SP's MAI - Issue No. 23 | December 1-15, 2015
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Top News
- Indian Air Force Aims for Full Indigenous Inventory by 2047 — Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh
- General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as the Chief of the Army Staff
- Rajnath Singh assumes charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term
- Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi assumes Command of the Indian Navy as 26th Chief of the Naval Staff
- Prime Minister witnesses 'Bharat Shakti' – a Tri-Services Firing and Manoeuvre Exercise in Pokhran, Rajasthan
Issue Features
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SP'S EXCLUSIVE
Ukraine delivers final batch of upgraded and overhauled An-32RE to IndiaIn big relief to the Indian Air Force after months of uncertainty and assurances, Ukraine earlier this month completed the delivery of the final (and fifth) batch...
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SP'S EXCLUSIVE
IAF For Indian EW Suite For Mi-17 V5 FleetIn a commitment towards Indian avionics and electronic technology that have made a global mark in recent years, the Indian Air Force has announced its intention to procure and install electronic warfare (EW) suites comprising Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)...
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SP'S EXCLUSIVE
Arihant Successfully Executes Weapon EjectionIndia’s Arihant ballistic missile submarine platform demonstrator has successfully executed a weapon ejection trial in the Bay of Bengal under the aegis of the Indian Navy, BARC and the DRDO.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
India's strategic engagement in South East Asia
By R. ChandrakanthPrime Minister Narendra Modi made official visits to Malaysia and Singapore recently and has reinvigorated the strategic partnerships with these two countries
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AEROSPACE
Air Chief inaugurates 'Make in India' seminarThe Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha addressed senior officers of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the inauguration of the Seminar & Exhibition on ‘Challenges in Make in India Initiatives’...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
White House placed on lockdown after fence-jumper caughtThe White House was placed on lockdown recently after a person jumped the fence, CNN reported, adding that the jumper was immediately caught.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
'Indian Navy is on the threshold of transformation through continuous consolidation of its capabilities through indigenisation'
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)During the annual Navy Day press conference on December 3, 2015, Admiral R.K. Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal Arora is the new DG (Inspection & Safety) of IAFAir Marshal Harjit Singh Arora took over as Director General (Inspection and Safety) at Air Headquarters, on December 1, 2015. Air Marshal Arora was commissioned in the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a fighter pilot in December 1981.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
French intelligence blamed for Paris attacksThe most glaring slip-up was the failure to flag up the arrest of a Montenegrin suspect in Bavaria 10 days ago in a car packed with Kalashnikovs and grenades...
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EXCLUSIVE
MILITARY1 / EXCLUSIVE
CNS answered to SP’s on Navy Day press conferenceIn Chennai, we have our ships, aircraft and personnel deployed. For the last nearly one week, the weather has created havoc with flooding in Chennai and around the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu.
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AEROSPACE
Final Boeing C-17 Globemaster III departs Long Beach assembly facilityThe final Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter at the company’s plant in Long Beach, California, departed on November 29, marking the official end of aircraft production in Long Beach.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Incidents of cyber security breach surge 117 per cent in India: PwCIncidents of cyber security breach surged by a record 117 per cent during the year and companies are investing more to tackle this menace, as also improve business performance, said a survey.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Tri-services help in rescue and relief operations in Chennai
By R. ChandrakanthThe southern city of Chennai has never been battered this badly in its history.
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MILITARY1 / OEM | INTERVIEW
Rockwell expands its presenceJayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s M.A.I., spoke to Sunil Raina, Managing Director Indian Subcontinent, and also briefly to Maureen Stevens, Senior Communications Business Partner International Rockwell Collins.
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MILITARY1 / OEM | INTERVIEW
'Yulista will support industrial development in India with the latest state-of-the-art manufacturing and fabrication processes'Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s M.A.I., in conversation with Joseph Parsley, Director Business Development, Yulista LLC.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Nishant dumped finally — When will we privatise?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The government needs to seriously reflect at the dire state of development not only to...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
PLA focus versus Indian intransigence
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Media is abuzz with news of Chinese announcement of a major military overhaul by putting her armed forces under a joint operational military command to build it into “an elite combat force” by 2020, as put by President Xi Jinping.
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MILITARY1 / SPOTLIGHT
Admiral R.K. Dhowan reviews passing-out parade at NDAhief of the Naval Staff Admiral R.K. Dhowan, Reviewing Officer, reviewed the passing-out parade of 129th Course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) on November 28, 2015.
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MILITARY1
Serve the country and Navy with pride: Admiral R.K. DhowanAt an impressive Passing-out Parade (POP) held at the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala in Kerala recently, 330 cadets of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard and six cadets from friendly foreign countries passed through the portals of the INA...
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MILITARY1
Vice Admiral A.B. Singh assumes duties of Deputy C-in-C of the SFCVice Admiral A.B. Singh upon promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral has assumed the duties of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Forces Command at New Delhi. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1983.
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MILITARY1
Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh assumes charge as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Communication Space and Network-centric Operation)Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh has assumed charge as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Communication Space and Network-centric Operation) on promotion to the rank...
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MILITARY1
India and Oman Navies to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relationsIndian Navy and Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) are set to sail together from Muscat to Kochi to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries as well as to retrace the historic sail ship voyages undertaken by Dhows...
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MILITARY1
LRSAM successfully flight-testedFor the first time, long range surface-to-air-missile (LRSAM), jointly designed and developed by IAI, Israel and DRDO, has been successfully flight-tested from an Israeli naval platform. The missile successfully engaged and destroyed the incoming air target.
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