SP's MAI - Issue No. 17 | September 1-15, 2016
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In recent years, India-US relationship has taken a new and invigorating turn where...
Aerospace Museum Delhi will soon have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to the international airport focused mainly on nation’s rich aviation history. New Aerospace Museum is not only meant to preserve the glorious tradition of the Indian Air Force...
In June this year, Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis was attacked by a woman in her North Carolina home. The actor was heard on a recorded 911 call screaming about a woman who broke into her home, saying the woman attacked her and claimed to know her.
Defence and security company Saab inaugurated the company’s new office in Sønderborg, Denmark. Saab is growing in Denmark and acts as a hub for high technology communication systems.
Deliberations during the recent visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry is being hailed for delivering a blunt message to Pakistan, not to distinguish between good and bad...
The upgraded Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, in the presence of Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command.
Pokémon GO has taken America and other countries by storm – but may have led millions of iPhone users to inadvertently give away access to their Google account...
In a bid to deepen Indo-Swedish defence and aerospace cooperation, the Government of India has urged Swedish companies to forge large-scale partnerships with Indian manufacturers...
India and the United States have signed an important logistics agreement that will enable forces of both the countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.
Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora, AVSM, has been appointed as Director General Air (Operations) on August 22, 2016. Commissioned in the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a figher pilot in December 1981, he has over 2,600 hours of operational flying on MiG-21...
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has said that the agency has made significant efforts to fortify security at the airports and beef up intelligence, after attacks in airports in Turkey...
India is planning to invest more than Rs. 20 billion ($300 million) in setting up a spare parts supply centre for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet with the help of Russia, according to a news agency report.
LEMOA is a document that establishes basic terms, conditions and procedures for reciprocal provision of logistic support, supplies and services between the armed forces of India and the United States
L-3 Communications recently announced that its Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) sector within its Electronic Systems segment has been selected under a US foreign military...
Frankfurt Airport got a scare when there was a security breach at Terminal 1 recently. However, after coming the airport resumed operations. The airport authorities evacuated passengers and others from Terminal 1 following reports...
If one hallmark of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to India was targeting Pakistan for exporting terrorism, the second was Kerry lambasting the Indian bureaucracy, the joke circulating on social media being that both these entities...
The US Marine Corps accepted delivery of its 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller at the Lockheed Martin facility on August 18. This KC-130J is assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
General Dalbir Singh, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), along with Lt General M.M.S. Rai, Vice Chief of Army Staff, and Lt General Subrata Saha, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (P&S), formally announced the establishment of the Army Design Bureau...
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated the capability of the A400M new-generation airlifter to operate on a sand runway – the last of three unprepared types of surface on which it will be certified.
China, the self-proclaimed Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) policeman, has been caught, what may be described as with her pants down, violating NSG rules herself.
The first Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight August 24, 2016. The flight was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.
The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Tata Power Company Limited...
The US Air Force awarded Boeing $2.8 billion on August 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial production. The award includes the first two “production lots” of seven and 12 planes respectively, as well as spare parts.
The maiden Joint Disaster Management Exercise named Prakampana (‘Cyclone’ in Sanskrit) aimed at synchronising resources and efforts of all agencies involved in disaster management has been inaugurated at Visakhapatnam on August 30, 2016.
The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet engine towards the realisation of an air-breathing propulsion system was successfully conducted on August 28, 2016, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
Lt General M.M.S. Rai retired on August 31, 2016, relinquishing the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army. The General Officer hung his uniform after an illustrious military career spanning four decades.
The QF-4 Phantom flew its final unmanned mission in the skies above White Sands Missile Range on August 17.
In a demonstration of India’s commitment to its ties with Mauritius and to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, Indian naval ships Kolkata and Aditya under the Command of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet...
Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark C, a new highly autonomous mini unmanned aircraft system (mini-UAS) specifically designed and built for maritime applications.
Rear Admiral R.S. Laswai, Commander of Tanzanian Navy, was on an official visit to India from August 29 to September 1, 2016. His visit was to consolidate bilateral naval relations between India and Tanzania and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S HAPS unit.
In continuation of the Indian Navy’s foreign cooperation initiatives, a Regional Maritime Security Course (RMSC) for officers of the rank of Colonel/equivalent of maritime security agencies from friendly foreign countries (FFCs)...
In an industry first, Rockwell Collins completed the complex data transfer from a C-17 airborne aircraft to a ground station over a Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel.