SP's MAI Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
Navy commissions first advanced light helicopter squadronThe first ALH (Dhruv) Squadron was commissioned at Kochi recently by Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer C-in-C Western Naval Command.
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal Arup Raha will be the next CASThe Government has decided to appoint Air Marshal Arup Raha, at present the Vice Chief of Air Staff, as the next Chief of the Air Staff after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, on December 31, 2013.
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AEROSPACE
Indian Navy inducts HAL-produced HawksThe Indian Navy inducted the Hawk 132, a fourth-generation Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft, on November 6, 2013 at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Air Station INS Dega.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Skeldar UAS operationally deployed by the Spanish NavyDefence and security company Saab’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) Skeldar is now operationally deployed on-board the OPV BAM Meteoro.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
X-47B operates aboard Theodore RooseveltThe X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) conducted flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) recently.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Exelis to produce carriage and release systems for MQ-9 ReaperExelis has been awarded a $20.6-million contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. of Poway, California...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Triton UAV wing exceeds US Navy requirementNorthrop Grumman Corp. and Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
GA-ASI builds upon electronic attack expertiseGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the conclusion of a second demonstration of Predator B’s electronic Attack capability at the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) Weapons and Tactics Instructor course held at Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Yuma.
