SP's MAI - Issue No. 12 | June 16-30, 2016
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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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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
100% FDI in defence is a good move
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The Narendra Modi Government has announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector is permitted to 100 per cent level.
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Women breaking barriers!
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The commissioning of female pilots into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force will indeed be inspiring as well as challenging for the future generations of women
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Orlando killings expose lax gun security lawsOn June 12, 2016, a mass shooting occurred inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlanda, Florida, in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured by a lone terrorist identified...
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CORPORATE
Boeing, Tata joint venture establishes aerospace facility in HyderabadBoeing and Tata Advanced Systems celebrated the foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture named TBAL on June 18, 2016.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Asia-Pacific — China plays leech and bully
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)As the 1,00,000-tonne US aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, which carries F-18 fighter jets, joined the naval ships of Japan and India in the seas off the Japanese Okinawan Island chain for Exercise Malabar 2016, a PLA Navy (PLAN) spy ship was observed...
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AEROSPACE
Indigenous trainer aircraft makes inaugural flightThe Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar witnessed the inaugural flight of India’s own indigenous HTT-40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft - BTA) designed and developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on June 17, 2016, at HAL airport.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Flares at Euro 2016; UEFA powerlessThe Union of European Football Associations told The Independent that it was powerless to prevent flares being smuggled into games at its European Championships...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Exercise Malabar 2016 in the strategic calculus of India
By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)Indian Naval ships Satpura, Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch participated in the recently concluded 20th edition of Exercise Malabar 2016 with the US Navy (USN) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
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AEROSPACE
France takes delivery of 9th A400M AtlasThe French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) recently received the ninth series production A400M Atlas military transport aircraft for the air force. The aircraft carries the manufacturer’s serial number MSN33.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Terror attempt in BelgiumThree Belgian nationals arrested last week have been charged with attempting to commit terrorist murder and with taking part in the activities of a terrorist group, Belgium’s federal prosecutor has said.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
NSG — India on cusp of membership
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The preliminary technical meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on June 9 discussed the new applications from India, Pakistan and Namibia.
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AEROSPACE
First of eight Aermacchi M-346 aircraft for the Polish Air Force unveiledThe roll-out ceremony for the first of eight Polish Air Force M-346 aircraft took place recently at Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s facility in Venegono Superiore (near Varese).
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MILITARY1 / MARKETING FEATURE
Rosoboronexport starts marketing new Verba MANPADS globallyThe Rosoboronexport state arms trader begins active promotion to the international market of the newest Russian-made man-portable air defence missile system...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
DPP 2016 — What is new?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)On June 8, 2016, the Ministry of Defence uploaded on its website the Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 Chapters I to VI including Appendices and Annexures.
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MILITARY1 / SPOTLIGHT
Indian warships visit Busan after Exercise Malabar 2016In a demonstration of India’s ‘Act East policy’ and Indian Navy’s increasing footprint and operational reach, Indian naval ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch...
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MILITARY1
India-Singapore after Defence Ministers' DialogueThe Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited Singapore on June 3 to attend the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue. Parrikar met the Minister for Defence of Singapore Dr Ng Eng Hen to cochair the inaugural Singapore-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue (DMD).
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MILITARY1
Passing out parade at Officers Training AcademyGeneral Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff, reviewed the 9th passing out parade of Officers Training Academy held on June 11, 2016, in which 92 Gentleman Cadets of the Technical Entry Course Serial 27 along with 46 Special Commission Officers of Course Serial 36...
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MILITARY1
Indian Military Academy passing out paradeAbout 610 Gentlemen Cadets including 45 Foreign Gentlemen Cadets from six friendly foreign countries passed out from the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, on June 11, 2016.
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MILITARY1
All-women crew sails into Port LouisIndian Navy’s sail boat INSV Mhadei sailed into Port Louis, Mauritius, with the first all-women crew recently. The Navy’s famous sailing vessel Mhadei set sail from her home port Goa on May 24, 2016...
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MILITARY1
Armed forces celebrate International Yoga DayFrom performing aasanas in sub-zero temperature at Siachen to desert in Rajasthan and warships, the Indian armed forces marked the International Yoga Day across India on June 21, 2016.
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