector? Ironically, the reply is a big NO.
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by the Director General of Border Security Force Devendra Kumar Pathak recently on the ground situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce, India and South Asia
The Indian defence industry, which has grown substantially in the recent years, is poised for even better days.
A Bangladesh delegation led by Major General Aziz Ahmed, Director General Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) called on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently.
Joseph J. Battaglia, President & CEO, Telephonics
I believe that increasing the FDI limit from 26 per cent to 49 per cent is certainly a step in the right direction.
The first Director General-level talks between Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India and Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) of Sri Lanka were held at New Delhi recently.
Ram Prasad, Managing Director, Rockwell Collins India
While the limit increase is not a major difference to Rockwell Collins and other investors, the changed mind set of the government is encouraging.
O.P. Singh, presently Additional Director General, CISF will hold the additional charge of the post of Director General, National Disaster Response Force from September 1, 2014...
Raising the FDI cap in defence to 49 per cent is a step in the right direction and we welcome it. However, we remain of the opinion that enhancing the cap further, i.e. allowing foreign OEMs to form joint ventures with local partners wherein the former have the management control...
UPS Stores, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, said that a security breach may have led to the theft of customer credit and debit data at 51 UPS franchises in the United States recently.
We have been present in India for the past 60 years and are here to stay because we believe we can contribute to the development of the country in the various fields where our solution, technology, and capability can be used.
In February this year, Indiana University notified the Indiana Attorney General’s office of the potential exposure of personal data for some students and recent graduates.
US Deputy Defense Secretary had assured that the US aims to take the Indo-US defence relationship to the next level and help India raise the indigenisation of its defence systems.
Though the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the Indian Navy country’s most modern and ferocious warship INS Kolkata...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed officers, soldiers and air warriors of the Indian Army and Air Force at Leh recently. He condemned the continuing proxy war by Pakistan.